An Act Dividing Barangay San Vicente in the City of San Pedro, Province of Laguna into Eight (8) Distinct and Independent Barangays to be Known as Barangays San Vicente, Pacita I, Chrysanthemum, Rosario, Pacita II, Fatima, San Lorenzo Ruiz, and Maharlika

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

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

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11295

An Act Dividing Barangay San Vicente in the City of San Pedro, Province of Laguna into Eight (8) Distinct and Independent Barangays to be Known as Barangays San Vicente, Pacita I, Chrysanthemum, Rosario, Pacita II, Fatima, San Lorenzo Ruiz, and Maharlika

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. Division of Barangay San Vicente. -Barangay San Vicente in the City of San Pedro, Province of Laguna is hereby divided into eight (8) distinct and independent barangays to be known as barangays San Vicente, Pacita I, Chrysanthemum, Rosario, Pacita II, Fatima, San Lorenzo Ruiz, and Maharhka.

Section 2. Territorial Boundaries. -The territorial boundaries of each barangay created in the immediately preceding section shall be described as follows:

Section 3. Conduct and Supervision of Plebiscite.— The plebiscite conducted and supervised by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Barangay San Vicente pursuant to Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution No. 867, Series of 1997, and affirmed by Sangguniang Panlalawigan No. 358, Series of 2002 of the Province of Laguna, which ratified the creation of barangays San Vicente, Pacita I, Chrysanthemum, Rosario, Pacita II, Fatima, San Lorenzo Ruiz, and Maharlika as proclaimed by the Plebiscite Board of Canvassers on July 11, 2015, shall serve as substantial compliance with the plebiscite requirement under Section 10 of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the "Local Government Code of 1991".

Section 4. Incumbent Barangay Officials.— The incumbent barangay officials shall continue to hold office until such time that their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Section 5. Public Infrastructure and Facilities. -All existing public infrastructure and facilities for public use located in the different areas at the time of the approval of this Act are hereby transferred without cost or compensation to and shall be administered by the new barangays.

Section 6. Internal Revenue Allotment Shares.— All barangays herein created, namely: barangays San Vicente, Pacita I, Chrysanthemum, Rosario, Pacita II, Fatima, San Lorenzo Ruiz, and Maharlika in the City of San Pedro, Province of Laguna shall be entitled to Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) shares pursuant to Section 285 of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the "Local Government Code of 1991".

Section 7. Effectivity.— This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO, III
President of the Senate

(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on August 14, 2018, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on February 4, 2019, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on February 8, 2019.

(Sgd) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives

(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines

Approved: April 17, 2019.