Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Creation and Mandate of the Metropolitan Baguio City, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay Development Authority (MBLISTTDA). There is hereby created a government instrumentality to be named as the Metropolitan Baguio City, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as MBLISTTDA, which shall administer a special development and administrative area embracing the City of Baguio and the municipalities of La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay. The MBLISTTDA shall be under the administrative supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines.

The MBLISTTDA shall serve as the platform for the acceleration of the social, economic, and political developments in the area as a unified management unit by enabling the component LGUs to respond to common developmental challenges through unified, effective, and economically efficient programs and undertakings. The MBLISTTDA shall perform planning, monitoring, and coordinative functions. It shall exercise regulatory and supervisory authority over the delivery of area-wide services within the jurisdictions of the concerned city and municipalities without diminution of the autonomy of the LGUs concerning purely local matters.