QuestionsQuestions (LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 58)
RA 6769 creates the Municipality of San Jose in the Province of Surigao del Norte by segregating specified barangays from the Municipality of Dinagat.
Dinagat in Surigao del Norte remains a municipality, but it loses the barangays enumerated in RA 6769, while still exercising powers over the remaining areas.
Barangays San Jose, Matingbe, Jacques, Aurelio, Mahayahay, San Juan, Don Ruben Ecleo, Justiniana Edera, Sta. Cruz, Cuarenta, Wilson, and Luna.
The seat of government is in Barangay San Jose Proper.
After ratification by a majority vote in a plebiscite, the President shall appoint the officials of the new municipality.
The plebiscite must be conducted within sixty (60) days from the approval of the Act.
In the entire Municipality of Dinagat, Surigao del Norte.
A majority of the votes cast in the plebiscite.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
From the Contingent Fund under the current fiscal year appropriations.
The proportionate share of the new Municipality of San Jose is transferred upon recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
They hold office until their successors are elected and qualified, so their tenure is interim until the next regular elections produce successors.
All laws, parts of laws, decrees, and executive orders or regulations inconsistent with RA 6769 are repealed or modified accordingly.
All existing laws governing the operation of municipalities are made applicable to the Municipality of San Jose.
Upon its publication in at least two national newspapers of general circulation.
It requires ratification through a plebiscite; the President appoints officials only after majority ratification.
By a coordinate-based description beginning at a specified point and then proceeding due North/East/West to other points, ending back at point 1.