Title
Creation of Bien Unido Municipality, Bohol
Law
Batas Pambansa Blg. 93
Decision Date
Dec 24, 1980
A law enacted in 1980 created the Municipality of Bien Unido in Bohol, Philippines, by separating several barangays and areas from other municipalities, with the seat of government designated in Barangay Bien Unido.

Government seat and territorial boundaries

  • Section 2 sets the seat of government of the new municipality in Barangay Bien Unido.
  • Section 3 defines the boundaries of the Municipality of Bien Unido through a metes-and-bounds description starting from the intersection of Cambanha Creek, Nueva Esperanza, Talibon and Ipil River (point 1).
  • Section 3 specifies boundary segments using bearings, distances, and named features (including points at Suba River, source of Suba River, Atuay Creek, stock, and Nacon Hill).
  • Section 3 states an approximate total area of 30,885.00 hectares.

Conditions for existence and plebiscite

  • Section 4 provides that the new municipality begins to exist only after approval by the majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite.
  • Section 4 requires the Commission on Elections to conduct the plebiscite in the barangays enumerated under Section one.
  • Section 4 sets the plebiscite timeline as within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the approval of this Act.
  • Section 4 requires that plebiscite expenses be paid from appropriations provided for by the local government unit concerned.

Application of municipal laws

  • Section 5 provides that all laws applicable to regular municipalities, whether now or hereafter, apply to the new Municipality of Bien Unido.
  • Section 5 limits this application except as herein provided, so the special provisions of this Act govern where they differ.

First officials and organization period

  • Section 6 provides that the first officials of the newly created municipality shall be appointed by the President (Prime Minister).
  • Section 6 provides that these appointive officials hold office until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
  • Section 6 requires that necessary additional appointive officials and employees for organizing and completing the municipal government machinery be appointed as provided by law.

Enactment, effectivity, and approval

  • The law is Batas Pambansa Blg. 93, titled “AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BIEN UNIDO IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL.”
  • The law is approved on December 24, 1980.
  • Section 7 provides that the Act takes effect upon its approval.

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