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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

this

Act

shall

be

included

in

the

annual

General

Appropriations Act.

Section 5. Separability Clause. — If any part or

provision of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional or

invalid, other provisions hereof which are not affected

thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential

decrees,

executive

orders,

resolutions,

rules

and

regulations, other issuances, and parts thereof, which are

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby

repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 7. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect

fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two (2)

newspapers of general circulation.

RA No 10756 | Election Service Reform

Act

[IRR] RA 10756 Election Service Reform Act

April 8, 2016

AN

ACT

RENDERING

ELECTION

SERVICE

NON-COMPULSORY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS,

AUTHORIZING

THE

APPOINTMENT

OF

OTHER

QUALIFIED CITIZENS, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION

AND OTHER BENEFITS

Be

it

enacted

by

the

Senate

and

House

of

Representatives

of

the

Philippines

in

Congress

assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as

the “Election Service Reform Act”.

SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. — As used in this

Act:

(a)

Beneficiaries

shall

refer

to

the

qualified

compulsory

heirs

of the deceased person rendering

election service under this Act;

(b) Commission shall refer to the Commission on

Elections;

(c) Compensation shall refer to per diem, honoraria, or

allowances granted to the Chairperson and members of

the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI), Special Board of

Election Inspectors (SBEI), Board of Election Tellers (BET),

Special

Board

of

Election

Tellers

(SBET),

hereinafter

collectively

referred

to

as

“Electoral

Boards”,

or

Department of Education Supervisor Official (DESO), and

their respective support staff under this Act;

(d)

Department

or

DepED

shall

refer

to

the

Department of Education;

(e) Election-related risk shall refer to any death or

injury /sustained by reason of or on the occasion of the

performance of election service or duties;

(f) Persons rendering election service shall refer to

persons

appointed

by

the

Commission

to

render

election-related service as Chairperson or member of the

Electoral Boards and DESO, and their respective support

staff; and

(g)

Other

benefits

shall

refer

to

death

and/or

hospitalization benefits granted to persons rendering

election service or to their beneficiaries under this Act,

including the provision for legal assistance and legal

indemnification.

SECTION 3. Rendering of Election Service. — The

Electoral Boards to be constituted by the Commission

shall

be

composed

of

a

Chairperson

and

two

(2)

members, all of whom shall be public school teachers

who are willing and available to render election service.

Should there be a lack of public school teachers

willing, available or qualified to serve, the Commission

may instead appoint the following persons in this order of

preference:

(a) Private school teachers;

(b) National government employees:

(1) DepED nonteaching personnel;

(2)

Other

national

government

officials

and

employees

holding

regular

or

permanent

positions,

excluding uniformed personnel of the Department of

National Defense and all its attached agencies;

(c) Members of the Commission-accredited citizen

arms

or

other

civil

society

organizations

and

nongovernmental organizations duly accredited by the

Commission; and

(d) Any registered voter of the city or municipality of

known integrity and competence who is not connected

with any candidate or political party.

In cases where the peace and order situation so

requires as determined by the Commission and where

there are no qualified voters willing to serve, uniformed

personnel of the Philippine National Police shall be

deputized to render election service as a last resort.

SECTION 4. Honoraria and Allowances. — Persons

rendering election service shall be entitled to honoraria,

travel allowance, and such other benefits as may be

granted by the Commission.

For the first implementation of this Act, the following

shall be entitled to the corresponding honoraria:

Chairperson of Electoral Boards

P6,000.00

Members of Electoral Boards

P5.000.00

DESO

P4,000.00

Support Staff

P2.000.00

All of the foregoing shall be entitled to an additional

travel allowance of One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) each.

Such honoraria and allowances shall be paid within

fifteen (15) days from the date of election.

Such amounts shall be reviewed by the Commission

in consultation with the DepEd every three (3) years from

the effectivity of this Act, but in no case, shall the revised

amounts be lower than herein provided.

SECTION 5. Service Credit. — A minimum of five (5)

days service credit shall accrue to all government officials

and employees serving as members of the Electoral

Boards and DESO, and their respective support staff.

SECTION 6. Other Benefits. — Persons rendering

election service shall be entitled to death and/or medical

assistance for election-related risks to be drawn from the

trust fund provided in this Act.

(a) Death Benefits — The amount of Five hundred

thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be awarded to the

beneficiaries in accordance with the implementing rules

and

regulations

of

this

Act.

Such amount shall be

reviewed

by

the

Commission

every

three

(3)

years

thereafter, but in no case shall the revised amount be

lower than herein provided.

(b) Medical Assistance — Persons rendering election

service shall be entitled to medical assistance in such

amount as may be determined by the Commission,

sufficient

to

answer

for

medical and hospitalization

expenses, until recovery.

SECTION 7. Legal Assistance. — Persons rendering

election service are hereby authorized to engage the

services of government or private lawyers immediately

upon receipt of notice that a civil or criminal action, suit

or administrative proceeding is filed against them in

connection with their election service. The lawyer’s fee

shall be part of the indemnification package under this

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