Municipal creation and geographic coverage
- Section 1 increases the Province of Tarlac’s number of municipalities from nine to ten.
- Section 1 creates a new municipality by separating the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of Lauangcupang from the present municipality of Tarlac.
- Section 1 further constituting the new municipality includes the territory of the barrio of Bantug from the present municipality of Concepcion.
- The new municipality is known as La Paz.
- Section 1 sets the seat of municipal government at La Paz.
Reconstitution timing and when officials take over
- Section 2 directs that the municipal election for the reconstituted municipality of La Paz shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in the Province of Tarlac.
- Section 2 requires holding the elections under the rules in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight.
- Section 2 provides that officials elected shall not take office until the first Monday in January following the elections.
- Section 2 provides that the reconstituted municipality shall not come into existence until the first Monday in January following the elections.
Election continuity and council size rule
- Section 2 mandates that the changes under the Act do not interfere with the number of officials to be elected or the holding of regular municipal elections in the municipalities of Tarlac and Concepcion.
- Section 2 provides an exception tied to municipal classification under the Municipal Code: if the Act’s operation raises or lowers the class of the municipalities as fixed under Section 4 of the Municipal Code, the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.
Expedited legislative procedure
- Section 3 declares that the public good requires the speedy enactment of the bill.
- Section 3 authorizes expedition of passage in accordance with Section 2 of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September 26, 1906.