Republic Act No. 8459, enacted on January 19, 1998, establishes the Balasan National High School in Balasan, Iloilo. The law mandates the Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports to issue necessary rules and regulations for its implementation. Funding for the school will be included in the General Appropriations Act for the year following the law's enactment and subsequent years. The Act took effect upon its approval and lapsed into law without the President's signature, in accordance with the Constitution.
January 19, 1998 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8459
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALASAN, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BALASAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. There shall be established a national high school in the Municipality of Balasan, Province of Iloilo, to be known as the Balasan National High School.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. prcd
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law on January 19, 1998, 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. 23, 55 Supp., on June 8, 1998.