REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11998, June 07, 2024

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11998, June 07, 2024 ]

AN ACT CREATING A DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. A district engineering office of the Department of Public Works and Highways is hereby created in the Fourth Legislative District, Province of Bukidnon, to be located in the City of Valencia, and referred to as the Bukidnon Fourth District Engineering Office.

SEC. 2. The Bukidnon Fourth District Engineering Office shall serve the City of Valencia and municipalities of Pangantucan and Kalilangan, all located in the Fourth Legislative District of the Province of Bukidnon.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include in the Department's program the operationalization of the District Engineering Office of the Fourth Legislative District of the Province of Bukidnon, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI

(SGD.) FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on May 9, 2023 and March 13, 2024, respectively.

(SGD.)RENATO N. BANTUG, JR.

(SGD.) REGINALD S. VELASCO

Secretary of the Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: JUN 07 2024

(SGD.) FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.

President of the Philippines