TO PROTECT the health and safety of the end users and the community, the municipality of Kabayan approved a new law to regulate selling, display and dealing of chicken dung.
Members of the municipal council recently passed an ordinance regulating the business of selling chicken dung.
In the new law, a regulatory measure is needed to protect the safety of the end users and the community and to make it a continuous viable source of income for the municipality.
Kabayan and its neighboring municipalities derive its profits from agriculture, and one of the necessities of farming is the use of chicken dung.
Under the ordinance, no person can sell chicken dung without permit issued by the local executive chief.
Imposed penalty to a person selling, displaying and storing chicken dung without business permit include imprisonment of not less than four months but not more than six months or a fine of not less than P2,000 but not exceeding P2,500 or both at the discretion of the court.
Chicken dung traders wishing to conduct business in the municipality are required to get consent from the lot where the business is conducted. The lot must also be free from any conflict or dispute.
A certification from the municipal engineer, endorsement by the local council, and sanitary clearance from the rural health unit of the municipality is also needed.
A regulatory fee of P1.50 for every sack of chicken dung sold will be collected by the municipality.
The regulatory fees will be remitted to the general fund of the municipality while portion of the share of the barangay is treated as a special fund.
"Fifty centavos of the total regulatory fee imposed on every sack of chicken dung sold will be shared and given to the barangay where the chicken dung business is established. Provided, however that 30 percent will be treated as special fund and be utilized in the proper regulation and supervision of the business while the 70 percent will be remitted to the general fund of the concerned barangay," the ordinance reads.
