Practice question
A municipality proposes spending local funds solely for the mayor’s private family holiday, with no public-service purpose or other lawful basis. Officials call the expense a corporate relations project. Which is correct?
- The label automatically makes it public.
- Any expense approved privately is lawful.
- Family relationship itself creates a public purpose.
- Only the resort decides the legal character.
- The stipulated purely private purpose conflicts with Section 305(b); renaming does not create lawful spending authority.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 7160, Sections 22, 305 and 344: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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