Local Legislators' Toolkit - The Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng ...

C. ENACTING ORDINANCES AND CODES OF ORDINANCES<strong>The</strong> next phase in the local legislation cycle is the enactment of ordinances and codes ofordinances. An ordinance is deemed effective only when it has been duly enacted by thesanggunian and approved by the local chief executive according to a set of prescribed rulesof procedure referred to as the legislative process. All legislative measures go through thelegislative process before they are deemed approved and ready for implementation.<strong>The</strong> process of enactment of ordinances involves two core activities or tasks of thesanggunian: 1) the conduct of sessions, and 2) the conduct of committee meetings andhearings. This section provides tools for:• understanding the legislative process• conduct of sessions• conduct of committee meetings and hearings• codification of ordinances<strong>The</strong> following tools may be useful to the sanggunian in enacting ordinances and codes ofordinance:Tool 1 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Local</strong> Legislative ProcessTool 2 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Local</strong> Legislative Process FlowchartTool 3 - Template: <strong>The</strong> Order of BusinessTool 4 - Template: <strong>The</strong> Committee ReportTool 5 - Template: Minutes of a Public HearingTool 6 - Template: <strong>The</strong> CSO Yellow PagesTool 7 - Steps in CodificationTool 8 - Template: Resolution Creating the Technical Committee on CodificationTool 9 - Template: Action Plan for CodificationTool 10- Sample Format for Listing of OrdinanceTool 11- Sample Format for Classification of OrdinancesTool 12- Sample Code of General OrdinancesTool 13- Sample Administrative CodeTool 14- Sample Gender and Development CodeTool 15- Sample Environment Code119