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Republic Act No. 8185
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 324 (d) of REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8185

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 324 (d) of REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
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Section 1. Section 324(d) of Republic Act No. 7160 is hereby

amended to read as follows:
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"(d)Five percent (5%) of the estimated revenue from regular sources

shall be set aside as annual lump sum appropriations for relief,
rehabilitation, reconstruction and other works or services in
connection with calamities which may occur during the budget
year.Provided, however, That such fund shall be used only in the
area, or a portion thereof, of the local government unit or other
areas affected by a disaster or calamity, as determined and declared
by the local sanggunian concerned.
"Calamity shall be defined as a state of extreme distress or
misfortune, produced by some adverse circumstance or event or any
great misfortune or cause or loss or misery caused by natural forces.
"In case of fire or conflagration, the calamity fund shall be utilized
only for relief operations.
"The local development council shall more monitor the use and
disbursement of the calamity fund."
Sec. 2. The Oversight Committee on the Local Government Code, in
coordination with concerned agencies, shall prepare and issue the
implementing rules and regulation within thirty (30) days from the
effectivity
of
this
Act.
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Sec. 3. The provisions of existing laws, decrees, issuances, rules and

regulations, or portions thereof, which are inconsistent herewith are
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Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
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This Act, which in a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1220 and House
Bill No. 4874 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of
Representatives on June 6, 1996 and June 5, 1996, respectively.

Approved: June 11, 1996

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