QuestionsQuestions (Commonwealth Act No. 506)
CA No. 506 amends Commonwealth Act No. 330. Its purpose is to modify specific items of appropriation for public works under CA No. 330.
Section 1 amends the listed appropriation items (by province/number and project description) so they read as specified in CA No. 506, including changes in amounts and project scope.
Examples include: Tibiao Elementary School (Antique) P4,000.00; water supply system, Ginatilan (Cebu) P4,000.00; fence around M. Earnshaw Elementary School Punta, Sta. Ana (Manila) P7,000.00; and Aborlan-Cabigaan road (Palawan) P10,000.00.
Section 2 amends the specified items under subsection C, paragraph (q), revising the project descriptions and/or amounts, as shown for items numbered 28, 33, and 33a.
“Kabankalan-Tolong Road (Occidental Negros Inter-provincial Road) including road to Tablas Valley” is set at P810,000.00.
It appropriates P20,000.00 for “Parua River control works, barrio Balutu, Conception, Tarlac.”
Section 3 amends paragraph (ff) so it provides: “For continuing the construction of the Dewey Boulevard Extension, Manila” in the amount of P1,500,000.00.
Section 4 suppresses (removes) two items: Item 29 under Pangasinan and Item 10 under Antique of CA No. 330’s section 1, subsection C, paragraph (r).
It directs that certain unspent/unexpected balances revert to designated funds (Consolidated General Fund derived from coconut oil excise tax; General Fund; or the Port Works Fund) and restrict their availability for expenditure unless appropriated by the National Assembly (or in accordance with the referenced Port Works Fund law).
They revert to the portion of the consolidated General Fund derived from the proceeds of the coconut oil excise tax collected in the United States; thereafter, they cannot be used except upon appropriation by the National Assembly.
They revert to the General Fund in the National Treasury and thereafter are not available for expenditure except upon appropriation by the National Assembly.
They revert to the “Port Works Fund” created by Act No. 3592 as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 130, and thereafter are not available for expenditure except as provided in that Act.
It indicates that certain items are disapproved/excepted from approval, meaning those specific amendments (or appropriations) do not take effect as approved.
Section 1 exceptions/disapprovals include: Antique Item 48; Cebu Item 125; Manila Item 17; Marinduque Items 59 and 60; Occidental Negros Item 54; Palawan Item 1; Pangasinan Items 24, 30, 64(a), and 145.
The exceptions/disapprovals for Section 2 are Items 33 and 33(a). This implies those amended items do not become effective under the approval clause.
Section 6 states the Act takes effect upon its approval. However, the approval clause specifies certain items are excluded (disapproved), so those specific portions do not take effect even if the Act itself becomes effective.