Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 6296)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 6296 is to constitute all the municipalities in the second congressional district of the Province of Quezon into separate, independent, and regular public highways engineering and public works engineering districts.
The municipalities included are Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Perez, Pitogo, Plaridel, Quezon, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Tagkawayan, and Unisan.
The offices of the district engineers for both the public highways engineering district and public works engineering district shall be established in the Municipality of Catanauan, Province of Quezon.
The district engineers shall be appointed in accordance with the law, meaning the applicable existing laws guiding such appointments.
Yes, Section 1 states that any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Second Congressional District of Quezon is to be constituted into the specified engineering districts.
The Act took effect upon its approval on June 19, 1971.
The two types are the Public Highways Engineering District and the Public Works Engineering District.
The geographical scope is the entire second congressional district of the Province of Quezon, comprising the municipalities listed in the law and all the territories comprised therein.
The law specifies that each district (public highways and public works) shall have a district engineer, but does not elaborate further on organizational structure.
The Republic Act No. 6296 was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.