Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act of 2015

Section 1

This Act shall be known as the “Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act of 2015”.

Section 2

The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building .and thus, promotes and protects their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being, inculcates in them patriotism, nationalism and other desirable values, and encourages their involvement in public and civic affairs. Towards this end, the State shall establish adequate, effective, responsive and enabling mechanisms and support systems that will ensure the meaningful participation of the youth in local governance and ^Ln nation-building.

Section 3

For purposes of this Act, the following terms are hereby defined: (a) Commission shall refer to the National Youth Commission created under Republic Act No. 8044; (b) Local Chief Executive shall refer to the provincial governor, city and municipal mayor; (c) Local Government Operations Officer shall refer to the duly designated head of the office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) stationed in the concerned local government unit; (d) Local Sanggunian shall refer to the sangguniang panlalawigan, sangguniang panlungsod and sangguniang bayan; (e) Youth Affairs Provincial Officer shall refer to the person duly appointed or designated by the Commission to serve as its agent in the province with the tasks provided for in this Act or as the Commission may deem necessary; (f) Youth shall refer to those persons whose ages range from fifteen (15) to thirty (30) years old as defined in Republic Act No. 8044; (g) Youth Organizations shall refer to those organizations whose membership/ composition are the youth; and (h) Youth-Serving Organizations shall refer to those registered organizations whose principal programs, projects and activities are youth-oriented and youth-related.