Title
Increase Water District Bonded Debt Limit
Law
Republic Act No. 1149
Decision Date
Jun 17, 1954
Republic Act No. 1149 increases the bonded indebtedness limit of the Metropolitan Water District from twenty million pesos to thirty million pesos, allowing them to contract indebtedness and issue bonds for revenue-producing projects, including sinking underground water main pipes in Manila.
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Q&A (Republic Act No. 1149)

The main purpose of Republic Act No. 1149 is to increase the limit of the bonded indebtedness of the Metropolitan Water District from twenty million pesos to thirty million pesos.

Subsection (m) of section two of Act Numbered 2832, as amended, is further amended by Republic Act No. 1149.

The approval of the Secretary of Finance is required for the Metropolitan Water District to contract indebtedness and issue bonds.

The bonded indebtedness of the Metropolitan Water District shall not at any time exceed thirty million pesos.

Yes, the issuance of bonds shall be subject to the conditions set forth in section five of Act Numbered 2832, as amended.

The bonded indebtedness is limited to revenue-producing projects.

Part of the amount borrowed must be spent for sinking underground the water main pipes in Manila.

This Act took effect upon its approval on June 17, 1954.

Bonded indebtedness refers to the total amount of debt that the Metropolitan Water District may legally incur and secure by issuing bonds.

It is essential for the proper administration of its corporate affairs, the proper transaction of its business, or to carry out the purposes for which it was organized.


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