Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Fourteenth Congress

Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eight day of July, two thousand eight.

[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9694]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SIXTH DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Department of Public Works and Highways, a sixth district engineering office in the Sixth Congressional District of the Province of Cebu to be located in Mandaue City, to be known as the Cebu Sixth District Engineering Office.

SEC. 2. The said district engineering office shall comprise the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue and the municipalities of Consolacion and Cordova.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the Cebu Sixth District Engineering Office, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. The relevant provisions of Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9218 and all other laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations are hereby modified or amended accordingly.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE
President of the Senate

(Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES
Speaker of the House

of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 10, 2008 and May 26, 2009, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES
Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General

House of Representatives

Approved: AUG 04 2009

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

Source: CDAsia