{"id":192600,"date":"2018-12-05T05:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=192600"},"modified":"2018-12-05T05:36:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T10:36:25","slug":"house-panel-okays-20-student-fare-discount-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/05\/house-panel-okays-20-student-fare-discount-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"House panel okays 20% student fare discount bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bill does not cover school service, shuttle service, and tourist service. (PNA Photo)\u00a0Filane Mikee Cervantes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —<\/strong>\u00a0The House of Representatives\u2019 transportation committee approved on Wednesday a substitute bill seeking to institutionalize the grant of a 20-percent student fare discount on land, water, and air transport systems even during weekends and holidays.<\/p>\n

The still-unnumbered substitute bill, which shall be known as the “Student Fare Discount Act”, is a consolidation of nine measures: House Bills 72, 706, 2477, 3642, 6117, 7269, 7318, and 8397.<\/p>\n

The public transportation utilities covered by the measure are public utility buses, public utility jeepneys, taxis, and other similar vehicles-for-hire, tricycles, passenger trains, aircraft, and marine vessels.<\/p>\n

The bill does not cover school service, shuttle service, and tourist service.<\/p>\n

A student shall be entitled to a 20-percent discount on the regular domestic fares of all kinds of public transportation upon the presentation of a duly issued and validated school identification card or current validated enrollment form, supported by any document to properly establish identity.<\/p>\n

It may be availed of during the entire period while the student is enrolled, including weekends and holidays.<\/p>\n

The bill provides that the public transportation utility operator may claim as tax deduction the student fare discount granted, based on the cost of the services rendered.<\/p>\n

It also provides additional relief or support for the public transportation utility operator and driver.<\/p>\n

Appropriate government agencies in charge of regulating the fares may determine alternative ways — such as reduction or exemption from some regulatory fees and charges — to mitigate the impact of the discount given under the implementing rules and regulations of the proposed law.<\/p>\n

Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte, principal author, said, “With price increasing for goods services this year, and school tuition hiking for higher education, a reduction in payment for transport services would be a weight off the shoulders for the youth.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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