AN ACT CONVERTING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) LICENSING EXTENSION OFFICE IN BACOLOD CITY INTO A REGULAR LICENSING CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEGROS OCCIDENTAL LICENSING CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Eighteenth Congress
Third Regular Session

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

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11818, June 02, 2022 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) LICENSING EXTENSION OFFICE IN BACOLOD CITY INTO A REGULAR LICENSING CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEGROS OCCIDENTAL LICENSING CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Conversion into a Regular Licensing Center. - The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Licensing Extension Office in Bacolod City is hereby converted into a regular licensing center to be known as the Negros Occidental Licensing Center.

Section 2. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Transportation shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Negros Occidental Licensing Center in the City of Bacolod, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2020, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on January 31, 2022, and which amendments was concurred in by the House of Representatives on February 2, 2022.

Approved: Lapsed into law on JUN 02, 2022 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines