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Republic of the Philippines i ) SUL 2013

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1231

HOUSE BILL NO.,

Introduced by HON. JORGE T. ALMONTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution explicitly provides that the State shall promote
physical education and encourage sports programs, league competitions, and
amateur sports, including training for international competitions, to foster self-
discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the development of a healthy and
alert citizenry.

In pursuance of these expressed Constitutional mandates, there is a
need to establish a sports academy that will initiate, administer and carry out
the noble objects of the framers of the Constitution in encouraging the people,
particularly the youth, to indulge in sports activities. This will certainly be of
great help in doing away with hazardous vices that will destroy the moral fiber
of the citizenry. Sports-minded citizens are those who are good-nurtured and
disciplined people that we direly need in our society.

It is therefore the paramount objective of this important piece of
legislation to establish a sports academy in the Province of Misamis
Occidental if only to realize the noble objectives of the framers of our
Constitution in this part of the country.

The foregoing reasons warrant the approval of this bill,

Oe T. ALMONTE

Representative
First District, Misamis Occidental

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HousE BILLNO.__ 1231

Introduced by HON. JORGE T. ALMONTE

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL SPORTS ACADEMY IN THE
CAPITAL CITY OF OROQUIETA, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Establishment. - There shall be established in the capital
City of Oroquieta, Province of Misamis Occidental, a sports academy to be
known as the “Misamis Occidental Sports Academy’, which shall be
constituted as the primary sports development and training center for the
whole province of Misamis Occidental and the neighboring towns thereat.

SEC. 2. Mandates. - The Province of Misamis Occidental, in
coordination with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), shall take the
necessary steps to upgrade, improve and modemize existing facilities,
equipment and personnel and incorporate or consolidate them into the newly
created sports academy. It shall create the necessary programs and
competition, as well as the system by which the facilities are maintained and
managed in order to accomplish the objectives and purpose of this Act.

SEC. 3. Appropriations. The establishment and operation of this project
shall be funded by the Province Government of Misamis Occidental, by funds
that may be available for allocation by the District Representative and by other
legislators, and such funds as may granted by the PSC or by the Office of the
President. In addition, grants and endowments may be obtained from local or
foreign sources intended for sports development.

SEC. 4. Effectivity. This act shall take effect fifteen (15) after its
publication in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,