Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 43

BILL NO. 131

Republic of the Philippines Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY PARLIAMENT

Bangsamoro Government Center, Cotabato City

BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY

(SECOND REGULAR SESSION)

BANGSAMORO AUTONOMY ACT NO. 43

Begun and held in Cotabato City, on Thursday, the 15th day of September 2022

APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF NABALAWAG, AN ACT

Be it enacted by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority in Parliament assembled:

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - In the exercise of genuine autonomy and self governance, the Bangsamoro Government is empowered to create, divide, merge, abolish, or substantially alter boundaries of municipalities or barangays in accordance with a law enacted by the Parliament. The municipalities or barangays created, divided, merged, or whose boundaries are substantially altered, shall be entitled to their appropriate share in the national tax allotment: Provided, That it shall be approved by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite in the political units directly affected.

SEC. 2. Creation of the Municipality. -- The Barangays of Damatulan, Kadigasan, Kadingilan, Kudarangan, Nabalawag, and Olandang belonging to the Municipality of Midsayap, and Barangay Dungguan from the Municipality of Aleosan, North Cotabato, which petitioned and voted to be included in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the 2019 plebiscite, are hereby separated from their mother municipalities. As such, said barangays are constituted into a distinct and independent municipality to be known as the Municipality of Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

SEC. 3. Seat of Government. -- The seat of government of the new Municipality of Nabalawag shall be established in Barangay Nabalawag.

SEC. 4. Territorial Boundary.--The territorial boundary of the new municipality of Nabalawag shall follow the existing boundaries of the constituent barangays as above enumerated.

SEC. 5. Plebiscite Requirement. -- The Municipality of Nabalawag shall acquire corporate existence upon ratification of its creation by a majority of the votes cast by qualified voters in a plebiscite to be conducted in the barangays comprising the municipality pursuant to Section 2 hereof within sixty (60) days after the approval of the Act.

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SEC. 6. Conduct of Plebiscite. -- The Commission on Elections, through the Bangsamoro Electoral Office, shall conduct and supervise the plebiscite. The expenses in holding the plebiscite shall be taken out of the current fiscal year appropriations of the Bangsamoro Government, subject to usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

SEC. 7. Appointment of Municipal Officials. -- The first mayor, vice-mayor, and the eight (8) members of the Sangguniang Bayan of the new municipality shall be appointed by the Chief Minister of the BARMM with due regard to representation of women of the Bangsamoro. They shall continue to hold office until their successors shall have been elected in the next general elections for local officials, and shall have qualified: Provided, That the incumbent elective members of the Sangguniang Bayan of the Municipalities of Midsayap and Aleosan who are actual residents of the new municipality shall serve the remaining terms of their elective offices in their aforementioned mother municipalities.

SEC. 8. Financial Assistance Pending Entitlement to National Tax Allotment. - The Bangsamoro Government shall appropriate and provide financial assistance for the administration and operation of the Municipal Government of Nabalawag every month until such time as the new municipality shall have been allocated its share in the national tax allotment, subject to usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. -- If, for any cause, any part of this Act is declared unconstitutional or contrary to the provisions of Republic Act No. 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law, the rest of the provisions hereof which are not affected shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. -- All laws, decrees, executive orders, or regulations or any part thereof which may be contrary or inconsistent to this Act are hereby repealed, amended, modified or altered accordingly.

SEC. 11. Effectivity. -- This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Bangsamoro Gazette or in one (1) newspaper of regional circulation.

ATTY. PANGKLIAN M.BALINI

Speaker

This Act was passed by the Bangsamoro Parliament on Safar 1, 1445/August 17, 2023.

PROF.RA Secratary-Penera ANGKAI

APPROVED:

AHOD BALAWAG EBRAHIM

Date: Chief Minister SEP 2023

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Appendix. Map of the Municipality of Nabalawag.

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This is the Technical Description Municipality of Nabalawag.

TECHNICALDESCRIPTION LINE 4-5 1-2 2-3 3-4 5- S.01'14'E. N.36'48'E. S.7740'E. S.13'54'E. N.56'14'E. BEARING DISTANCE 1,956.99M. 3,173.07M. 1,138.55M 670.96M. 596.54M. DESCRIPTION BBM-197 BBM-145 BBM-132 BBM-196 BBMi-70 Pikit, on the SE Bounded on the NW along line 1-9 by Mun. of Kadayangan, on the NE 9-10 by Brgy. Baliki, on the NE 10-19 by Mun. of Aleosan, on the SE 19-21 by Mun. of MEETS and BOUNDS 21-25 by Brgy.

9-10 6- 7-8 89 N.01'50'W. S.26'39'E. N.04'18'E. N.73'32'E. 1,380.61M. 6,244.60M. 444.33M. 993.53M. MBM-19=BBM-163 BBM-208 BBM-207 STAKE and 1 by Brgy. Lomopog. Macasendeg, on the SW 25-40 by Rio Grande de Mindanao, on the NW 40- 44

10-11 12-13 11-12 13-14 S.03'37'W. N.64'17'E. S.87'35'E. S.8015'E. 918.16M. 852.85M. 647.90M. 553.79M. BBM-28 BBM-43 BBM-29 BBM-30 14-15 S.13'54'W. 954.75M. BBM-59

16-17 17-18 15-16 S.03'59'E. N.73'51'E. S.57'58'E. 193.02M. 761.07M. 853.07M. BBM-60 BBM-61 BBM-62 18-19 S.04'43'W. 555.45M. BBM-63 19-20 20-21 21-22 S.72'04'W. S.89'19'W. S.08'01'W. 2,760.68M. 2,527.37M. 2,244.67M. MBM-4=BBM-88 MBM-3=BBM58 BBM-64

22-23 S.02'25'E. 370.16M. BBM-123 23-24 24-25 25-26 S.82'00'W. S.07'44'W. S.47'58'W. 1,694.97M. 1,592.67M. 1,282.33M. BBM-198 BBM-199 STAKE-14 26-27 27-28 N.74'16'W. N.74'16'W. 810.35M. 77.73M. STAKE-15 STAKE-16 28-29 29-30 N.33'10'W. N.44'55'W. 135.55M. 868.47M. STAKE-17 STAKE-18 30-31 31-32 32-33 34-35 33-34 N.52'02'W. N.76'48'W. N.52'02'W. N.59'58'W. N.59'58'W 1,190.76M. 945.49M. 552.58M. 147.53M. 242.90M. STAKE-21 STAKE-19 STAKE-23 STAKE-20 STAKE-22

35-36 N.5330'W 1,278.45M. STAKE-24 36-37 N.41'01'W. 608.68M. STAKE-25 37-38 38-39 39-40 N.08'57'W. N.2119'E. N.08'52'E. 504.65M. 494.95M. 341.66M. STAKE-26 STAKE-28 STAKE-27

40-41 41-42 42-43 43-44 N.43"26'E. N.32'20'E. N.6539'E. S.68'14'E. 1,763.16M. 362.88M. 872.51M. 139.96M. STAKE-29 BBM-212 BBM-213 BBM-211 44-1 N.43'40'W. 1,609.20M. BBM-210

12,346.55M.from BLLM NO. 1,Pb-124709 to Corner "1" TIE LINE: S.36'24'W.,

AREA = 6,144.0018 HAS

Prepared by: February 06, 2023 Recommending Approval:

ROBERT M. ABELLON Geodefic Engineer Chief of Party ENGR/MISUARI B. MACAMIMIS Chef, Regional Survey Division aammyn

Approved:

ESHAN RL O.MABANG Dir&etor II, LMS A. MADYA.BRAHIM Minister