Separating the City of Santa Rosa from the First Legislative District of the Province of Laguna to Constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Santa Rosa

August 22, 2019

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11395

AN ACT SEPARATING THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA FROM THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF LAGUNA TO CONSTITUTE THE LONE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA

SECTION 1. Lone Legislative District. — The City of Santa Rosa is hereby separated from the First Legislative District of the Province of Laguna to constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Santa Rosa, which shall commence in the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act.

SECTION 2. Incumbent Representative. — The incumbent Representative of the First Legislative District of the Province of Laguna shall continue to represent the said district until the new Representative of the Lone Legislative District of the City of Santa Rosa shall have been elected and qualified.

SECTION 3. Rules and Regulations. — Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. — Section 59 of Republic Act No. 9264, otherwise known as the "Charter of the City of Santa Rosa," and all other laws, rules and regulations, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. cHDAIS

SECTION 5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved: August 22, 2019.

 

Published in the Manila Bulletin on September 4, 2019.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 115, No. 40, p. 10967 on October 7, 2019.