REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7554 - AN ACT TO HONOR AND PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE LATE RAFAEL M. SALAS BY NAMING THE 7.9-KM. STRIP OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY, COMMENCING AT SITIO CAMATES, BARANGAY SAMPINIT, SITUATED AT KM. 18 + 400, BAGO CITY, UP TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE ADJACENT MUNICIPALITY OF PULUPANDAN, SITUATED AT KM. 26 + 300, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, AS THE RAFAEL M. SALAS DRIVE - "THE GATEWAY TO SOUTHERN NEGROS"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The 7.9-km. strip of the national highway, commencing at Km. 18 + 400, Sitio Camates, Barangay Sampinit, Bago City, up to the boundary of the adjacent Municipality of Pulupandan, situated at Km. 26 + 300, Province of Negros Occidental, shall be known as the Rafael M. Salas Drive "The Gateway to Southern Negros."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) NEPTALI A. GONZALES (Sgd.) RAMON V. MITRA

President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on January 23, 1991 and January 23, 1992, respectively.

(Sgd.) ANACLETO D. BADOY, JR. (Sgd.) CAMILO L. SABIO

Secretary of the Senate Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: May 26, 1992

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines