Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session Na
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1050 Senne

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

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HOUSE BILL NO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 9852 converted the Jose Rizal Memorial State College
(JRMSC) in the City of Dapitan, Province of Zamboanga del Norte into a state
university known as the Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU),
mandated primarily to provide advanced education, higher technological,
professional instruction, and training in arts and sciences, philosophy,
literature, mass communication, teacher education, agriculture and forestry,
fishery, engineering and architecture, maritime education, industrial and
information technology, hotel and restaurant management, tourism, medicine,
nursing and allied health sciences, criminology, geology, public administration,
business and accountancy, law, nontraditional courses and other relevant
fields of study.

While JRMSU has campuses in the Third District of Zamboanga del
Norte, said campuses are in the southern part (Siocon and Sibuco Campuses}
and in the north-eastern part (Tampilisan Campus} of the district. However, in
the middle and western parts of the district, specifically in the Municipalities of
Labason, Gutalac, Liloy, and Kalawit, there is no state college that provides
free tertiary education to the students. Thus, the youth wishing to study in
college for free are forced to enroll in the distant campuses of JRMSU and have
to travel for two to three hours. Worse, some are discouraged from studying
college altogether because of the money they have to shell out either in
enrolling in the nearby private colleges or in travelling to the distant state
colleges.

‘This bill therefore seeks to establish a regular campus of the JRMSU in
the Municipality of Labason, Province of Zamboanga del Norte. In so doing, the
policy of the State to protect and promote the rights of all students to quality
education at all levels and to make such education accessible to all, as
provided by R.A. No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary
Education Act, will be fulfilled.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

AD! ‘LA. AMATONG


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

1050

HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL
STATE UNIVERSITY (JRMSU) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LABASON,
PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
JRMSU-LABASON CAMPUS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Jose Rizal Memorial State
University-Labason Campus Act”.

SEC. 2. There is hereby established a regular campus of the Jose Rizal
Memorial State University, hereinafter referred to as the University, in the
Municipality of Labason, Province of Zamboanga del Norte, to be known as the
Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU}-Labason Campus.

SEC. 3. The JRMSU-Labason Campus shall primarily provide short-term
technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of
competency and specialization, pursuant to its mandate, and according to its
capabilities as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, may
deem necessary to respond to meet the human resources development needs
of the Province of Zamboanga del Norte and entire Region IX.

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and extension services, and to provide progre:

abason Campus is also mandated to undertake research
sive leadership in these areas.

SEC. 4. The JRMSU-Labason Campus shall be headed by a Campus
Administrator who shall render full-time service and be appointed or
designated by the Board upon the recommendation of the search committee
and the President of the University, subject to the guidelines, qualifications,
and standards set by the Board.

SEC. 5. The establishment of the JRMSU-Labason Campus shall ensure that
the minimum requirements for its operation and program offerings have been
complied with, as duly prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education

(CHED).


SEC. 6. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the JRMSU-
Labason Campus, as well as liabilities or obligations, shall be transferred to
the University. The positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members
and personnel employed at the JRMSU-Labason Campus under existing laws
prior to the integration to the University shall be respected.

All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the JRMSU-
Labason Campus shall be declared the property of the University, and shall be
titled under its name: Provided, That should the University cease to exist or be
abolished, or should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed
by the University, the same shall revert to the concerned local government unit
or to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.

SEC. 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the
“Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997” shall form part of this Act, and
together, shall serve as the governing charter of the JRMSU-Labason Campus.

SEC. 8. All other powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities, and limitations
to state universities and its officials under existing laws shali be deemed
granted to or imposed upon the JRMSU-Labason Campus and its officials,
whenever appropriate.

SEC. 9. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 10. If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid
or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall
remain in full force and effect

SEC. 11. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed or
modified accordingly.

SEC. 12. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,