Capitol legal office gives nod on Mondejar-backed brgy road conversion Ordinance
Valid and in conformity to the general principles on local autonomy, general welfare and self-reliance.
Such was the opinion released by the Iloilo Provincial Legal Office (PLO) on the proposed Ordinance prescribing guidelines and requirements on barangay road conversion.
Authored by Second District Board Member June Mondejar, the PLO's opinion gave the final nudge needed by the Committee on Infrastructure. With this, the committee in yesterday's regular session submitted its report for the provincial board's adoption.
Contained in Committee Report No. 6, series of 2008, amendments were carried as earlier raised in May by First District Board Member Richard Garin.
Further still an added phrase was also incorporated as per PLO's advice.
"As to the suggested definition by the Legal Office of the term "provincial road," to consider the definition provided under the implementing rules of RA 8794 otherwise known as "An Act Imposing a Motor Vehicles User's Charge on Owners of all types of Motor Vehicles and for other purposes," the Committee recommends to incorporate the said definition of the term "provincial road" to the definition of the "provincial road" in our proposed Ordinance," excerpts of the Committee report went. "Thus, as we add the phrase "under the responsibility of the provincial government," as per RA 8794 to our definition of "provincial road" which refers now to all roads connecting one municipality with another municipality the terminal to be the public plazas; and roads extending from a municipal, provincial or national road to a public wharf, railway station or national highway, under the responsibility of the provincial government."