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S. No. 2607 
Introduced by Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Municipal Government ~f Salvador Benedicto in the Province of Negros 
Occidental exists pursuant to Batas Pambansa Big. 336, dated February 9, 1983, "An 
Act Creating the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto In The Province of Negros 
Occidental". This town occupies portion of the Northern Negros Forest Reserve, where 
most of its facilities, including its municipal government buildings are situated. 
The townsite reservation as requested by the aforesaid municipality 
covers an area of two hundred (200) hectares, more or less, per plan MR-06-00006, 
approved on August 1, 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, ~s certified on February 13,1957. 
A townsite for a municipality, like the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto, is 
indispensable for the implementation of its development programs and land use plan as 
a local government unit. However, the townsite was not specifically defined and 
accordingly alloted to Salvador Benedicto when Batas Pambansa Big. 336 was 
enacted. 
It is high time that the official delineation and segregation of such site be 
determined to enable the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto to move on without defying 
the existing laws and policies on land utilization. 
For having complied with the requisites for the reservation of the aforesaid 
parcel of public domain into a townsite of the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto, and 
finding all the documents in order, it is but proper and fitting that the sgregation of the 
subject identified parcel of land, covering two hundred (200) hectares be given due 
course through the early passage of this bill. 
UEL F. ZUBIRI 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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"10 
NOV 22 P 4 :09 
SENATE 
S. No. 2607 
Introduced by Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ,ZUBIRI 
AN ACT 
DECLARING 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 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. This Act shall he known and cited as the "Salvador Benedicta 
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Municipal Town Site Act of 2010". 
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SEC. 2. A parcel of land of the public domain located at Barangay Poblacion, 
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Municipality of Salvador Benedicta, Province of Negros Occidental is hereby declared 
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an agricultural land for town site purpose of said municipality. The said parcel of land, 
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containing an area of two hundred (200) hectares, subject to actual ground survey and 
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private rights, if there be any, is more particularly, described as follows: 
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A parcel of land (Plan of Land MR-06-000006) situated in Barangay Poblacion, 
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Municipality of Salvador Benedicto, Province of Negros Occidental, Island of Negros. 
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Bounded on the SE, along line 1-2 by Lot 1; along line 2-3 by Lot 2; along line 3-
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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; 
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along line 7-8 by Lot 26; on the S, along line 8-9 by Lot 27; on the SW, along line 9-10 
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by Lot 3225; along lines 10-11-12 by Lot 3296, all of Pls-675, San Carlos; on the NW 
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and NE, along lines 12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-1 by Northem Negros Forest Reserve. 
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Beginning at a point marked "1" on plan being, N. 64-09 W., 23,130.46 meters 
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from BLLM #1, Pls-675,San Carlos, thence: 
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S. 33-21 W., 275.20 m, to pt. 2: 
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S. 35-03 w., 213.79 m. to pt. 3: 


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S. 34-55 W., 059.58 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 Il!. 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.82-41E., 400.00 m. to pt. 17: 
N. 82-41 E., 248.80 m. to pt. 18: 
S. 10-22 W., 120.00 m. to pt. 19: 
S. 10-22 W., 300.00 m. to pt. 20: 
S. 35-20 E., 419.59 m. to pt. 1 
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Containing an area of two million (2,000,000) square meters, more or less, all 
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corners referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follow: 
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Points 10-11-13 to 19 P.S. cyl. co~c. mons., 15x40 cm., and the rest by old points, 
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bearing true, surveyed by Engr. Ponciano S. Bautista, on June 24, 1993 to July 24, 
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1993 and approved on August 1, 1995 by the Department of Environment and Natural 
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Resources (DENR), Regional Office VI. 
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SEC. 3. The Secretary of the DENR shall include in the Department's program 
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the establishment of the town site and shall issue such rules and regulations as may be 
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necessary for the effective implementation of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. Use and Ownership - The agricultural land shall be owned by the 
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municipality of Don Salvador Benedicta. Fifty (50) hectares of the agricultural land shall 
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be used exclusively by the municipality as a government c~nter while the remainder 
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shall be used as aforest park for eco-tourism purposes only., No transfer of ownership 
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of the agricultural land shalf be allowed except to the Republic ,of the Philippines. 
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SEC. 5. If any part or provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, 
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other provisions which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and 
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effect. 
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SEC. 6. All laws, preSidential decrees, executive orders and regulations or parts 
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thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or 
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modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 
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Approved 
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