Republic Act No. 9219, enacted on August 8, 2003, establishes the Second Highway Engineering District in the Province of Davao del Sur, comprising the municipalities of Sulop, Kiblawan, Malalag, Sta. Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos, and Sarangani. The district's office will be located in Malita, staffed by a highway district engineer and other necessary personnel appointed per existing regulations. The Department of Public Works and Highways is mandated to include funding for this new district in its annual budget following the law's enactment. This Act became law without presidential approval, as stipulated by the Constitution.
August 8, 2003 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9219
AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL SUR INTO A SEPARATE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The second congressional district in the Province of Davao del Sur is hereby constituted into a separate highway engineering district to be known as the Second Highway Engineering District of the Province of Davao del Sur. It shall be composed of the municipalities of Sulop, Kiblawan, Malalag, Sta. Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos and Sarangani (island-municipality). ICHcTD
SECTION 2. The office of the said highway engineering district shall be located in the Municipality of Malita and shall have a highway district engineer and such other personnel as may be necessary who shall be appointed in accordance with existing laws and regulations.
SECTION 3. The Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways shall include in its program the funding requirements for the operationalization of the Second Highway Engineering District of Davao del Sur in the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law on August 8, 2003, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 99 No. 45 Page 6993 on November 10, 2003.