Ultra Vires Acts

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1. What does describing an LGU act as substantively ultra vires mean?
2. Can local autonomy alone authorize an ordinance directly contradicting a valid national statute?
3. Which inquiry should be distinguished from whether the LGU possesses substantive power?
4. An ordinance concededly exceeds the municipality's substantive power. Officials argue that unanimous passage and proper…
5. A local ordinance directly conflicts with a national statute in the specific situation governed by Magtajas. Officials …
6. A city uses a zoning ordinance to defeat property-use rights already granted under controlling national authority. The …
7. An LGU undertakes a transaction that it has no substantive statutory power to make. After it is challenged, officials a…
8. Distinguish substantive lack of power from a defect in exercising an otherwise authorized power.
9. Why do publication and unanimous approval not necessarily validate an ultra vires ordinance?
10. Explain the limited lesson of the 2024 Quezon City zoning decision for local police power.
11. Which fiscal principle limits an LGU’s claimed power to pay money from its treasury?
12. What does Section 305(b) require about the purposes for which local funds are spent?