Republic Act No. 8405, enacted on November 22, 1997, converts the Sta. Fe Municipal High School in Barangay Sta. Fe, Borongan, Eastern Samar, into a national high school, officially named Sta. Fe National High School. The law mandates that the necessary funding for this conversion be included in the General Appropriations Act for the following year and thereafter. The Act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on April 27, 1998. It lapsed into law without the President's signature, in accordance with the Philippine Constitution.
November 22, 1997 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8405
AN ACT CONVERTING THE STA. FE MUNICIPAL HIGH SCHOOL AT BARANGAY STA. FE, MUNICIPALITY OF BORONGAN, PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR, INTO A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE STA. FE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The Sta. Fe Municipal High School at Barangay Sta. Fe, Municipality of Borongan, Province of Eastern Samar, is hereby converted into a national high school, to be known as the Sta. Fe National High School.
SECTION 2. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law on November 22, 1997, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 94 No. 17 page 2966 on April 27, 1998.