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Republic of the Philippines 01 JUL 201 v0

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, :
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 678

Introduced by : Honorable GEORGE P. ARNAIZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Philippine Constitution expressly states that no Filipino citizen should be
homeless in his country. However, it is a well known fact that most lands in this
country, especially alienable and disposable lands, are subject or are already under
private claims or ownership, thereby limiting available lands for most of the poor
who also deserve a land to call their own.

Itis in this context that the City of Bais, after due deliberations, have decided
to explore the possibility of reclassifying certain portions of its vast timberland areas
Into alienable and disposable land for the sole purpose of allocating it to the landless
and homeless residents of the City through its planned socialized housing
development program while at the same time allowing them the opportunity to avail
of the different services that the City could provide as well as the opportunity to
enhance their livelihood needs and become productive citizens of the City.

The lot to be reclassified is approximately 15,6587 hectares as delineated by
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and part of Lot 734, CAD 115
of the Bais City Cadastre. It is at present classified as Timberland for Fishpond
Development and is quite proximate to the City Hall of Bais City. It is not used for its
original purpose as it is being occupied by the landless residents of the City. Instead
of allowing the area to grow into a slum colony that may later pose as a problem to
the City in terms of sanitation and peace and order, just among other urban
problems, national government should legitimize the occupancy of our landless
residents, The legitimation process can be done be implementing a socialized
housing development program, which as proposed has gained the support of
government agencies concerned with the alleviation of the plight of our poor
countrymen. However, the socialized housing development program of the
government could not be realized if the land in question is not suitably classified as
such that it will conform with the existing laws of the land when it comes to the



disposition of land and other purposes. For this reason, immediate approval of this
bill is earnestly sought.

P. ARNAIZ
fepresentative
2” District, Oriental Negros


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House sino. 678

Introduced by : Honorable GEORGE P. ARNAIZ

AN ACT RECLASSIFYING THE 15.6587 HECTARES OF LAND WITHIN LOT NO. 734E OF
CAD 115, BAIS CADASTRE FROM TIMBERLAND FOR FISHPOND DEVELOPMENT INTO
ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LAND FOR SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECT

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

SECTION 1. The 15.6587 hectares of land, which forms part of Lot 734E of
CAD 115, Bais Cadastre as delineated with the following technical description, is
hereby reclassified as alienable and disposable land for socialized housing project:

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N 51% 00" W 60.82”

N 38% 17’ E 4.94”

N 14% 23’ W 11.48”
N 84% 36° W 16.86”
N 51% 00° W 40.29”

N 75% 00’ W
N 63% 08" W

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N 67% 54’ W_
N 76% 02’ W

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$22%47' E 49.61”

S 63% 26’ E 64.85"

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20 21 $ 09% 56’ E 109.60”

21 22 $23% 41’ W 204.20"

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SECTION 2. The lands herein reclassified shall be subject to actual survey and
subdivision planning for equitable distribution to qualified residents as determined
by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Provincial Office,
in accordance with the existing criteria of the National Housing Authority.

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

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,