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NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _2701

Introduced by

HON. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
HON. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ
HON. JUDE A. ACIDRE
and
HON. CHRISTOPHERSON “COCO” M. YAP

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a new District Engineering Office in the Province of
Southern Leyte to be named as the Second District Engineering Office under the
Department of Public Works and Highways. It will be responsible for all DPWH
activities in the Second Legislative District covering the Municipalities of Sogod,
Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan,
San Juan, Hinundayan, Hinunangan, and Silago.

The newly created Second Legislative District of Southern Leyte is composed
of twelve (12) municipalities and Two Hundred Seventy-Seven (277) Barangays with
more than one hundred (100) kilometers of existing national roads and has an area of
more than one thousand one hundred (1,100) square kilometers. At present, the
municipalities composing the Second Legislative District are under the jurisdiction of
the sub-district engineering office of the DPWH Regional Office.

The province of Southern Leyte is in dire need for the rehabilitation of
infrastructure damaged or destroyed by Typhoon Odette in December 2021, and the
creation of a regular District Engineering Office is paramount.


It is crucial that a new engineering district be established to guarantee the
successful and efficient implementation of all infrastructure projects and endeavors in
the Second Legislative District of Southern Leyte.

Therefore, passage of this bill is hereby earnestly sought.

Respectfully submitted,

wl MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ

Representative, First District of Leyte

Rep. YEDDA MARIE K, ROMUALDEZ
Representative,Wingog Sinirangan

Rep. JUDE/A. ACIDRE
Representative, Tingog Sinirangan

Rep. ISTOPHERSON M. YAP.
Representative, Second District of Southern Leyte


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO._2701

Introduced by

HON. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
HON. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ
HON. JUDE A. ACIDRE
and
HON. CHRISTOPHERSON “COCO” M. YAP.

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE FOR THE SECOND
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN LEYTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. There shall be established, under the Department of Public Works
and Highways, a district engineering office in the Second Legislative District of
Southern Leyte, which shall be known as the Southern Leyte Second District
Engineering Office (SLSDEO).

Section 2. The SLSDEO shall serve the municipalities of Anahawan,
Hinunangan, Hinundayan, Libagon, Liloan, Pintuyan, Saint Bernard, San Francisco,
San Juan, San Ricardo, Silago, and Sogod alll in Southern Leyte.

For this purpose, a main office shall be established in the municipality of Sogod,
while a sub-office shall be established in the municipality of San Juan, both in Southern

Leyte.


Section 3. The property and personnel allocated for the existing DPWH Sub-
District Engineering Office in the province of Southern Leyte pursuant to Department
Order 105, Series of 2021, shall be assumed by the district engineering office created
under this act, while the amount allocated for the former office shall continue to be
utilized until the end of the fiscal year in which this act is enacted. Thereafter, the
amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the Annual
General Appropriations Act.

Section 4. The Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways is
hereby authorized to transfer the records, property, equipment, supplies, and
materials pertaining to the jurisdiction of the Engineering District of the Second
Legislative District of Southern Leyte in accordance with existing laws, rules and
regulations.

Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of the

completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.

Approved,