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BY – LAWS
OF
Bagong Pag-asa Homeowners Association
Inc.
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ARTICLE I
DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

The purposes of this association are those set forth in its Articles of
Incorporation. Its primary concern is to facilitate the ownership of
lots or houses, or both, by its members and to enhance the delivery
of adequate social services or advantages for the association to
improve
the quality of life and well-being of its members.

ARTICLE II

NAME AND LOCATION

The name of this Association is Bagog Pag-asa

Homeowners Association Inc.

Its principal office shall be located at Villarosa Homes, San

Vicente, San Pedro, Laguna.

ARTICLE III

MEMBERSHIP

Section 1. Members. All lot buyers/owners, awardees, long-term

lessees and occupants, or informal settlers intending as
beneficiaries of ownership rights over their leased
or occupied lots of houses at Villarosa Homes, San Vicente, San
Pedro, Laguna Philippines shall become members of the
association; provided however, that the long-term lessees and
bonafide occupants shall be considered as members of the
association, in lieu of the owner of the same. A lease shall be
considered a long-term lease if his lease is in writing and for a
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period of one year or more. The right of membership, including the

right to vote and to be voted for, shall be exercised by the head of
the family or authorized representative of each homeowner, lot
owner/buyer, awardee, lease holder or bonafide occupant, of
a house or lot.

Section 2. Member in Good Standing. A member in good

standing is one who complies faithfully with all the duties and
obligations of a member as determined by the board
of directors.

Section 3. Rights and Privileges of Membership. Every

member of this association shall be entitled to participate in any
meeting and vote on the following matters:

a. Amendment of the articles of incorporation;

b. Adoption and amendment of by-laws;
c. Sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or other
disposition of all or substantially
all of the association’s assets;
d. Incurring, creating, or increasing bonded indebtedness;
e. Increases or decreases of association capitalization or
dues;
f. Merger or consolidation of the association with another
association or other associations;
g. Investment of association funds in another association;
h. Dissolution of the association; and,
i. Inspection and examination of association records at
reasonable hours on
business days.

Unless otherwise stated in the Articles of Incorporation or in this By-

Laws, and in addition to the foregoing rights and privileges, every
member in good standing of this association shall have the following
rights:

a. To vote at all elections of trustees or directors, either in

person or by
representative authorized to act by written proxy;
b. To be eligible to any elective or appointive office of the
association;
c. To participate and vote on all matters brought before
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any meeting or deliberation

of the members of the association;
d. To use, enjoy, benefit from, or take advantage of all
facilities and services of the association.
Section 4. Duties of Members. Every member of this association
shall have the following duties:
a. To pay his membership fee, association dues, special
assessments, and such other
fees which may be levied on him by the association;
b. To participate in important activities or social affairs of the
association as may be
determined by the board of directors or trustees;
c. To attend all meetings assembly, and seminars as may be
called by the
association, the board of directors or trustees or its
committees;
d. To obey and comply with this by-laws and such other rules
and regulations as
may be promulgated by the board of directors or trustees and
approved by the
majority of the members.
Section 5. Membership Roll. The association shall keep
and maintain under the
custody of the Secretary, a membership roll containing the list
of all members and such
additional members as may be admitted from time to time,
including information and data,
which may be required by the board of directors and trustees.
Section 6. Expulsion from the Association. Any member
may be expelled from
the association on the following grounds:
a. Default in the payment of association dues specified in
Article IV hereof, for a
period of thirty (30) days from written demand;
b. Ceasing to be a member in good standing, as determined
by the board of
directors and trustees, after due notice and hearing;
c. Repeated violation of any of the provisions of the articles of
incorporation, this bylaws
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or existing rules and regulations of the association and

exhibiting conduct
inimical to the interest of the association as determined by
the board of directors
or trustees, after due notice and hearing.
ARTICLE IV
FEES AND DUES
Section 1. Membership Fee. Upon the organization of this
association, or the
admission of any person as member hereof, every member of
the association shall pay a
membership fee of
____________________________________________________________to
be paid in a manner determined by the board of directors or
trustees.
Section 2. Association or Maintenance Dues. Monthly
association and/or
maintenance dues of
________________________________________________________ shall
be collected from every member to defray the administrative
cost and operational expenses of
the association.
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Section 3. Contributions. The association may raise funds
for its programs and
activities, through contributions, donations and/or other
forms.
Section 4. Special Assessments. The board of directors or
trustees, may from
time to time assess and collect from each member,
reasonable amounts as may be necessary to
fund special community projects for the common good and
benefit of the association as
approved by the majority of the members of the board.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES
Section 1. Board of Directors or Trustees and their
General Powers. Unless
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otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation and this by-

laws, the powers of this
association shall be exercised, all business conducted and all
of its property controlled and held
by the board of directors or trustees elected from among the
members in good standing of this
association.
Section 2. Number of Directors or Trustees and
Qualifications. The board of
directors or trustees of this association shall be composed of
________________ (___) elected
members. No person shall be elected as a director or trustee
unless he is a member in good
standing of this association.
Section 3. Nomination. Not less than seven (7) days nor
more than fourteen (14)
days before the annual meeting at which the directors are to
be elected, any fifteen (15) or
more members, may, by written petition, nominate
candidates to the Board and post their
name in the bulletin board of the association.
Section 4. Election and Term of Office. Directors shall be
elected by secret ballot
at the annual meeting of the members of the Association. The
directors so elected shall hold
office for a term of ______________ years and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
Section 5. Removal of Directors or Trustees by
Members. At any regular or
special meeting of the members duly called and held, any
director or trustee may, on any valid
ground by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members entitled to
vote, be removed from office. Any
vacancy created by such removal shall be filled by majority
vote of the members present at
such meeting without compliance with the foregoing
provisions with respect to nomination.
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The director(s) or trustee(s) so elected shall serve the

unexpired term(s) of the removed
director(s) or trustee(s).
Section 6. Vacancies. Except as herein above provided, any
other vacancies
occurring in the Board either by resignation, death or
incapacity, shall be filled by a majority
vote of the members entitled to vote at a special meeting
duly called and held for the purpose
without compliance with the foregoing provisions with respect
to nomination. The director(s) or
trustee(s) so elected shall serve the unexpired term(s) of the
resigning, incapacitated or
deceased director(s) or trustee(s).
Section 7. Regular Meeting of the Board. The first
regular meeting of the Board
shall without notice be held immediately after the annual
meeting of the members. Thereafter,
the regular meeting of the Board shall also be held on the
_____________________________
at the principal office of the association and no notice thereof
shall be required.
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Section 8. Special Meeting of the Board. Special meeting
of the board may be
called by the President or majority of the members of the
board and it shall thereupon be the
duty of the secretary to cause the notice of such meeting to
be sent to each Director at least
two (2) days before the meeting.
Section 9. Quorum. A majority of directors or trustees shall
constitute a quorum at
any meeting of the Board.
Section 10. Compensation. The directors or trustees may
be entitled to per diem
for actual attendance to the meeting in such amount as may
be determined by majority of the
members of the association.
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ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers. The officers of the association shall be
the President, Vice-
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and such other
officers as may from time to time be
determined by the Board. Long-term lessees and tenants are
not qualified to be elected or
appointed as president, vice-president, and treasurer of the
association.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers
mentioned in Section 1
hereof shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Board
held immediately after the annual
meeting of members and shall hold office for a term of
_______________ years and until their
successors shall have been elected and qualified. If the
election of officers cannot be held at
such meeting, the election shall be held during the next
regular meeting.
Section 3. Compensation. The officers of the association
who are not members of
the Board may receive such honoraria as may be determined
by the board of directors or
trustees.
Section 4. Removal of Officers. Any officer of the
association may be removed by
a majority vote of the members of the Board constituting a
quorum whenever in its judgment
the best interest of the Association will be served thereby.
Section 5. President. The President who should be a
director shall preside at all
meeting of the members and of the board of directors or
trustees. The president shall exercise
such powers and performs such duties incident to his office
and such other duties as may from
time to time delegated to him by the Board. Among others,
the president shall:
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a. Preside at the meetings of the members and of the board

of directors or trustees;
b. Represent the association in all activities to which it is a
party or participant;
c. Preside, in consultation with the appropriate officers and
committees, a yearly
program of activities and submit an annual report of the
operations of the
association to the members at the annual meeting, and to the
board of directors
or trustees such statements, report, memoranda and
accounts as may be
requested by the latter;
d. Organize and supervise work groups among the members
of the association;
e. Post a fidelity bond sufficient to answer for the
association’s cash assets and its
equivalent at the time of his/her assumption of office,
provided, that the posting
of the said bond shall be for the personal account of the
officer concerned;
f. Exercise the power to create additional committees as
maybe necessary.
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Section 6. Vice-President. The Vice-President who should
also be a director or
trustee, shall, in the absence or disability of the president,
perform the duties of the president
and such other duties as the Board may from time to time
prescribe.
Section 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the following
duties:
a. Have charge and custody of and be responsible for the
funds of the association;
b. Shall disburse the funds of the association, for specific
purpose/s authorized by a
resolution of the board of directors or trustees;
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c. Shall take charge and have custody of petty cash funds as

may be fixed by the
board;
d. Be responsible for keeping the financial records of the
association and the
liquidation of any and all accounts, liabilities and obligations
owing on dues from
the association;
e. Shall monitor all delinquencies and send notices on
overdue association’s dues
and/or demand letters;
f. Post a fidelity bond sufficient to answer for the association’s
cash assets and its
equivalent at the time of his/her assumption of office
provided, that the posting of
the bond shall be for the personal account of the officer;
g. In general, perform all the duties incident to the office of
the treasurer and such
other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by
the board of
directors or trustees.
Section 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall:
a. Keep the minutes of the meetings of the members of the
board, in one or more
books provided for this purpose;
b. Deliver or submit all notices in accordance with this by-laws
or as required by law
or rules of the HLURB;
c. Keep all corporate records and the seal of the association
which shall be affixed to
such instruments as may be required by the HLURB and
thereupon be attested by
his signature or that of the treasurer;
d. Keep a register or membership roll of the names and post
office addresses of all
members;
e. Provide each member a copy of the by-laws and all
amendments thereto;
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f. In general, perform all duties incident to the office of the

secretary and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned by the board.
Section 9. Auditor. The Auditor shall:
a. Serve as the chairperson of the audit and inventory
committee of the association;
b. Examine and audit all financial transactions of the
association including all the
books, ledgers, journals and other supporting records
pertaining thereto; and
c. Perform all duties incident to the office of the auditor and
such other duties as
may from time to time be assigned by the Board.
ARTICLE VII
ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES
Section 1. Committees. The association, by a vote of the
majority of the members
thereof, shall organize and create the following committees:
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a. Grievance and Adjudication Committee. The members of
the grievance and
adjudication committee, who should have experience in
counseling shall be
elected by the members in the annual meeting of members.
The committee shall
accept and investigate complaints filed by a member against
any other member or
officer, and shall settle or arbitrate any dispute within its
power in the community.
In the event that the grievance is not settled by the
committee, its decision may
be appealed to the board of directors or trustees.
Any controversy or dispute shall first be brought before the
board of directors or
trustees prior to elevating the same to HLURB. The board of
directors or trustees
shall issue a certification as to the non-settlement of a dispute
before HLURB shall
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take cognizance of the dispute or controversy.

b. Audit and Inventory Committee. The audit and inventory
committee shall be
responsible for auditing the accounts of the association. It
shall conduct such
audit at least semi-annually and submit its reports thereon to
the board of
directors or trustees.
c. Committee on Election. The committee on election shall be
composed of three
(3) members, to be elected by the members in the annual
meeting who shall
serve for a term one year until their successors have been
elected and duly
qualified.
The Committee shall supervise all election activities of the
association
d. Development and Services Committee. The development
and services
committee shall take charge of planning, coordination and
actually operating the
facilities and services of the association. It shall be organized
into groups or
councils, which shall form as the backbone of the community
service delivery
system. Initially, these groups or council may be the following:
Health and
Nutrition and Mobility Groups. Additional groups or council
shall be formed as the
need arises.
e. Membership and Education Committee. The membership
and education
committee shall take charge of the development of human
resources in the
community. It shall conduct information, educational and
motivational campaigns
and shall prepare and implement training activities designed
to make the residents
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productive members of the association.

f. Financial Management Committee. Subject to the approval
of the Board of
directors, the financial management committee, shall prepare
the budget of the
association and plan, adopt and implement canvassing,
procurement and
disbursement guidelines for projects that will or may require
the use of the
association funds. The committee shall also serve as a
coordinating body for all
financial matters involving external institutions and shall
evolve a savings
campaign and other fund raising activities.
g. Livelihood Committee. The livelihood committee shall plan
and coordinate all
economic programs designed to supplement the income of
the members. As
such, it shall closely coordinate with the financial
management committee in the
preparations of feasibility studies and other proposals.
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h. Maintenance Committee. The maintenance committee shall
take charge of the
upkeep and repair of community facilities and services. It
shall form and organize
the beautification/ecology team or group to maintain
cleanliness and beauty in the
community.
i. Peace and Order Committee. The peace and order
committee shall take charge
of maintaining peace and order in the community. It shall
form and organize the
members into tanod brigades to safeguard the security of the
area and
emergency/disaster brigade to meet any natural or man-
made calamity.
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j. Social and Cultural Affairs Committee. It shall be tasked with

planning,
organizing and implementing social activities that will help
improve inter-personal
relations among the members. It shall also develop programs
and activities to
deepen cultural awareness among the members. Finally, it
shall form and
organize sports and recreation brigade.
Section 2. Special Committees. Other special committees,
council, or groups
may be created by the board of directors or trustees as the
need arises.
ARTICLE VIII
MEETING OF MEMBERS
Section 1. Place of the Meeting. Meeting of the members
shall be held at the
principal office of the Association.
Section 2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the
members shall be held on
__________________________________________________ of each
year, at which meetings,
the members shall elect the directors and transact such other
business as may properly be
brought during the meeting.
Section 3. Special General Meeting. At any time during
the interval between
annual meeting, special meeting of the members may be
called by the president or by a
majority of the board, provided, however, that ten (10) per
centum or more of the members in
good standing may in writing, petition the board of directors
or trustees to call a special
meeting of the members.
Section 4. Notice of Members’ Meeting. A written notice
stating the date, place
and hour of the meeting and in case of special or an annual
meeting at which business
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requiring special notice is to be transacted, shall be

personally delivered to each member not
less than five (5) days before the date of the meeting.
Section 5. Quorum. Majority of the members in good
standing present in person or
by proxy shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the
members for the transaction of
business.
Section 6. Voting. Each of the household shall be entitled to
only one vote. Voting
by proxy shall be allowed. All questions shall be decided by a
vote of majority of those present
and voting except as otherwise provided by law, the articles
of incorporation and this by-laws.
Section 7. Proxies. Proxies shall be in writing, dated, and
signed by the member,
notarized, and filed before the scheduled meeting with the
Secretary. It shall be valid only for
those meeting for which it is intended, unless otherwise
provided in the proxy.
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Section 8. Annual Statement. A true and full statement of
the affairs of the
association shall be submitted at the annual meeting for
consideration by the members.
ARTICLE IX
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Section 1. Contracts. The Board shall by specific resolution,
authorize any officer
or officers, or member/s to enter any contract or execute and
deliver any instrument in the
name or in behalf of the association
Section 2. Signing of Checks, etc. All checks, drafts, or
other orders for payment
of money, and all notes, bonds or other evidence of
indebtedness issued in the name of the
association shall be signed jointly by the treasurer and the
president or other officers authorized
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by the Board.
Section 3. Deposit. All funds of the association such as
association dues and
membership fees shall be deposited from time to time to the
credit or account of the
association in such bank or banks as the Board may
designate.
Section 4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the association
shall begin on the 1st day
of January and end on the 31st day of December of each year.
The treasurer shall cause to be
made a full and complete audit of the books, accounts and
financial condition of the
association. Such audit shall be made available for inspection
by the members. For this
purpose, the association shall conduct such audit at least
three (3) months before the end of
the fiscal year, make pertinent recommendations to the Board
and render a report to the
members at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE X
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (CMP), GROUP
LAND ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT (GLAD),
SELF-HELP AND OTHER LAND TENURIAL PROGRAMS
Section 1. Conditions of Membership. A member of
community mortgage or
group land acquisition and development projects and other
self-help and land tenurial programs
shall agree to the following provisions:
a. To relocate to other lots or areas and/or vary their house
plans and designs when
the community or site development, such as roadways, or
drainage, and/or water
lines to be constructed/installed, shall require such relocation
or alteration for the
common good of the majority of the members or in
compliance with government
regulations;
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b. The right of the homeowners or community association and

the agreement of the
members to the substitution of members who default in the
payment of at least
three (3) monthly rentals/amortizations due; and
c. To recognize vested or prior rights of any member whose
loan allocation has been
fully paid by the assisting private or public financial
institution.
Section 2. Dispute Resolution. Where the community
association cannot resolve,
through its internal grievance and adjudication committee,
the issues relative to but not limited
to relocation or lot allocation within the site; allocation of lots
areas and/or loan shares; sharing
in expenses relating to the acquisition, subdivision, titling of
the land/lots, and annotations of
mortgages, the members agree to submit to and abide by the
decision of any adjudication
branch or department created by the private or public
financing institution concerned for the
purpose.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dissolution or Revocation of Registration. In
the event the
Association fails to acquire the land subject of the community
mortgage program, group land
acquisition and development, self-help land acquisition
scheme, and other land tenurial
program, the association shall be deemed dissolved and the
registration thereof deemed
revoked, and not valid for any other purpose.
Section 2. Board Rules and Regulations. The Board shall
have the power to
promulgate such rules and regulations consistent with law,
the articles of incorporation or this
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by-laws.
Section 3. Amendments. This by-laws or any portion or
provision hereof may be
amended, repealed or otherwise changed, upon the initiation
of the Board in any manner not
contrary to law, the articles of incorporation, contracts, or
agreements, at a duly called and held
regular meeting or special meeting by a majority vote of the
members, provided, however, that
notice of such meeting whether regular or special, shall
contain a fair statement of the
proposed amendments.
The foregoing by-laws were adopted and approved by all the
incorporators on
___________________________________ at
________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
_______________.
(Note: If filed with Articles of Incorporation, should be signed
by all Incorporators; if filed after
incorporation, should be signed by majority of the members)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands
this _________ day of
_____________________, 20____ at
______________________________________________.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
CITY / PROVINCE OF _______________) S.S.
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BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for and in ____________________

this _____ day of
_________________, 20____, personally appeared:
NAME CTC NUMBER DATE OF ISSUE PLACE OF ISSUE
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known to me and to me known to be the same persons who
executed the foregoing instrument
and acknowledged to me that the same is their free and
voluntary act and deed as well as the
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free and voluntary act and deed of the association they

represent.
This instrument consisting of __________ pages including this
page whereon the
acknowledgment clause is written, signed by the authorized
signatories together with their
instrumental witnesses on each and every page hereof sealed
with my notarial seal, refers to
the by-laws of the
______________________________________________________________.
WITNESS MY HAND SEAL on the day, year and place first
above-written.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Doc. No. _____;
Page No. _____;
Book No. _____;
Series of 20 ____.