QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11819)
RA 11819 converts the LTO Satellite Office in Initao, Misamis Oriental into a regular LTO District Office known as the LTO District Office of Initao, Misamis Oriental.
It is known as the LTO District Office of Initao, Misamis Oriental.
The Secretary of Transportation.
It is charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Initao LTO Satellite Office.
Thereafter, the necessary sums shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of the Act.
The rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of the Act.
Fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
No. The law notes it was approved/lapsed into law on June 2, 2022 without the President’s signature, pursuant to Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Constitution.
Article VI, Section 27(1) of the 1987 Constitution, which provides that a bill becomes law upon lapse if the President does not act within the prescribed period.
It upgrades the LTO office status from satellite to a regular district office, with the corresponding operationalization and funding arrangements required by the Act.
The Municipality of Initao, Province of Misamis Oriental.
It originated in the House and passed by the House on January 27, 2022, and by the Senate on January 31, 2022.
Because Section 2 specifies that initial funding will be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the satellite office and that subsequent funding will be included in the annual General Appropriations Act—effectively providing the fiscal mechanism contemplated by the Act.
Publication is required; the Act takes effect 15 days after publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.
It compels the Secretary of Transportation to immediately include the operationalization of the regular LTO district office in the Department’s program, and later to ensure continued operation via inclusion in future General Appropriations Act.