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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2139 - AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TRECE MARTIRES |
Section 1.
Section s three and five of Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred
eighty-one are amended to read as follows: "Sec. 3.
Jurisdiction of city for police and other purposes. — The jurisdiction
of the City of Trece Martires for police and other purposes shall
extend within the territorial limits of the said city; for the purpose
of highway administration and protecting and insuring safe travel to
and from the city, such jurisdiction shall also extend over the
following: (a) Trece Martires-Tanza Road (from Km. 46.655 to Km.
34.20), (b) Trece Martires-Indang Road (from Km. 46.655 to Km. 58.811),
(c) Trece Martires-Dasmarinas Road (from Km. 44.254 to Km. 34.218), (d)
Trece Martires-Naic Road (from Km. 44.254 to Km. 56, 971), fifty meters
to both sides from the center of the road right-of-way of said radial
roads, (e) Tres Cruces and Matanda Dams, including the access roads to
said dams: Provided, That the Tres Cruces and Matanda Dams shall be
considered for all intents and purposes as parts of the City of Trece
Martires; and for the purpose of protecting and insuring the purity and
quantity of water supply of the city, such police jurisdiction shall
also extend over all territory within the drainage area of such water
supply, or within one hundred meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal,
aqueduct, pumping station or watershed, used in connection with the
city water service. The municipal court of the city shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the justice of the peace courts of the
municipalities within which the said radial roads, the said territory
within the drainage area and the said space of one hundred meters are
situated to try crimes or offenses committed therein. The court first
taking jurisdiction of such an offense shall thereafter retain
exclusive jurisdiction thereof. All fines, forfeitures, fees and costs
imposed by reason of offenses committed within the said radial roads,
the said space of one hundred meters and territory within the said
drainage area shall accrue not to the treasury of the City of Trece
Martires but to the treasury of the municipality in which the said
space or territory in which the offense committed is located." "The Provincial Governor, the
secretary of the provincial board, members of the provincial board, the
district engineer, the provincial treasurer, the provincial fiscal, and
the district health officer of the Province of Cavite, shall be
ex-officio City Mayor, vice-mayor members of the City Council, city
engineer, city treasurer-assessor, city fiscal and city health officer
of the city, respectively. Said provincial treasurer, district
engineer, district health officer, the provincial auditor and the
secretary of the provincial board shall also be ex-officio members of
the City Council.cralaw Sec. 2. Subsection (b), section ten of the same Act, is amended to read as follows: "(b) To make
all appropriations for the expenses of the government of the city:
Provided, That without the express authorization of the President of
the Philippines, the appropriation for the payment of salaries and
wages of officers and employees of the city government for any fiscal
year shall not be more than sixty per cent of the expected revenue of
the city for such fiscal year: Provided, further, That until such time
as the operating expenses of the city government can be met by its
revenue, the Province of Cavite shall, through its provincial board,
appropriate out of its funds asd to the city amounts necessary to cover
said operating expenses of the city." Sec. 3. The same Act is amended by inserting between sections forty-one and forty-two thereof a new section which shall read as follows: "Sec. 41-A.
Compensation of ex-officio officials. — No official of the Province of
Cavite acting as ex-officio official of the City of Trece Martires
shall receive any additional compensation: Provided, That when the
financial condition of the city so permits, the City Council may
authorize the payment of additional compensation upon previous
certification as to the availability of funds by the city treasurer and
with the approval of the Secretary of Finance." Sec. 4. All Acts, executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations and municipal ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.cralaw
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw |
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