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HOUSE BILL NO. 3692 40

‘ATIVE NOEL “BONG” N. RIVERA.

Introduced by REPRES|

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 was the worst volcanic eruption
that occurred in the 215t Century. It has brought tremendous damages to Central
Luzon killing more than seven hundred people and left more than two hundred
thousand homeless. Practically, all the communities in the vicinity had been
buried by the rampaging lahar that caused numerous people to seek refuge in
the once forested areas, specifically the Sitios from the different barangays of
Anupul, San Nicolas, San Roque and Lourdes, all in the Municipality of Bamban,
Province of Tarlac, which, since 1991, had served as resettlement areas for the
affected residents, namely: Sitio Matagpo, Mainang, Sitio Dapdap, also in
Barangay San Nicolas, Municipality of Bamban, Tarlac. These parcels of public
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) have been vastly improve with numerous public
infrastructures to provide comfort and convenience to residents therein. Since
the affected residents could no longer return to their original domicile, there is a
need to award the lands to the victims of Mount Pinatubo so they cannot be
evicted from the land, which they have been occupying since 1991.

It is therefore the paramount objective of this important piece of
legislation to reclassify the aforementioned public lands located in the
Municipality of Bamban, Province of Tarlac as alienable and disposable public
lands and directing the DENR to conduct a cadastral survey to determine the
technical description or metes and bounds and appropriate measurement for the
eventual titling of the lands to be awarded to the actual occupants. The
government also stands to earn from this undertaking as the owners will pay the
appropriate real property taxes for the lands they are occupying.

In Municipal Resolution No. 139, Series of 2017 of the Municipality of
Bamban, Province of Tarlac, it likewise requests the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources to reclassify the aforementioned Public Lands.

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

NOEL N. RIVERA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _3§92

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE NOEL “BONG” N. RIVERA

“AN ACT
RECLASSIFYING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF PUBLIC DOMAIN
LOCATED IN SITIOS FROM THE DIFFERENT BARANGAYS OF
ANUPUL, SAN NICOLAS, SAN ROQUE AND LOURDES, ALL IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BAMBAN, PROVINCE OF TARLAC FROM
UNCLASSIFIED FOREST LANDS INTO ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE
LANDS”

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

SECTION 1. The parcel of lands of public domain located in Sitios from
the different Barangays of Anupul, San Nicolas and Lourdes, Municipality of
Bamban, Province of Tarlac are hereby reclassified and declared as alienable and
disposable lands open to disposition for residential and other productive
purposes and to private rights.

SECTION 2. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) is hereby directed to undertake a relocation survey of the subject parcel
of lands of public domain to determine the technical description or metes and
bounds and appropriate measurement.

The DENR shall issue the rules and regulations to implement this Act.

SECTION 3. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations,
which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved.