QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9328)
It converts the Lubuagan-Batong Buhay Provincial Road in Lubuagan, Kalinga into a national road.
The road is placed under the supervision of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
The Secretary must include in the DPWH program the improvement, maintenance, and repair of the road.
The funding shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
It is located in the Municipality of Lubuagan, Province of Kalinga.
It places the road within the national road system and under DPWH supervision, with DPWH programming for improvements, maintenance, and repairs.
It directs the Secretary of the DPWH to include the improvement, maintenance, and repair of the road in its program (and to ensure funding appears in the annual GAA).
The Act states it shall take effect upon its approval; however, the note indicates it lapsed into law on August 8, 2004 without the President’s signature.
Because, under Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Constitution, a bill becomes law if the President does not sign it within the constitutionally prescribed period (in this case, it lapsed into law on August 8, 2004).
It explains that the bill became law through presidential inaction within the constitutional period, despite the absence of the President’s signature.
It originated in the House of Representatives and was finally passed by the House on July 30, 2002 and by the Senate on June 10, 2004.
No direct appropriation is made in the Act; it provides that the funding shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), through its Secretary.
Improvement, maintenance, and repair of the road.
The text lists Speaker of the House Jose de Venecia Jr. and Senate President Franklin M. Drilon, along with the Senate and House secretaries (Roberto P. Nazareno and Oscar G. Yabes).