Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.__7998_

Introduced by: Representative Victoria Isabel G. Noel

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Eastern Visayas State University was created thru Republic Act 9311 otherwise
known as “An Act Converting The Leyte Institute Of Technology (LIT) In The
Province Of Leyte Into A State University To Be Known As The Eastern Visayas
State University (EVSU) And Appropriating Funds Therefor.”

Guided by EVSU’s mission to develop a strong technologically and professionally
competent productive human resource imbued with positive values needed to propel
sustainable development and in order to make quality tertiary education accessible to
the people of Region 8, the EVSU has established campuses in Burauen, Carigara,
Dulag, Ormoc and Tanauan,

This bill seeks to convert the EVSU-Dulag Satellite Campus to a regular campus and
to appropriate funds consequently. This will allow the institution to expand its
curricular offerings and broaden its academic service.

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

REP. VICTOI ISABEL G. NOEL


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7998

Introduced by: Representative Victoria Isabel G. Noel

AN ACT CONVERTING THE EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY- DULAG
SATELLITE CAMPUS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DULAG, PROVINCE OF LEYTE
INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO
BE KNOWN AS THE EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY-DULAG CAMPUS,

AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Conversion. - The Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU)-
Dulag Satellite Campus in the Municipality of Dulag, Province of Leyte is hereby
converted into a regular campus of the Eastern Visayas State University to be
known as Eastern Visayas State University - Dulag Campus.

Sec. 2. Curricular Offerings. - The EVSU-Dulag Campus shall offer
undergraduate, graduate and short-term courses and other related and relevant
fields of study within its areas of specialization to meet the needs of the province
and of the region.

Sec. 3. Board of Regents. - The governance of the EVSU-Dulag Campus
shall be vested exclusively in the Board of Regents (BOR) created under Republic
Act No, 9311, otherwise known as An Act Converting the Leyte Institute of
Technology (LIT) in the Province of Leyte into a State University to be known as
the Eastern Visayas State University and Appropriating Funds Therefor and
Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the “Higher Education
Modernization Act of 1997” that govern EVSU. All policies, rules and regulations
approved by the EVSU-BOR shall be applied to EVSU-Dulag Campus.

Sec. 4. The Campus Administrator. - The administration of the EVSU-
Dulag Campus shall be the responsibility of the Campus Administrator who shall
be appointed by the EVSU President and confirmed by the BOR.

The Campus Administrator shall serve on a full-time basis and shall hold
office for a term of three (3) years. The Campus Administrator shall be eligible


for reappointment for another term: Provided, That the Campus Administrator
shall not be over sixty-two (62) years old at the time of appointment to qualify
for reappointment or term extension: Provided, further, That the Campus
Administrator shall not have reached the age of sixty-five (65) years old. The
Campus Administrator shall have at least an academic rank of associate
professor and at least three (3) years of experience as Department Chairperson,
Director or Vice President of a college/unit.

Sec. 5. Powers and Duties of the Campus Administrator. - The powers
and duties of the Campus Administrator of the EVSU-Dulag Campus shall be
similar to the powers and duties of the Campus Administrators in other EVSU
campuses.

The Campus Administrator of the EVSU-Dulag Campus shall represent the
EVSU-Dulag Campus in the Administrative Council and Academic Council of the
University.

Sec. 6. Assets, Liabilities and Personnel. - All assets, real and personal,
personnel and records of the EVSU-Dulag Campus (satellite campus) in the
Municipality of Dulag, Province of Leyte, as well as liabilities or obligations, are
hereby transferred to the EVSU-Dulag Campus. The positions, rights and security
of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed under existing
laws prior to the conversion into a regular campus shall be respected.

All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the EVSU-
Dulag Campus in the Municipality of Dulag are hereby transferred to the EVSU-
Dulag Campus, and shall be titled under that name: Provided, That should the
campus or the University cease to exist or be abolished or should such parcels of
land aforementioned be no longer needed by the University, the same shall
revert to the local government units concerned.

Sec. 7. Fiscal Autonomy of the EVSU-Dulag Campus. - No portion of the
funds appropriated or allocated for the EVSU-Dulag Campus shall be disbursed
by the EVSU Administration and all other incomes and earnings of the EVSU-
Dulag Campus shall remain with the said campus.

Sec. 8. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the initial
implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year’s funding of
the EVSU-Dulag Satellite Campus provided by the Municipality of Dulag, Province
of Leyte. The Municipality of Dulag shall continue to provide the same assistance
until such time that the full funding requirements of the EVSU-Dulag Campus is
included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

Sec. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within one hundred
twenty (120) days from the approval of this Act, the BOR of EVSU, in consultation
with the Commission on Higher Education, shall promulgate the rules and
regulations implementing the provisions of this Act. The implementing rules and
regulations issued pursuant to this section shall take effect thirty (30) days after
the effectivity of this Act.


Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws or parts thereof inconsistent with
any provision of this Act shall be deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

Sec. 11. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or provisions not affected thereby
shall remain in full force and effect.

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

Approved,