Practice question
Distinguish an LGU's income reclassification under RA 11964 from creation or conversion under the Constitution and Local Government Code. Apply the distinction to a mayor's unilateral declaration of cityhood.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article X, section 10, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Republic Act No. 7160, sections 6–10, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
- Republic Act No. 11683, section 1 amending RA 7160 section 450, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11683_2022.html
- Republic Act No. 11964, sections 4(d) and 7(e), https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2023/ra_11964_2023.html
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