Creation of Bayabas Municipality, Surigao del Sur

Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code authorizes the creation of the municipality of Bayabas upon the required conditions.
The boundaries of the municipality’s marine waters are governed by Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code for the course of the marine waters boundary.

The executive order establishes a new local government unit by organizing a municipality from existing barrios of two municipalities in the same province.

The Municipality of Bayabas consists of specific barrios taken from the municipalities of Cagwait and Tago, both in Surigao del Sur.
From the Municipality of Cagwait, Bayabas includes:
- Bayabas
- Panawsawon
- Cabogo
From the Municipality of Tago, Bayabas includes:
- La Paz
The seat of government of the Municipality of Bayabas is at the barrio of Bayabas.

The municipality’s boundaries begin at the mouth of the Laksoyan River, marked aAa, on the plan.
The boundary proceeds by following the course of the Laksoyan River upstream to its intersection with the Somosomo River, marked aBa.
The boundary then follows the Somosomo River upstream to its intersection with the Tago and Cagwait municipal boundary, marked aDa.
The boundary continues through the following mapped/geographic segments:
- An imaginary straight line in a southeasterly direction to a point on Mt. PanongtoAgan, marked aEa
- An imaginary straight line in a southeasterly direction to a point on Hinay-hayan Mt. range until it reaches a point at Mt. Mabaho, marked aGa
- Following the Mabaho Mt. range to a point on Mt. Taglaboyo, marked aHa
- Following the Taglaboyo Mt. range on an easterly direction until it reaches the seashore at a point marked aIa
- A northerly direction following the boundary of the marine waters which the municipality shall have pursuant to Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code to the point marked aAa, the point of beginning
The technical description is based on the sketch plan or map prepared by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Surigao del Sur, on file, at Scale: 1,100,000.

The municipalities of Cagwait and Tago retain their present territories minus the portions included in the territory of the Municipality of Bayabas, as delimited above.

The Municipality of Bayabas begins to exist upon (1) the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors, and (2) certification by the Secretary of Finance.
The Secretary of Finance must certify that the municipality is financially capable of:
- Implementing the provisions of the Minimum Wage Law
- Providing all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality
The Secretary of Finance’s certification must also confirm that after segregation:
- Cagwait and Tago can still maintain creditably their respective municipal governments
- Cagwait and Tago can meet all statutory and contractual obligations
- Cagwait and Tago can provide essential municipal services after the territory is separated to form Bayabas.