Question & AnswerQ&A (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 844)
The title is 'An Act Converting the Provincial Road from the Road Junction of the National Highway Passing Through the Poblacion, Suyo, Pilar and Pinipin, in the Municipality of Santa Cruz, Province of Ilocos Sur, into a National Road, and Appropriating Funds Therefor.'
The main purpose is to convert a specified provincial road in the Municipality of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur into a national road and to appropriate funds for its maintenance and improvement.
The provincial road from the road junction at the national highway passing through the poblacion of Santa Cruz, Suyo, Pilar, and Pinipin in the Municipality of Santa Cruz, Province of Ilocos Sur is converted into a national road.
The Act was approved on April 27, 1984, and enacted without executive approval.
Improvement and maintenance are to be funded out of the lump-sum appropriation authorized under Batas Pambansa Blg. 640 for the repair and maintenance of local roads until such time that funds are provided in succeeding appropriations acts.
Yes, the Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 640 is the law authorizing lump-sum appropriations for the repair and maintenance of local roads, which is the temporary funding source for the maintenance of the converted road.
The Batasang Pambansa enacted this Act in its session assembled.
The municipalities covered include the poblacion of Santa Cruz, Suyo, Pilar, and Pinipin within the Municipality of Santa Cruz.
No penalties or sanctions are specified in Batas Pambansa Blg. 844.
Maintenance is presumably the responsibility of the national government since the road is converted to a national road, funded by appropriations.
Yes, once succeeding appropriation acts provide maintenance funds specifically for this road, those will replace funding from Batas Pambansa Blg. 640.