Section 4December 22, 1997, Sec./Art. 4

Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6686 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. All officials and employees of local government units may receive the same benefits as are provided under Sections 1 and 2 of this Act chargeable against their respective local funds. For CY 1997, local government units (municipalities, cities and provinces) may realign their budgets to give priority to the funding requirements under this Act and any deficiency may be booked as accounts payable to be paid on a first priority basis in succeeding years."