REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11853, June 18, 2022

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11853, June 18, 2022 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE LICENSING EXTENSION OFFICE IN ILOILO CITY INTO A REGULAR LICENSING CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE ILOILO CITY LICENSING CENTER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Conversion into a Regular Licensing Center. – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Licensing Extension Office in Iloilo City is hereby converted into a Regular Licensing Center to be known as the Iloilo City Licensing Center.

SEC. 2. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Transportation shall immediately include in the Department’s programs the operationalization of the Iloilo City Licensing Center, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the LTO Licensing Extension Office in Iloilo City. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

(SGD.) LORD ALAN JAY Q. VELASCO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on November 4, 2019, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on January 31, 2022, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on February 2, 2022.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: Lapsed into law on JUN 18 2022 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines