Locgov syllabus

PRELIMS A. ORIENTATION • Course overview, • course outline • class rules and regulations • requirements • grading system • class activities B. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONCEPTS AND BASIC POLICIES UNDERLYING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 1. Local Government Concepts and Basic Principles Underlying the Local Government Code 1.1. Political law 1.2. Public and private corporations 1.3. Municipal corporations and local governments 1.4. Local autonomy and decentralization 1.5. De jure and de facto local governments 1.6. Public and proprietary nature of local governments 2.Policies Underlying the Local Government Code 2.1. Policies underlying the Local Government Code 2.2. Laws governing local governments C. BRIEF HISTORY OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES 1. Local Governance During the Period of Conquest 2. Local Governance During the Period of Independence and After D. CREATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 1.Authority to Create, Merge, Abolish, Divide, or Substantially Alter the Boundaries of Local Government Units 1.1. General requirements for the creation, merger, abolition, division and substantial alteration of boundaries of local government units 1.2. Beginning of corporate existence of local governments 2.Specific Requirements for the Creation, Merger, Abolition, Division and Substantial Alteration of Boundaries of Local Governments 2.1. Barangays 2.2. Municipalities 2.3. Cities 2.4. Provinces MIDTERM E. GENERAL POWERS AND ATTRIBUTES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 1. General Powers of LGUs 1.1Express and implied powers 1.1 Corporate, legislative and executive powers 1.2 Internal and external powers; mandatory and discretionary powers 1.3 Revenue powers 2. General Welfare 3. Eminent Domain 3.1. Public use, purpose or welfare F. LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS: THEIR NATURE AND ROLE; OFFICES AND OFFICIALS; AND POWERS AND DUTIES 1. The Barangay: Its Nature and Role; Offices and Officials; and Powers and Duties 1.1. Nature and role of the barangay 1.2. Barangay offices and officials 1.3. Appointive officials of the barangay: their qualifications, powers and duties 2. The Municipality: Its Nature and Role; Offices and Officials; Powers and Duties 2.1. Nature and role of the municipality 2.2. Municipal officials in general 3.The City: Its Nature and Role; Offices and Officials; and Powers and Duties 3.1. Nature and role of the city 3.2. City officials in general 3.3. Officials and offices common to all cities; their powers and duties 3.4. Powers and duties of the Sangguniang Panlungsod 3. The Province: Its Nature and Role; Offices and Officials; and Powers and Duties 4.1. Nature and role of the province 4.2. Existing sub-provinces 4.3. Officials of the provincial government 4.4. Powers and duties of officials of the provincial government G. ELECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 1.Qualifications and Disqualifications, Manner of Election and Term of Office of Elective Local Officials 1.1 Qualifications and disqualifications of elective local government officials 1.2. Election and term of office 2.Disciplinary Actions Against Elective Local Government Officials 2.1. Grounds for disciplinary actions 2.2. Procedure in the conduct of the investigation of administrative complaints for disciplinary actions 3.The Recall of Elective Local Government Officials 3.1. Recall, defined 3.2. Procedure in conducting recall FINALS H. LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION 1. The Local Legislative Bodies 1.1. The sanggunians 2.The Local Legislative Process 2.1. Rules governing the enactment of ordinances and resolutions 2.2. Review of ordinances and resolutions 2.3. Effectivity of ordinances and resolutions 3. Local Legislation Through Initiative 3.1. Procedure in local initiative 3.2. Local referendum 4. Local Special Bodies I.LOCAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES 1.Revenue Raising Powers of Local Governments 1.1 Revenue raising powers of local governments 1.2 Constitutional and legal bases of powers of LGUs to raise revenues 2. External Sources of Revenue of Local Governments 2.1 External sources of revenue of local governments 2.2 Credit financing as a means of increasing the financial capability of local units J. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL 1.Role of the Department of Interior and Local Government in Local Governance 1.1 Powerss and functions of the DILG 1.2 Participation of local executives in the administration of the PNP 2 Organizational Structure of the DILG 2.1 Set-up of the DILG 2.2 Department services 2.3 Bureaus and offices 2.4 Regional offices K. LOCAL GOVERNMENT INNOVATIONS AND OTHER CHALLENGES OF THE LGC 1991 1.Model LGUs/Gintong Ani awardees 2.Current issues and challenges confronting LGUs ( Environment, Social Services and others) Some notes that might help Public Corporation (Ulep Notes)