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HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. MAXIMO B, DALOG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to rename the Gurel-Bokod-Kabayan-Abatan Road to Andres
Acop Cosalan Road in recognition of the long years of public service rendered by the
late Andres Acop Cosalan as the former representative of the Province of Benguet
during the Sixth (then Mountain Province District) and Seventh Congress and in the
Interim Batasan Pambansa (Region 1)(1965-1984). During, his term in office, he was
the articulate and aggressive spokesman in the halls of Congress for the people of
Baguio and Benguet Province and an exemplar of honesty, sincerity and dedication
to public service for his constituents.

In Congress, he authored several landmark legislations including among
others the division of the old Mountain Province into fopr district and independent
provinces (RA 4695), the redistricting of the former 2! Congressional district of Mt.
Province to Baguio City and Benguet Province, creating two school divisions for
Baguio and Benguet (RA 5968), converting the former Mountain State Agricultural
College into a chartered state university (RA 5923) (now known as Benguet State
University by virtue of PD 2010), establishing the Benguet General Hospital (RA
5955), upgrading the Balacbac Agricultural School in Kapangan to an agro-industrial
school (Gov. Bado Dangwa Agro-Industrial School) (RA 5886), upgrading the Loo-
Buguias Agricultural School to an agro-industrial school (RA 4192), increasing the
minimum wages of mining, workers (RA 4707), increasing the retirement disability
and death benefits in the Social Security Act (RA 4857), releasing from government
reservation lots under bonafide occupation in Brgy. Holy Ghost, Cabinet Hill,
Magsaysay and Quirino Hill, and offsetting the electric power obligation of Baguio
City to the National Power Corporation with realty taxes obligation to the City and
other laws benefitting the people of Baguio City and Benguet Province.

The Gurel-Bokod-Kabayan-Abatan Road is a national secondary road, called
by the places traversed by this road; hence, its lengthy and confusing name. Road
names, per the guidelines of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines,

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should be short and simple for practical and aesthetic reasons. Complicated and
confusing names should be discouraged. The recommended name satisfies all that
and would give a sense of history and significance to this national road.

Approval of the bill is earnestly and urgently recommended.

Lone District, Mountain Province


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

9
HOUSE BILL. no? 708

Introduced by HON. MAXIMO B. DALOG

AN ACT
RENAMING THE GUREL-BOKOD-KABAYAN-ABATAN
ROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET TO
CONG. ANDRES ACOP COSALAN ROAD

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

SECTION 1. In recognition of his public service rendered to the people of the
Province of Benguet from the Sixth to Seventh Congress and the Interim Batasan
Pambansa, the Gurel-Bokod-Kabayan-Abatan Road is renamed as the Cong, Andres
Acop Cosalan Road.

SECTION 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways shall place
appropriate markers along the Cong. Andres Acop Cosalan Road and issue the

necessary orders and circulars to implement the provision of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon approval.

Approved.