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SC reminds LGUs can't issue traffic violation receipts unless deputized by MMDA
SC reminds LGUs can't issue traffic violation receipts unless deputized by MMDA
MANILA — The Supreme Court has released a decision preventing traffic enforcers of local governments from issuing traffic violation receipts unless deputized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
MANILA — The Supreme Court has released a decision preventing traffic enforcers of local governments from issuing traffic violation receipts unless deputized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
In the en banc decision promulgated on July 11, 2023, a permanent injunction was given to local government units (LGUs) that prevent them from issuing Ordinance Violation Receipts and confiscating licenses unless they were given authority by the MMDA.
The high court declared specific ticketing provisions in local ordinances of Makati City, Taguig City, Paranaque City, Pasay City, Quezon City, San Juan City, Navotas City, Las Pinas City, Pasig City, Muntinlupa City, Mandaluyong City, Valenzuela City, Caloocan City, City of Manila, and Pateros, as null and void.
"This structure breathes life to the avowed objectives of the MMDA Law which is to promote efficiency, cohesion, harmony, and order, in the delivery of metro-wide services such as traffic management in Metro Manila - without undermining local autonomy, as its decisions are reached through a governing body composed primarily of the local chief executives themselves," the high court said in the decision of penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa.
The Supreme Court granted the petition for review on certiorari filed by transport groups such as the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Associations of the Philippines, Alliance of Concerned Transport Operators, Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines against the local government units.
The high court in effect reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals which earlier ruled that there is no conflict between the MMDA law and the Local Government Code because each has their specific boundaries.
The petitioners however had insisted that the Land Transportation Office law is explicit as to the power to confiscate licenses while the MMDA rules clearly show the legislative intent to have a single ticketing system.
The respondent LGUs for their part argued that they are vested by law with the power to regulate traffic within their territorial jurisdictions.
"All told, the court thus declares as invalid the common provision in the said traffic codes or ordinances of the LGUs in Metro Manila empowering each of them to issue OVRs (ordinance violation receipts) to erring drivers and motorists," the high court said.
In the en banc decision promulgated on July 11, 2023, a permanent injunction was given to local government units (LGUs) that prevent them from issuing Ordinance Violation Receipts and confiscating licenses unless they were given authority by the MMDA.
The high court declared specific ticketing provisions in local ordinances of Makati City, Taguig City, Paranaque City, Pasay City, Quezon City, San Juan City, Navotas City, Las Pinas City, Pasig City, Muntinlupa City, Mandaluyong City, Valenzuela City, Caloocan City, City of Manila, and Pateros, as null and void.
"This structure breathes life to the avowed objectives of the MMDA Law which is to promote efficiency, cohesion, harmony, and order, in the delivery of metro-wide services such as traffic management in Metro Manila - without undermining local autonomy, as its decisions are reached through a governing body composed primarily of the local chief executives themselves," the high court said in the decision of penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa.
The Supreme Court granted the petition for review on certiorari filed by transport groups such as the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Associations of the Philippines, Alliance of Concerned Transport Operators, Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines against the local government units.
The high court in effect reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals which earlier ruled that there is no conflict between the MMDA law and the Local Government Code because each has their specific boundaries.
The petitioners however had insisted that the Land Transportation Office law is explicit as to the power to confiscate licenses while the MMDA rules clearly show the legislative intent to have a single ticketing system.
The respondent LGUs for their part argued that they are vested by law with the power to regulate traffic within their territorial jurisdictions.
"All told, the court thus declares as invalid the common provision in the said traffic codes or ordinances of the LGUs in Metro Manila empowering each of them to issue OVRs (ordinance violation receipts) to erring drivers and motorists," the high court said.
The high court declared specific ticketing provisions in local ordinances of Makati City, Taguig City, Paranaque City, Pasay City, Quezon City, San Juan City, Navotas City, Las Pinas City, Pasig City, Muntinlupa City, Mandaluyong City, Valenzuela City, Caloocan City, City of Manila, and Pateros, as null and void.
"This structure breathes life to the avowed objectives of the MMDA Law which is to promote efficiency, cohesion, harmony, and order, in the delivery of metro-wide services such as traffic management in Metro Manila - without undermining local autonomy, as its decisions are reached through a governing body composed primarily of the local chief executives themselves," the high court said in the decision of penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa.
The Supreme Court granted the petition for review on certiorari filed by transport groups such as the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Associations of the Philippines, Alliance of Concerned Transport Operators, Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines against the local government units.
The high court in effect reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals which earlier ruled that there is no conflict between the MMDA law and the Local Government Code because each has their specific boundaries.
The petitioners however had insisted that the Land Transportation Office law is explicit as to the power to confiscate licenses while the MMDA rules clearly show the legislative intent to have a single ticketing system.
The respondent LGUs for their part argued that they are vested by law with the power to regulate traffic within their territorial jurisdictions.
"All told, the court thus declares as invalid the common provision in the said traffic codes or ordinances of the LGUs in Metro Manila empowering each of them to issue OVRs (ordinance violation receipts) to erring drivers and motorists," the high court said.
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