Creation of Villa Verde Municipality

Creation of Villa Verde Municipality

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Title Supreme Court: Creation of Villa Verde Municipality

Law: Republic Act No. 2515

Decision Date: Jun 21, 1959

Republic Act No. 2515 amends the establishment of a new municipality called Villa Verde, separating it from the Municipality of Solano in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, with the provision for the transfer of the seat of government within a year if approved by a two-thirds vote of the municipal council.

Municipal creation: Villa Verde

Section 1 separates the barrios of Ibung and Bintawan from the Municipality of Solano, Province of Nueva Vizcaya.
Section 1 constitutes the separated barrios into a distinct and independent municipality known as the Municipality of Villa Verde, Province of Nueva Vizcaya.
Section 1 sets the seat of government at the site of the present barrio of Bintawan.

Optional seat transfer by council vote

Section 1 allows the seat of government to be transferred to another site within one year from approval.
Section 1 requires a vote of two-third of all the members of the municipal council elected in the general elections of nineteen hundred and fifty-nine for local officials.
Section 1 permits the transfer to any other site subject to the required two-third council vote.

Legal basis: amendment of prior law

Republic Act No. 2515 amends Section 1 of Republic Act No. 1972 by replacing it with the amended wording establishing Villa Verde.

Operative implementation and duration

Section 1 fixes the municipal seat of government immediately at Bintawan, unless a transfer is authorized within one year.
Section 1 fixes the transfer window as a strict one-year period from approval of the Act.

Effect on governance

Republic Act No. 2515 establishes the Municipality of Villa Verde as an independent municipality in Nueva Vizcaya with its government seat at Bintawan.
Republic Act No. 2515 authorizes an internal relocation of the seat of government upon compliance with the two-third voting requirement within one year.

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