Title
Name Change of Marcos Bridge to Lauis Bridge
Law
Republic Act No. 6844
Decision Date
Jan 18, 1990
Republic Act No. 6844 changes the name of the Marcos Bridge in Barangay Lauis, Municipality of Candelaria, Province of Zambales, to Lauis Bridge, without executive approval, to better reflect its location and significance.

Questions (Republic Act No. 6844)

It is an Act changing the name of the Marcos Bridge in Barangay Lauis, Municipality of Candelaria, Province of Zambales, to “Lauis Bridge.”

The Marcos Bridge located in Barangay Lauis, Municipality of Candelaria, Province of Zambales.

Section 1 provides that the name of the Marcos Bridge is changed to Lauis Bridge.

Barangay Lauis, Municipality of Candelaria, Province of Zambales.

It states that the Act shall take effect upon its approval.

It was approved on January 18, 1990; the text notes it lapsed into law on that date without the President’s signature pursuant to Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Constitution.

Article VI, Section 27(1) of the 1987 Constitution.

It originated in the House of Representatives, was finally passed by the House on December 6, 1988, and by the Senate on September 28, 1989.

Passed by the House first, then by the Senate, and then lapsed into law on January 18, 1990 without the President’s signature.

Jovito R. Salonga (President of the Senate) and Ramon V. Mitra (Speaker of the House of Representatives); they signify approval of the bill by both chambers.

It means the bill became law despite the President’s lack of signature, because it met the constitutional lapse mechanism.

No. It simply changes the bridge’s name and states it takes effect upon approval (with the constitutional note on lapse into law).

The legal/official name of the bridge becomes “Lauis Bridge,” replacing “Marcos Bridge.”

The operative mandate is the substitution of the bridge’s name: “Marcos Bridge” is changed to “Lauis Bridge.”

It is a special/local law because it applies to a specific bridge in a specific barangay, municipality, and province.


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