Republic of the Philippines

Province of Antique
Municipality of San Remigio
Series of 2024

LOCAL FEDERATION OF SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN INTERNAL RULES OF

PROCEDURE

Resolution No. 01
Series of 2024

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE INTERNAL RULES OF POCEDURE OF THE LOCAL

FEDERATION OF SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN OF MUNICIPALITY OF SAN REMIGIO

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 390 of the Local Government code of 1991. The Sangguniang
Kabataan chairman shall be the legislative body of the Katipunan ng Kabataan and shall be
composed of the SK Federation President as the presiding office and 44 Sangguniang Kabataan
Chairman;

WHEREAS, Section 50 of the same Code, likewise, provides that the Sanggunian, within ninety
(90) days following the election of its members shall adopt as Internal Rules of Procedure in
order to achieve a maximum degree of efficiency in the deliberation of issues during their
sessions;

NOW THEREFORE, be it Resolved, that the following Internal Rules of Procedures mandated
as Section 50 of the Local Government Code of 1991, are hereby adopted.

RULE 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE LOCAL FEDERATION OF SANGGUNIANG

KABATAAN

Section 1. Composition – The Local Federation of Sangguniang Kabataan is composed of the

SK Federation President and 44 SK Chairman.

The following are the duty elected members of the Sangguniang Kabataan Officers

PRESIDENT: John Michael H. Mission

VICE PRESIDENT: Feliz Lyndelle J. Mission
SECRETARY: Girlie G. Rafols
TREASURER: Vergie M. Tabuga
AUDITOR: Noriel C. Cabilbigan
PRO: Riza Jayne V. Puyong
SGT. At Arms: Mark Juppet T. Meanagua

Section 2. The presiding officer – the SK President is the presiding officer of the Sangguniang
Kabataan who shall perform the following powers and duties

a.) Preside over the Sanggunian, the KK assembly and other meetings in the municipality;
b.) Decide all points of order
c.) Preserve order and decorum during the session,
d.) Announce the business in the order in which it is to be acted open by the Sanggunian;
e.) Entertain only one motion at a time and state all motion property,
f.) Recognize only one member who entitled to the floor,
g.) Call a special meeting session by giving written notice of it to each member of the
Sangguniang Kabataan;
h.) Appoint with approval of the Sanggunian the chairman and members of the standing
committees.

RULE II. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBER

Section 1 Every member of this sanggunian shall make a full disclosure of his financial and
business interest as required of him under art 104. Rule XVII of the rules and Regulations
implementing the Local Government Code of 1991.

Section 2 Every member shall attend the sessions of the sanggunian unless he is prevented from
doing so by reason of sickness and other unavoidable circumstances provided that, as a general
rule, previous notice thereto shall be sent to the Sanggunian thru the presiding Officer or the
Secretary.

Section 3 As a general rule, every member as required to vote on every question or proposed
measures being voted upon by the sanggunian Abstentions may only be allowed if it can be
shown that the member concern has a precuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, on the
matter being acted upon by the body.

Section 4 Every member shall observe proper deportment and decorum during sessions.

RULE III. SESSIONS AND QUORUM

Section 1. session – The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation shall hold regular sessions on the
First Sunday of the month and also such number of special sessions as may be called by the Sk
Federation President or by majority of the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan at any time.

a.) Regular session shall be held on the First Sunday of the month, sessions shall start at 1:00
p.m.
b.) Regular sessions of this Sanggunian shall be i
c.) as often as necessary when public interest so demands, special sessions may be called by the
Sk Federation President of majority of the members of the sanggunian No two sessions shall be
held in one day.
d.) unless otherwise agreed upon by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present, there being a
quorum, no other matter may be considered at a special session except those stated on the notice.

Section 2. Quorum – The majority of the Sangguniang Kabataan members shall constitute a
quorum.

a.) in the event of the Sk Federation President to preside at a regular or special session where
there is quorum, a temporary presiding officer shall be elected from among the members
presents.
b.) when the quorum is lacking, a majority of those in actual attendance may adjourn from time
to time and may enforce immediate attendance of any member absent.
c.) if there is still no quorum in spite of the above, no other business shall be translated and the
presiding officer upon proper motion or an majority of the members present shall declare the
meeting adjourn for the lack of quorum.
d.) should a question of lack of quorum be raised, the presiding officer shall immediately proceed
to call the roll of the members and thereafter announce the results.
e.) Absent members shall explain their absence during the next meeting.
RULE IV. ORDER OF BUSINESS

Section 1. Order of Business The order of business of the Sangguniang Kabataan shall be as
follows:

a.) Invocation
b.) Singing of the Anthem
c.) Prayer
d.) Roll Call
e.) Declaration of the existence of a quorum
f.) Approval of the minutes of the presiding session
g.) Reading of the Communications received
h.) Committee Reports (if any)
i.) Business of the day
1. Unfinish business
2. New business
j. Privilege and Question Hour
k.) Adjournment

Section 2. Agenda – Matters that may be taken up in the session shall be limited only to those
items listed in the agenda.

Section 3. Urgent Matters – urgent matters which may be brought to the attention of
Sangguniang Kabataan, the delay in the consideration of which shall prejudice activities of the
government, may be discussed in the session without being listed in the agenda.

RULE V. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Section 1. Rules in the enhancement of ordinance and adoption of resolutions in the

enhancement of ordinances and adoption of resolutions including other matters requiring
legislative actions, the following rules shall be observed.

a.) Legislative actions of a general and permanent character shall be enacted in the form of
ordinances, while those which are of temporary character shall be passed in the form of
resolutions. Matters relating to propriety functions and to private concerns shall also be acted
upon by resolutions.

b.) proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be in writing and shall contain an assigned number,
a little or caption, an enacting or ordaining clause, and the date of its proposed effectively.

c.) a resolution shall be enacted in the same manner prescribed for an ordinance, except that it
need not go through a third residing for its final consideration unless decided otherwise by
majority of the sanggunian member present.

d.) no ordinance or resolution shall be considered on second residing in any regular meeting
unless it has been reported out by the proper committee to which it was referred or certified as
urgent by the local chief executive.

e.) any legislative matter duly certified by the local chief executive as urgent whether or not it is
included in the calendar of business maybe presented and considered by the body at the same
meeting without need of suspending the rules.
f.) The secretary of the Sanggunian shall prepare copies of the proposed ordinance or resolutions
of the form it was passed on second reading, and shall as distribute to each sanggunian member a
copy thereof except that a measure certified by the local chief executive as urgent maybe
submitted for the final voting immediately after it has undergone the periods of debate and
amendment during the second reading.

h.) upon the passage of all ordinance and resolutions directing the payment or money or creating
liability, and at the request of any member, the sanggunian secretary shall record the sanggunian
and recorded in a book kept for the purpose.

RULE VI. THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS

Section 1. Motions and their precedence

a.) Privilege and Subsidiary Motions – when the questions is under debate, no motion shall be
entertained except the following and in the order in which they appear below.

1. Motion to adjourn
2. Motion to declare a recess
3. Motion to postpone temporarily
4. Motion to postpone on a certain day
5. Motion to refer to the corresponding committee
6. Motion to amend the main motion
7. Motion to postpone indefinitely the consideration of any business.

b.) Question of Privileged – Questions relating to the rights and privileges of the Sangguniang
Kabataan or to any to its members. Shall take procedure over all motions except motions relating
to adjournment and recess. This may involved the following:

1. Those relating to the organization of the Sangguniang Kabataan

2. Those relating to the comfort of the members of the sanggunian, like seating, lighting,
ventilation, and other inconvenience of the session hall.
3. Those relating to the freedom from noise and conduct of other person inside the session hall
4. Those relating to the punishment of a member for disorderly conduct or other offense.

C.) Incidental motions – The following motions shall take precedence of any motion, to which
they are incidental and must be decided before any business is taken up.

1. Point of Order – Any Sanggunian Kabataan member may kinterrupt a speaker to bring to the
attention of the presiding officer any matter involving an error in procedure or violation of the
rules.
2. Parliamentary inquiry – Any request for information as in order if they are pertinent to a
pending question.
3. Withdraw a motion – A motion by the sponsor requesting of the removal of his main motion
from the consideration of the sanggunian shall be in order before its amendment and before the
decision is made thereon.
4. Suspend the rules – The rules shall be suspended when a motion presented to that effect is
approved by two-thirds of the members present.

All foregoing motions are not debatable

Section 2. Voting – no motion except in the presence of a quorum shall be entertained during the
voting. Any member may explain his vote when voting for the debatable motion. When the
motion is not debatable, no other remarks will be entertained by the chair when a member cast
his vote.

On vote where affirmation and negative are equal in number, the motion shall be declared lost. If
a tie has taken place, the SK Federation President may, at his discretion, cast the deciding vote.

A two-thirds vote is required to pass any of the following motions

(a) to limit, extend or close a debate

(b) To amend any part of the adopted rules
(c) To suspend the rules
(d) To suspend or recommend the expulsion pf any member for cause

No member could be compelled to vote, he may no to sustain. The motion to reconsider can be
made only the member who voted on the prevailing side. Any member who abstained from
voting shall no right to ask the reconsideration.

Section 3. Decorum and Debate

(a) Whenever a member wishes to speak he shall rise and request the presiding officer to allow
him to have the floor which consent shall be necessary before he may proceed.
(b) when several members wish to have the floor, the presiding officer shall recognize the one
who first made the request.
(c) No member shall interrupt another without the letter’s, which may not be obtained except
through the chair.
(d) The presiding officer can volunteer information only when necessary. Before participating in
the deliberation of any question before the Sanggunian he should first surrender the chair
temporarily to some other member
(e) If at any time, the presiding officer states a point of order, or give information otherwise
speak, with his privilege the member speaking must take his seat until the presiding officer has
been first heard.
(f) No member shall walk out or across the session hall while the presiding officer is addressing
the Sangguniang Kabataan, or while the Sanggunian is engaged in voting.
(g) A member who has obtained the floor shall confine himself to the questions before the
Sangguniang shall avoid personalities.
(h) No member shall claim the floor the second time if there are others who such to speak his the
first time.
(j) Sangguniang Kabataan members shall avoid drinking alcoholic liquor before attending and
during session or during recess of session.

RULE VII. DISCIPLINE OF MEMBERS

Section 1. Absences and Disorderly Behavior

a.) Any Sangguniang Kabataan member who fails to attend any of following compulsory
activities of the municipality, either or without excuse, shall pay.

b.) late comers or those who arrive after the roll call shall be fined One hundred pesos (P100.00).
c.) Absence of the Members during session due to unofficial business or personal matters shall be
fined Two hundred pesos (P200.00) for two (2) consecutive absences of the Member shall be
fined five hundred pesos (P500.00) with the letter of notice of violation.

Section 2. Proper dress code

a.) Sangguniang Kabataan Member shall wear Sk uniforms, Pants and shoes when attending the
session.

b.) Any Sangguniang Kabataan member who fails to wear proper dress code shall pay two
hundred pesos (P200.00)