Title
Creation of Villa Verde Municipality
Law
Republic Act No. 2515
Decision Date
Jun 21, 1959
Republic Act No. 2515 amends the establishment of a new municipality called Villa Verde, separating it from the Municipality of Solano in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, with the provision for the transfer of the seat of government within a year if approved by a two-thirds vote of the municipal council.

Questions (Republic Act No. 2515)

RA 2515 amends Section 1 of Republic Act No. 1972 to create a new, distinct and independent municipality called the Municipality of Villa Verde by separating the barrios of Ibung and Bintawan from the Municipality of Solano, Province of Nueva Vizcaya.

The barrios of Ibung and Bintawan are separated from the Municipality of Solano.

They are separated from the Municipality of Solano, Province of Nueva Vizcaya.

A distinct and independent municipality to be known as the Municipality of Villa Verde, Province of Nueva Vizcaya.

At the site of the present barrio of Bintawan.

Within a year from approval, the seat of government may be transferred to any other site by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the municipal council elected in the 1959 general elections for local officials.

Within a year from the approval of the Act.

A vote of two-thirds of all the members of the municipal council elected in the 1959 general elections for local officials.

It amends Section 1 of Republic Act No. 1972.

It indicates that Villa Verde is established as a separate local government unit with its own municipal identity and governance structure, distinct from the municipality it was carved out from.

The members of the municipal council elected in the general elections of nineteen hundred and fifty-nine for local officials.

It takes effect upon its approval.

No. The text states: “Enacted without executive approval, June 21, 1959.”

June 21, 1959.

Both are in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya.

The law allows transfer to “any other site,” meaning there is no limit on the number of potential sites—only that the transfer decision follows the required vote within one year.


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