Functional Statement

BUSINESS PERMIT AND LICENSING OFFICE (BPLO)

• Perform administrative functions for the BPLO in support of the general administrative function of the LGU on personnel development and professionalization, supply and asset management, budgeting and disbursements, systematic record/data management, general services management, policy enforcements, process review and improvement, maintenance of business establishment roster of negative list, and issuance/revocation of the business permit;

• Facilitate and review business permit applications (new/renewal) pursuant to the local and national regulatory standards and the Local Revenue Code, as amended. Determine the category and line of business, including the review of the capitalization and or gross sales. Ensures the transparent, safe, efficient, client-centered business permit issuance and continuous improvement of the ease of doing business;

• Examine the issued business permit vis-à-vis local and national regulatory and revenue code compliance. Conduct regular inspections of business establishment to review their documentation and actual physical operating condition. Recommend the citation and further investigation of the establishment to put on business negative list, and or revocation of the business permit
• Establish and maintain a fully integrated technology to support the BPLO functions, to facilitate clients’ ease of doing business with the city/municipal government, to allow seamless data exchange with the regulatory offices, the Treasury and other related office. To adopt and regularly update modern technologies and latest trends in the business permit and licensing;

PERMITS & LICENSING SECTION

1. Collect standard information of business permit application for new/renewal/retirement of business following local and national regulations and the revenue code, and maintain a registry thereof;

2. Conduct an interview of every application, review the documents, determine the category and line of business and the correct declaration of capitalization and or gross sale;

3. Perform the duties and adopt methodology that is transparent, safe, efficient, client centered, and regularly assess and improve the manner of service.

STANDARDS & EXAMINATION SECTION

1. Research, setup and recommend business establishment permit and licensing processes, information that is compliant to existing local and national regulations, including the setup of standards for the ease of doing business;

2. Perform regular field inspections of business establishments and its labor practice, and submit reports of finding and appropriate recommendations for citation, further investigation, tag as non-compliant (for the negative list) and or revocation of the business permit and or the occupational permit. This includes the duties of setting up a joint inspection team with other regulatory offices;

3. Examine the documentation submitted for the business permit and occupational permits, vis-à-vis the actual physical operating condition and the labor practice of the establishment. Monitoring the compliance of establishments to standards and regulations;

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION

1. Research and establish general BPLO administrative and operational policies, and ensures enforcement thereof. Including facilitating and establishing new business permit and licensing, occupational permit issuances, and cooperation with other regulatory offices;

2. Perform general personnel administration, specific technical permit and licensing related personnel development, administrative function pertaining general services, supply and asset management, budgeting and disbursements, and systematic records/data management;

3. Conduct regular review of BPLO processes, and implement the necessary improvement thereof;

4. Issue and maintain the registries of the Business Permit and Occupational Permit;

5. Maintain the BPLO records, including the roster of business establishments under the negative list.

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