QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 306)
The quoted law is Republic Act No. 6997 (approved May 17, 1991). It establishes a high school in the Municipality of Baleno, Province of Masbate, known as the Baleno High School, and provides for the appropriation of funds.
Section 1 establishes a high school in the Municipality of Baleno, Province of Masbate, to be known as the Baleno High School.
Section 3 authorizes the amount necessary to be appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
Under Section 4, the Act takes effect upon its approval.
RA 6997 was approved on May 17, 1991.
The House of Representatives passed it on November 23, 1989, and the Senate passed it on March 14, 1991.
It requires the Department of Education, Culture and Sports Secretary to issue implementing rules and regulations (Section 2), and it relies on a General Appropriations Act to appropriate the necessary funds (Section 3).
It is not self-executing regarding funding because Section 3 directs that the amount necessary be appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of the year following enactment and thereafter—meaning Congress must still appropriate the funds through that appropriations law.
The Secretary must issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act (i.e., implementation details for establishing and operating the Baleno High School).
It indicates the legislature’s intent to establish a high school specifically in Baleno, Masbate, to name it the Baleno High School, and to appropriate funds for its implementation.
The Municipality of Baleno in the Province of Masbate is directly affected, as the law establishes a high school there.
The text shows that the bill originated in the House, was passed in the House on November 23, 1989, passed in the Senate on March 14, 1991, and was finally approved by the President on May 17, 1991.
No. The Act mainly establishes the school, provides for implementing rules by the Secretary, and authorizes funding through appropriation. Specific curricular/administrative details are left to implementing rules and regulations.
No. Section 4 states it takes effect upon its approval.