QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 479)
It is an act converting certain provincial roads in the Province of Masbate—specifically the Milagros-Balud Provincial Road and the Milagros-Aroroy-Baleno Provincial Road—into national roads.
1) The Milagros-Balud Provincial Road, and 2) the Milagros-Aroroy-Baleno Provincial Road, both in the Province of Masbate.
The roads are converted from provincial roads to national roads, which generally entails that they are treated as part of the national road network under the applicable public works/road administration framework.
No. Section 1 only converts and declares the roads as national roads; the funding arrangement is addressed in Section 2.
It provides that the amount necessary for the improvement and maintenance of the roads shall continue to be funded out of the lump-sum appropriation authorized under B.P. Blg. 640 for the repair and maintenance of local roads, until maintenance funds for the roads are provided for in succeeding appropriations acts.
It is the law that authorized a lump-sum appropriation used for the repair and maintenance of local roads—funding that Section 2 allows to continue for the specified Masbate roads until national-road maintenance funds are separately appropriated.
Funding continues to come from the appropriation under B.P. Blg. 640 for local roads, until the succeeding appropriations acts provide maintenance funds specifically for those converted roads.
The law’s directive implies that the source of funding for maintenance would shift to the maintenance funds provided for in the later appropriations acts (i.e., specifically allocated for national-road maintenance).
The law states that the roads “are converted and declared as national roads” in Section 1; Section 3 provides the effective date upon approval. No condition (like completion of improvements) is stated for the conversion itself.
It takes effect upon its approval.
The publication notes that it was enacted without executive approval; thus students should analyze how the “upon approval” clause is interpreted in light of the constitutional/legislative practice for laws enacted without executive approval during the period.
It was enacted by the Batasang Pambansa on April 13, 1984.
By converting the specified provincial roads into national roads, the law removes the classification as purely provincial roads and places them within the national roads framework, though the actual administrative control depends on other implementing rules.
The provided text does not specify implementing agencies or administrative procedures; it primarily sets the legal conversion and funding continuity.