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Amendment to source of funding for RPPL 8-52, RPPL 8-56 2012

AN ACT

To amend RPPL No. 8-52 to include additional sources of funding under Section 3. Authorization and Appropriation; and for other related purposes.

PURSUANT TO THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER ARTICLE VIII, '14 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU, THE PEOPLE OF PALAU REPRESENTED IN THE OLBIIL ERA KELULAU DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Amendment. Section 3 of RPPL No. 8-52 is hereby amended to read as follows:

ASection 3. Authorization and Appropriation. The sum of $10,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated and the sum of $5,000,000 therefrom is hereby appropriated for expenditure and obligation for the purpose of funding the provision of immediate and specific relief to the lives and property threatened, harmed, damaged or lost as a result of the catastrophe by the prompt provision of accommodation and support relief to people affected by the catastrophe, for the procurement of goods, equipment and services for emergency repair operations and emergency capital improvement projects, and for any other related disaster relief, including all other emergency operations, purchases and construction, necessitated by the catastrophe. The total appropriation shall come from local revenues and other sources. Amounts apportioned and allocated under this Act shall be done at the direction of the President or his designee. Any unexpended or unobligated balances of this appropriation shall not lapse at the end of Fiscal Year 2013.@

Section 2. Effective Date. This Act shall take effect upon the approval of the President.
Approved into law this 14th day of December, 2012.

/s/
Johnson Toribiong
President
Republic of Palau