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The bill creates a new special court in Cagayan de Oro to handle commercial, cybercrime, and competition cases, assigns it a branch number, and provides for its funding and immediate inclusion in the Supreme Court’s program.

House Bill 1936 proposes adding four new trial‑court branches in Cagayan de Oro—one for family cases, one for drug‑related cases, and two regular courts—to ease the current case backlog; the Supreme Court and the Department of Justice must quickly include them in the court program, and the needed funds are to be placed in the yearly General Appropriations Act.

The bill creates two new regional trial court branches, called Special Courts for Environmental Cases, to be located in Cagayan de Oro City.

The bill proposes to add eight new Regional Trial Court branches, designated as special courts for drug cases, in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental.

The bill proposes creating a new Special Court for Expropriation Cases in Cagayan de Oro to ease court congestion and speed up case resolution, with funding to be taken from the annual General Appropriations Act.

The bill makes contractors and officials who, through gross negligence, produce sub‑standard government works criminally liable, punishable by up to 12 years in prison, a fine of at least ₱10 million, and permanent ban from public office and procurement.