Grant of Electric Light, Heat and Power System Franchise to Cortes, Bohol
Republic Act No. 3206, approved on June 17, 1961, grants the Municipality of Cortes in Bohol a franchise to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat, and power system for 25 years. This authority allows the municipality to generate and distribute electricity for sale within its limits, subject to existing laws and constitutional provisions. Additionally, if the municipality purchases power from the National Power Corporation, that entity is authorized to negotiate rates on behalf of public consumers. The Act takes effect immediately upon approval.
June 17, 1961
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3206
AN ACT GRANTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORTES, PROVINCE OF BOHOL, A FRANCHISE FOR 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 Cortes, Province of Bohol, for a period of twenty-five years from the approval of this Act, the right, privilege and authority to construct, maintain, and operate 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. cdt
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 6, p. 1062 on February 5, 1962