REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8698, July 09, 1998

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8698, July 09, 1998 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING THE PINES NATIONALIZED HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY PINES, CITY OF OROQUIETA, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL, INTO A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Pines Nationalized High School in Barangay Pines, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, is hereby converted, under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, into a science and technological school to be known as the Misamis Occidental Science High School.

SEC. 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue the rules and regulations necessary for the conversion of the Pines Nationalized High School into a science and technological school.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be charged against current year's appropriation of the Pines Nationalized High School. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Misamis Occidental Science High School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) NEPTALI A. GONZALES

(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.

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 26, 1998 and August 25, 1997, respectively.

(Sgd.) LORENZO E. LEYNES JR.

(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO

Secretary of the Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved:

FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines

Lapsed into law on July 09, 1998, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.