QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9688)
The quoted law is Republic Act No. 9688, titled “An Act Establishing the Ifugao Second District Engineering Office in the Province of Ifugao and Appropriating Funds Therefor.”
It is established under the supervision of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
It is to be located in the boundary of the municipalities of Mayoyao and Aguinaldo, in the Province of Ifugao.
The office is known as the Ifugao Second District Engineering Office.
It comprises the municipalities of Banaue, Mayoyao, Aguinaldo, and Alfonso Lista.
To include in the DPWH program the operationalization of the Ifugao Second District Engineering Office.
The funding shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The law requires that funding be included in the annual General Appropriations Act; thus, operationalization depends on subsequent appropriations.
It takes effect upon its approval.
RA 9688 was approved on August 4, 2009.
It originated in the House of Representatives.
Passed by the House of Representatives on March 10, 2008, and by the Senate on May 26, 2009.
It concerns the establishment of a DPWH district engineering office and the inclusion of its operationalization in the DPWH program for funding through the General Appropriations Act.
It creates a legal/organizational government office by establishing the “Ifugao Second District Engineering Office” under DPWH supervision.
It defines the territorial coverage for the district engineering office’s functions, i.e., which municipalities it administers within the DPWH district structure.
The Secretary of Public Works and Highways must include the operationalization in the DPWH program; funding is to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.