Republic of the Philippines {
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _2287

Introduced by Rep. Mohamad Khalid Q. Di ro and Rep. Abdullah D. Dimaporo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to reconstitute the Lanao del Norte Engineering Districts into two (2)
separate district engineering offices to be respectively named as follows: (1) Lanao del Norte
First District Engineering Office to be located in the First Congressional District; and (2) Lanao
del Norte Second District Engineering Office to be located in the Second Congressional District.

With the passage of Republic Act 9774 mandating the reapportionment of legislative
districts in the Province of Lanao del Norte and RA 9724 mandating the separation of Iigan City
from the First Legislative District of Lanao del Norte to constitute a separate legislative district,
there is now a pressing need to reconstitute the Lanao del Norte Engineering Districts which are
based in Iligan City into two engineering districts to adequately respond to the growing needs of
the reapportioned legislative districts for new infrastructures and the maintenance of existing
ones.

Under the present set-up, the First District Engineering Office has the Second
Congressional district under its jurisdiction while the Second District Engineering Office has the
lone District of Hligan City and the First Congressional District of Lanao del Norte under its
jurisdiction, Both District Engineering Offices are based in Iligan City.

The present Second District Engineering Office is patently undermanned and its
resources are stretched too thinly to meet the huge demands of the two legislative districts it is
now serving causing undue delays and hassles in project implementation, a situation that is
manifestly detrimental to the growth of Lanao del Norte as a rapidly growing economy.

In view of the foregoing, the prompt approval of this measure is earnestly sought and
recommended.

or ase ee ABDULLAH D. DIMAPORO
Fi ict, Lanao del Norte Second District, Lanao del Norte


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2287

Introduced by Rep. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo and Rep. Abdullah D. Dimaporo,

AN ACT

RECONSTITUTING THE LANAO DEL NORTE ENGINEERING DISTRICT OFFICES IN
THE PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE INTO TWO (2) REGULAR DISTRICT
ENGINEERING OFFICES TO BE KNOWN AS THE LANAO DEL NORTE FIRST
ENGINEERING DISTRICT AND THE LANAO DEL NORTE SECOND DISTRICT
ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE BASED IN THE FIRST AND SECOND
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF LANAO DEL NORTE, RESPECTIVELY, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Lanao del Norte District Engineering Offices, under the supervision of the
Department of Public Works and Highways, shall be reconstituted into two (2) separate district
engineering offices devoted exclusively for the Province of Lanao del Norte to be respectively named
as follows:

(a) Lanao del Norte First District Engineering Office to be based in the Municipality of
Tubod, Lanao del Norte; and the

(b) Lanao del Norte Second District Engineering Office to be based in the Municipality of
Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

SEC. 2. The Lanao del Norte First District Engineering Office shall have jurisdiction over the
municipalities of Baroy, Tubod, Kolambugan, Maigo, Bacolod, Kauswagan, Linamon, Tagoloan,
Baloi, Matunggao and Pantar. The Lanao del Norte Second District Engineering Office shall have
jurisdiction over the municipalities of Pantao Ragat, Poona Piagapo, Munai, Tangkal, Magsaysay,
Salvador, Lala, Sultan Naga Dimaporo (SND), Kapatagan, Sapad and Nunungan.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the Lanao del Norte First and Second District
Engineering Offices, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s
appropriations of the Lanao del Norte District Engineering Office. Thereafter, the amount necessary
for the continued operation of the said district engineering offices shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. Republic Act 9035 is hereby repealed accordingly.

Approved,