Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 1555)
The main purpose is to increase the number of municipalities in the Province of Tarlac from nine to ten by reconstituting the former municipality of La Paz and certain barrios into a new municipality named La Paz.
The former municipality of La Paz, the barrio of Lauangcupang from the present municipality of Tarlac, and the barrio of Bantug from the present municipality of Concepcion were separated to form the new municipality of La Paz.
The reconstituted municipality of La Paz shall come into existence on the first Monday of January following the next regular municipal elections after the passage of the Act.
The municipal elections for La Paz shall be held according to the rules in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight.
The changes will not interfere with the number of officials to be elected or the regular holding of municipal elections in Tarlac and Concepcion, unless the reconstitution causes a change in the class of the municipalities, in which case the number of councilors elected will be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.
The seat of the municipal government shall be located at La Paz.
Yes, if the operation of the Act causes the class of the municipalities to be raised or lowered as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, it will affect the number of councilors elected.
This Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
The public good requiring speedy enactment, the passage was expedited according to section two of 'An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,' passed on September 26, 1900.
Nine municipalities were originally established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty.