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MOUSE UF REPRESENTATIVES:

RE EIVED
AUG 2016

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session RreterearON UNIT

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HOUSE BILL NO. <!¥

Introduced by HONORABLE MELECIO J. YAP, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This bill seeks to declare a parcel of land of the public domain an
agricultural land for town site purpose of the Municipality of Salvador
Benedicto, Province of Negros Occidental and for other purposes.

The Municipality of Salvador Benedicto in the Province of Negros
Occidental, Negros Island Region, came to exist pursuant to Batas Pambansa
Big. 336, dated February 9, 1983, the Act that created the said Municipality.
This town is located within the portion of the northern Negros Forest Reserved,
where most of it institutional facilities, including the Municipal Government
Building are situated.

The town site reservation, as requested by the municipality, covers an
area of two hundred (200) hectares more or less, per plan MR-00006,
approved on 01 August 1995 by the Regional Technical Director for Land
Management Services, DENR, Regional Office VI. This approved plan covers
a portion of North Negros Forest Reserved (NNFR) and a portion of alienable
and disposable area under Project No. 7-F, L.C. Map No. 2073, as certified on
13 February 1957.

A townsite for a municipality, such in the case of Salvador Benedicto, is
indispensible for all its development programs and in the implementation of
an effective land use plan as a local government unit. It is unfortunate that
BP Big. 336 did not include a clear-cut definition of the municipality's townsite
when it was enacted.

This bill has already been file during the 14!" and 15" Congress where it
was approved up to the Third Reading and even reached the Senate where



initial deliberations were conducted. However, senate sessions have
adjourned without passing this bill.

Once and for all, we deemed it necessary after so many years that
official delineation and segregation of the town site of the Municipality of
Salvador Benedicto be determined to move ahead with its developmental
affairs without defying any existing laws and policies on land utilization.

Henceforth, immediate approval of this bill is fervently prayed for.

15 Diskict of Negros Occidental


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE BILLNO. 21u2

Introduced by HONORABLE MELECIO J. YAP, JR.

AN ACT DECLARING A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AN
AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR TOWN SITE PURPOSE OF THE MUNICIPLAITY OF
SALVADOR BENEDICTO, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as “Salvador Benedicto
Municipal Town Site Act of 2016"

SECTION 2. A parcel of land of the public domain located at
Barangay Poblacion, Municipality of Salvador Benedicto, Province of
Negros Occidental, is hereby declared an agricultural land for town
site purpose of said municipality. The said parcel of land containing an
area of two hundred (200) hectares, subject to actual ground survey
and private rights, if there be any, is particularly described as follows:

A parcel of land (Plan of Land Mr-06-000006) situated in the
Poblacion, Municipality of Salvador Benedicto, Province of Negros
Occidental, Negros Island Region.

Bounded on the SE, along line 1-2 by Lot 1; along line 2-3 by Lot
2; along 3-4 by Lot 3° along line 4-5 by Lot 4; along line 5-6 by Lot 5;
along line 6-7 by Lot 24; along line 7-8 by Lot 26; on the S., along 8-9 by
Lot 27; on the SW., along 9-10 by Lot 3225; along line 10-11-12 by Lot
3296, all of Pls-675, San Carlos on the NW & NE, along lines 12-13-4-15-
16-17-18-19-20-1 by Northern Negros Forest Reserve.

Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being, N. 64-09 WE.,
23130.46 meters from BLLM#1, Pls-675, San Carlos City thence;

S. 33-21 W., 275.20 m fo pt. 2;
S. 35-03 W., 21.79 m to pt. 3;
S. 34-55 W., 59.58 m to pt. 4;



S. 60-37 W., 126.69 m to pt. 5;
S. 26-41 W., 221.82 m to pt. 6;
S. 56-49 W., 230.69 m to pt. 7;
S. 38-24 W., 215.14 m to pt. 8;
S. 84-55 W., 255.83 m to pt. 9;
N. 28-18 W., 790.00 m to pt. 10;
N. 28-18 W., 290.00 m to pt. 11;
N. 28-18 W., 260.00 m to pt. 12;
N. 17-13 E., 250.00 m to pt. 13;
N. 17-13 E., 192.41 m to pt. 14;
N. 82-41 E., 400.00 m to pt. 15;
N. 82-41 E., 400.00 m to pt. 16;
N. 82-41 E., 400.00m to pt. 17;
N. 82-41 E., 248.80 m to pt. 1
S. 10-22 W., 120.00 m to pt. 1
S$. 10-22 W., 300.00 m to pt. 20;
S. 35-20 E., 419.59 m to pt. 1

Containing area of two million (2,000,000) square meters, more or
less, all corenrs referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked
on the ground as follows: Points 10-11-13 to 19 P.S. cyl. Conc. Mons.
15x40cm., and the rest by old points, bearing true, surveyed by Eng’r.
Ponciano S. Bautista, on June 24, 1993 to July 24, 1993 and approved
on August 01, 1995 by the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, Regional Office VI.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources shall include in the department's program the
establishment of town site and shall issue such rules and regulations as
maybe imperative for the effective implantation of this Act.

SECTION 4. Separability Clause, Should there be any section of
this Act that is deemed unconstitutional or in contrast with any existing
laws and regulations, the other sections or provisions thereof shall not
be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6 Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders,
presidential decrees and regulations or part thereof, contrary to or
inconsistent with any provision of this Act are hereby repealed,
ammended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval

Approved.