REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8584, March 02, 1998

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8584, March 02, 1998 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING THE PILAR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY PILAR, OQUENDO DISTRICT, CALBAYOG CITY, INTO AN AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE PILAR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Pilar National High School in Barangay Pilar, Oquendo District, Calbayog City, is hereby converted into an agricultural high school to be known as the Pilar National Agricultural High School.

SEC. 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall formulate and promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the proper and effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA

(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on August 5, 1997 and November 24, 1997, respectively.

(Sgd.) LORENZO E. LEYNES JR.

(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO

Secretary of the Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved:

FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines

Lapsed into law on March 02, 1998, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Sec. 27 (1) of the Constitution.