QuestionsQuestions (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 827)
It is an act converting the Parang-Silangkan Provincial Road in the Municipality of Parang, Province of Sulu into a national road.
It shall be known as the Parang-Silangkan National Road.
The road is located in the Municipality of Parang, Province of Sulu.
It changes the road’s classification from a provincial (local) road to a national road, subject to national road coverage and policy implications under the law.
They shall continue to be funded out of the lump sum appropriation authorized under Batas Pambansa Blg. 640 for repair and maintenance of local roads.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 640, which authorized a lump sum appropriation for repair and maintenance of local roads.
No. It provides for continued funding from the existing local roads appropriation until maintenance funds for the road are provided in succeeding appropriations acts.
The maintenance funds for the road shall be provided in the succeeding appropriations acts.
It mandates that funding for improvement and maintenance continues to come from the lump sum for local roads until national maintenance funds are allocated later.
It implies an intent to avoid a funding gap during the reclassification period by using the existing appropriation as a temporary source.
It shall take effect upon its approval.
No executive approval was required; it states: “Enacted without executive approval, April 27, 1984.”
The act is dated April 27, 1984; the text indicates it was enacted without executive approval on that date, and Section 3 says it takes effect upon approval.
Section 1: Conversion and new road name; Section 2: Funding source and transition until national maintenance funds are provided; Section 3: Effectivity upon approval.
Because converting a road to national status is operationally meaningful only if improvement and maintenance are funded; Section 2 specifies where those funds come from during the transition.