Republic Act No. 3231, approved on June 17, 1961, grants the Municipality of Bilar in Bohol a franchise to construct, operate, and maintain an electric light, heat, and power system for 25 years. The Act is subject to the terms of previous legislation and the Constitution. It allows the municipality to generate and distribute electricity within its limits, and if it purchases power from the National Power Corporation, that entity is authorized to negotiate rates for public consumers. The Act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on February 12, 1962.
June 17, 1961
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3231
AN ACT GRANTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BILAR, PROVINCE OF BOHOL, A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM
SECTION 1. Subject to the terms and conditions established in Act Numbered Thirty-six hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-two, and to the provisions of the Constitution, there is granted to the Municipality of Bilar, Province of Bohol, for a period of twenty-five years from the approval of this Act, the right, privilege and authority to construct, operate and maintain an electric light, heat and power system for the purpose of generating and distributing electric light, heat and/or power for sale within the limits of the said municipality.
SECTION 2. In the event that the grantee shall purchase and secure from the National Power Corporation electric heat and power, the National Power Corporation is hereby authorized to negotiate and transact for the benefit and in behalf of the public consumers with reference to rates.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 7, p. 1273 on February 12, 1962