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4. Codification of Ordinances<stro<strong>ng</strong>>The</stro<strong>ng</strong>> job of local executives and law enforcers are often made difficult due to the lack ofcoherency and consistency of laws and regulations bei<strong>ng</strong> implemented as well asconvenient access to information contained in the laws. <stro<strong>ng</strong>>The</stro<strong>ng</strong>>se obstacles can be removed bythe sa<strong>ng</strong>gunian as the source of legislative enactments through codification.Codification is a process of organizi<strong>ng</strong> and arra<strong>ng</strong>i<strong>ng</strong> all local laws and regulations of ageneral and permanent nature into a Code. It is a process of collecti<strong>ng</strong>, classifyi<strong>ng</strong>, revisi<strong>ng</strong>and the supplementi<strong>ng</strong> ordinances of the LGU. It is a systematic process resulti<strong>ng</strong> in a newenactment – a code of ordinances. Ordinances are codified to provide convenience,completeness, clarity and consistency in the enforcement of ordinances. <stro<strong>ng</strong>>Local</stro<strong>ng</strong>> lawenforcers, for instance, need only refer to one document or code and find the what theyneed quickly because the information are arra<strong>ng</strong>ed systematically and logically.<stro<strong>ng</strong>>The</stro<strong>ng</strong>> sa<strong>ng</strong>gunian can initiate the process of codifyi<strong>ng</strong> general and special ordinances byadopti<strong>ng</strong> a Resolution Creati<strong>ng</strong> a Technical Committee on Codification (TCC). <stro<strong>ng</strong>>The</stro<strong>ng</strong>>committee is expected to function as a technical worki<strong>ng</strong> group responsible for undertaki<strong>ng</strong>research and drafti<strong>ng</strong> of the code. Members may come from the sa<strong>ng</strong>gunian, executivedepartments and civil society organizations in the LGU. To guide and monitor the work ofthe TCC, an action plan on codification may be prepared by the TCC in consultation withthe sa<strong>ng</strong>gunian.This section of the toolkit contains four different codes enacted by selected LGUs 18 . <stro<strong>ng</strong>>The</stro<strong>ng</strong>>followi<strong>ng</strong> codes may be used as reference material and adapted to suit the conditions of aspecific LGU.1. Code of General Ordinances2. Administrative Code3. Gender and Development Code4. Environment Code18 <stro<strong>ng</strong>>The</stro<strong>ng</strong>> codes were outputs of selected LGUs that participated in the project on Enhanci<strong>ng</strong> Structuresand Systems of <stro<strong>ng</strong>>Local</stro<strong>ng</strong>> Legislative Bodies (2003-2004) implemented by the LGSP VI and DevelopmentAcademy of the Philippines.131

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