Amendment to R.A. No. 2339 Re: Franchise Grant to Tacloban Electric Light and Ice Plants Co., Inc.

June 18, 1964

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4052

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE TACLOBAN ELECTRIC LIGHT AND ICE PLANTS CO., INC., TO EXTEND ITS ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PALO AND TANAUAN, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE

SECTION 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-three hundred thirty-nine, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred ninety-five is further amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. Subject to the terms and conditions established in Act Numbered Thirty-six hundred thirty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred thirty-two, and the provisions of the Constitution, the term of the electric light, heat and power system franchise granted to J. V. House by Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred, as amended, and later transferred to the Tacloban Electric Light and Ice Plants Co., Inc., in accordance with the provisions of the last mentioned Act, is extended for a period of twenty-five years from the date of expiration of the said franchise, but hereafter the Tacloban Electric Light and Ice Plants Co., Inc., shall be governed by the provisions of Act Numbered Thirty-six hundred thirty-six, as amended, and not by the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred, as amended, except the provisions of the latter Act regarding the franchise tax on gross earnings thereof which shall continue to be in full force and effect and which shall be in lieu of any and all taxes of any kind, nature or description, whether national, provincial, city or municipal. During the life of the franchise of the grantee, under the same terms and conditions as provided for in this section, it shall have the right, privilege and authority to extend its electric light, heat, and power system for the purpose of generating and distributing electric light, heat and/or power for sale in the Municipalities of Palo and Tanauan, both in the Province of Leyte." acd

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 18, 1964

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 61, No. 5, p. 508 on February 1, 1965