REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9050 - AN ACT CREATING A SEPARATE ENGINEERING DISTRICT IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN MINDORO ENGINEERING DISTRICT, THE OFFICE OF WHICH SHALL BE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROXAS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the second congressional district in the Province of Oriental Mindoro is hereby created as a separate engineering district to be known as the Southern Mindoro Engineering District of the Province of Oriental Mindoro with principal office at the Municipality of Roxas.

SEC. 2. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, JR.

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE , JR.

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representative was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on May 16, 2000 and January 29, 2001, respectively.

(Sgd.) LUTGARDO B. BARBO

(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO

Secretary of the Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: Mar. 30, 2001

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines