AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE THIRD DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF M'LANG, PROVINCE OF COTABATO, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

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

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11490, August 14, 2020 ]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE THIRD DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF M'LANG, PROVINCE OF COTABATO, 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 (DPWH), a third district engineering office in the Municipality of M'lang, Province of Cotabato to be known as the Cotabato Third District Engineering Office.

Section 2. The Cotabato Third District Engineering Office shall serve the municipalities of Banisilan, Carmen, Kabacan, Matalan, M'lang, and Tulunan, all located in the Third Legislative District of the Province of Cotabato.

Section 3. The Secretary of the DPWH shall include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Third District Engineering Office in the Province of Cotabato, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 4. 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 and the Senate of the Philippines on February 4, 2020 and June 1, 2020, respectively.

Approved: AUG 14 2020

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines