HB 2847
House·20th Congress·Filed Jul 31, 2025
An Act Amending Section 285 of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as the “local Government Code of 1991”, as Amended, to Include Area of Municipal Waters as an Additional Factor in Determining the Share of Each Local Government Unit in the National Tax Allotment
In plain language
The bill would change the formula that decides how much money each local government gets from the national tax allotment by adding the size of its municipal waters as a factor, alongside population and land area.
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