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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

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NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _3501

Introduced by 2™ District of Agusan del Norte Representative
HON. DALE B. CORVERA

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING AN EXTENSION OFFICE OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
AUTHORITY (MARINA) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NASIPIT,
PROVINCE OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Province of Agusan del Norte is comprised mainly by coastal communities of the
10 municipalities and one (1) component city comprising the province, only the Municipalities
of Remedios T. Romualdez, Santiago, Kitcharao and Las Nieves have no coastal area. The
province is bordered by Butuan Bay on the northwest; by the Province of Surigao del Norte on
the northeast; by the Province of Surigao del Sur on the mid-east; by the Province of Agusan
del Sur on the southeast; and by the Province of Misamis Oriental on the southwest. Its territory
also encompasses large bodies of water such as the Lake Mainit (fourth largest lake in the
country), Agusan River (third longest river in the country) and the Butuan Bay.

Establishing a MARINA Extension Office in the Municipality of Nasipit is strategically
aligned with the vision of the Province of Agusan del Norte of becoming the agricultural
processing center and industrial estate zone of Caraga. The Municipality of Nasipit was
identified by the Caraga Regional Development Council through Resolution Number 44, series
of 1996, as the Regional Agri-Industrial Growth Center of the Caraga Region. In line with this,
the Nasipit Agusan del Norte Industrial Estate (NANIE) was conceived and presently being
developed by PEZA to make use of the area’s full potential as the main industrial center of the
Caraga Region. Phase ITI of the NANIE Project involves the development of 67 hectares of
land as a shipyard facility for an integrated ship repair and manufacturing area.

‘The Municipality of Nasipit is also advantageously located and proximate enough to
serve not only the stakeholders in the Province of Agusan del Norte, but also those of the
neighboring maritime stakeholders from the Provinces of Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur,
Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte, as well as the Highly Urbanized City of Butuan. In fact,
in the Province of Agusan del Norte alone, there are more than 2,800 registered seafarers
already who will be served by the MARINA extension office. The extension office will serve

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Ofer maritime enterprises in the area, including shipping companies, matitime higher
education institutions, maritime training centers and ship agents,

The demand for processing of seafarer deployment documents in the Caraga Region
continues to grow — from the monthly average of 58 Certificates in 201 8, the figure jumped to
a monthly average of 188 Certificates in 2020, 601 Certificates in 2021, and 810 Certificates
for the current year. As shipping, seafaring and other maritime activities in the Caraga Region
and neighboring provinces continue to grow, the demand for the establishment of the MARINA.
Extension Office in Nasipit only intensifies.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, _3501

Introduced by 2" District of Agusan del Norte Representative
HON. DALE B. CORVERA

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING AN EXTENSION OFFICE OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
AUTHORITY (MARINA) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NASIPIT,
PROVINCE OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Creation of Extension Office in Nasipit. - An extension office of the Maritime
Industry Authority (MARINA) shall be established in the Municipality of Nasipit, Province of
Agusan del Norte, The extension office shall provide services for the maritime stakeholders in
the Province of Agusan del Nort, other neighboring provinces and the Highly Urbanized City
of Butuan.

Seetion 2. Appropriations. —‘The amount necessary for the initial implementation of
this Act shall be sourced from the current budget of the MARINA. Thereafter, such sums as
‘may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

Section 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ Within ninety (90) days from the
effectivity of this Act, the MARINA shall formulate the rules and regulations for the effective
implementation of this Act.

Section 4. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section, clause or term of this
Actis held to be illegal, invalid, or unconstitutional, such parts not affected by such declaration
shall remain in full force and effect.


Section 5. Effectivity Clause. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
Publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation,

Approved,