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Introduced by Senator Osmeiia 111 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
In the shifting economic horizons of the present era, the use of our 
land and ,natural resources is subject to various and competing 
applications. To achieve the most equitable, if not the most efficient 
application of our land resources, our country needs a unifying framework 
that will accommodate and give justice to all parties - 
to provide 
balancing mechanisms that will safeguard and protect the interest of 
future generations against the excesses of the present; maintain food 
security while pushing ahead for global competitiveness; champion the 
rights of the marginalized poor; 
and temper the aggressiveness of 
aspiring industrialists in order to ensure a sustainable ecological balance. 
This bills address such a need through provisions which 
a) Define and uphold national values and priorities with regard to 
land use; 
b) Establish systems for land classification, allocation, conversion 
and use; . 
c) Reconstitute the Housing and Land Regulatory Board (HLRB) 
into the National Land Use Commission with jurisdiction and 
powers over matters pertaining to land use; 
d) Define the respective roles of national government agencies 
and local government units vis-a-vis land use matters; 
e) Set up mechanisms to ensure' the sustainability of water 
resources; and 
9 Mandate the development, management and dissemination of 
land information, including mapping. 
Today, the multiplicity of agencies exercising jurisdiction over land 
use, and the fragmentation of policies and regulations often lead to 
conflicts disputes that burden policy implementation, and even excesses 
that endanger ecological balance. Clearly, a cohesive land use code and 
central regulatory body in implement the code will greatly reduce the 
waste of resources that is so rife at present. 
In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is earnestly 
requested. 
S ~ R G I O  
QSMENA 111 
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AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE 
NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY AND 
PLANNING FRAMEWORKS AND THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISM 
THEREFOR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL LAND USE 
ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
Tifle. - This Act shall be known as the "National Land 
Use Code." 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Principles and Policies. - It is the policy of 
the State to provide for a rational, historic, and just allocation, utilization, 
management, and development of the country's land resources to ensure 
their optimum use consistent with the principle of sustainable development 
Toward this end, the State shall adopt a land use and allocation 
pattern that promotes and ensures: 
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Protection of prime agricultural lands for food production 
activities and highest priority to the completion of the Comprehensive 
Agrarian Reform Program (CARP); 
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Food security in basic food commodities with emphasis on self- 
sufficiency in rice and corn production through efficient and sustainable use of 
land resources consistent with the principles of sound agricultural 
development, natural resources development, and agrarian reform; 
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Sustainable development and management of water resources 
towards water security; 
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Rational population distribution and settlements development; 
Equitable and sustainable economic growth and balanced and 
dispersed industrial and tourism development guided by the principles of 
agrarian reform, urban land reform, and rural development; 
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Maintenance and preservation of environmental integrity and 
Sustainable management of natural resources; 
stability; 
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Harmony between the rights and the varied interests of every 
Filipino within the framework of people empowerment, decentralization, social 
justice, and equity; 
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Respect to and protection of the sustainable traditional resource 
rights of the indigenous Cultural Communities/lndigenous Peoples (ICCs/lPs) 
to their ancestral domains to ensure their economic, social, and cultural well- 
being as well as recognition of the applicablity of customary laws and 
sustainable traditional resource use and management, knowledge, and 
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Protection of the rights of basic sectors to ensure equitable 
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access to the country’s land and other resources through state regulation of 
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alternative land use patterns. This shall be supported by a national land use 
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Guided by the principle that the land bears a social function and that 
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be held responsible for developing and conserving their lands thereby making 
their lands productive and supportive of environmental stability. 
SEC. 3. 
Scope. - This Act shall apply to all lands whether public, 
private or government-owned, 
and/or in possession of individuals, 
communities or groups of people, to guide and/or govern the use, allocation, 
and management of land resources including such activities which bear 
impact on said resources. 
SEC. 4. Definifions. - As used in and for purposes of this Act, the 
following terms shall mean: 
(a) 
“Agricultural lands” refer to lands devoted to or suitable for the 
cultivation of the soil, planting of crops, growing of fruit trees, raising of 
livestock, poultry, fish or aqua-culture production, including the harvesting of 
such farm products, and other farm activities and practices performed in 
conjunction with such farming operations done by persons whether natural or 
juridical; 
(b) 
“Agricultural land use conversion” refer to the undertaking of any 
development activity which modify or alter the physical characteristics of 
agricultural lands to render them suitable for non-agricultural purposes with 
an approved order of conversion issued exclusively by the Department of 
Agrarian Reform (DAR); 
(c) 
“Alienable and disposable lands of the public domain” refer to 
lands of the public domain which have been delineated, classified, and 
certified as such and available for disposition under C.A. No. 141, as 
amended, otherwise known as the “Public Land Act”; 
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“Ancestral domains’’ refer to all areas generally belonging to 
ICCs/lPs as defined in R.A. No. 8371, otherwise known as the “Indigenous 
Peoples’ Rights Act of 1998” or IPRA; 
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“Comprehensive land use planning” refer to the act of defining 
the allocation, utilization, development and management of all lands within a 
given territory or jurisdiction according to the inherent qualities of the land 
itself and supportive of sustainable economic, demographic, socio-cultural 
and environmental objectives as an aid to decision making and legislation; 
(9) 
“Coastal Area/Zone” refer to a band of dry land and adjacent 
ocean space (water and submerged land) in which terrestrial processes and 
use directly affect oceanic processes and uses, and vice versa. Its 
geographic extent may include areas within a landmark limit of one (I) 
kilometer from the shoreline at high tide to include mangrove swamps, 
brackish water ponds, nipa swamps, estuarine rivers, sandy beaches and 
other areas within a seaward limit of 200 meters isobath to include coral 
reefs, algal flats, seagrass beds and other soft-bottom areas. For purposes of 
initiating and implementing sustainable coastal resources protection and 
management, it shall include foreshore lands; 
(h) 
“Customary laws” refer to a body of written and/or unwritten 
rules, usages, customs and practices traditionally and continually recognized, 
accepted, and observed by respective ICCs/lPs consistent with the IPRA; 
(i) 
“Development plan” refer to a document, which defines the 
activities or measures that the national government or local government units 
(LGUs) intend to implement in order to achieve a defined set of development 
goals. It integrates the socio-economic and sectoral plans of the national 
government or its instrumentality or a particular LGU with spatial plans such 
as land use or physical framework plans. It may include an analysis of 
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problems and resources, definition of goals and objectives, policy guidelines, 
project and target achievements, and an implementation mechanism which 
defines the roles and contributions expected from the government and the 
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“Ecological-fragile lands” refers to lands within the critical 
watershed, brackish and freshwater wetlands, pasture lands and croplands 
which require rehabilitation and whose continued unsustainable use would 
adversely affect the productivity of lowland agricultural areas and the stability 
of the upland system; 
(k) 
Environmentally Critical Areas” refers to areas declared by law 
as: (a) areas for natural parks, watershed reserves, wildlife preserves and 
sanctuaries; (b) areas set aside as aesthetic potential tourist spots; (c) 
areas which 
constitute the habitat for any endangered 
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species of indigenous Philippine wildlife (flora and fauna); (d) areas of unique 
historic, archeological or scientific interests; (e) areas which are traditionally 
occupied by cultural communities and tribes; (9 areas with critical slopes; 
areas frequently visited and/or hard hit by natural calamities (geologic 
hazards, floods, typhoons and volcanic activities); (h) areas classified as 
prime agricultural lands; (i) recharge areas of aquifers; 0’) waterbodies; (k) 
mangrove areas; (I) coral reefs;(m) mossy and virgin forests; (n) rivers and 
river banks; and(o) swamp forest and marshlands; (p) foreshore lands. For 
purposes of this Act, this term shall also refer to other terrestrial, aquatic and 
marine areas that need special and conservation measures because they are 
ecologically fragile or they area needed for food security and food self- 
sufficiency as determined by concerned agencies and LGUs in consultation 
with the concerned sectors; 
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“Exhausted mineral lands” refer to specific sites whose mineral 
deposits are no longer in sufficient quantity or quality to justify additional 
expenditure for their extraction and utilization; 
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“Food self-sufficiency” refer to the policy objective of meeting 
the food requirements through intensive local food production in a sustainable 
manner based on the country’s existing and potential resource endowments 
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“Forest lands” refer to those lands of the public domain which 
have been subjected to land evaluation and classification and have been 
legally designated as such for production forest and protection/amenity forest; 
“Foreshore Land” refer to a string of land margining a body of 
water, the part of a seashore between the low-water line usually at the 
seaward margin of a low tide terrace and the upper limit of wave wash at high 
tide usually marked by a beach scarp of berm; 
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“Geo-hazard or disaster-prone areas’’ refer to areas frequently 
visited and/or prone to experience weather/climatic, hydrologic, geologic, and 
other natural calamities; 
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under the IPRA; 
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“Inland waters” refer to waters, which are not coastal and 
marine waters not subject to acquisitive prescription consistent with the 
provisions of P.D. No. 1067, otherwise known as the “Water Code of the 
Philippines”; 
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the surface below, and above the ground including inland waters and the air 
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“Land Sub-classification” refer to the act of determining and 
assigning the uses of classified public lands such as forest or timber lands, 
natural parks, and mineral lands in accordance with existing laws; 
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“Land use” refer to the manner of utilization of land, including its 
allocation, development, and management; 
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“Land use classification” refer to the act of delineating or 
allocating lands according to protection land use, production land use, 
settlements development, and infrastructure development as defined and 
provided for in this Act; 
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“LUPA or Land Use Policy Administration” refer to an 
administrative regulatory, and quasi-judicial body provided for under this Act, 
which shall be the final authority in all matters relating to land use planning; 
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planning from local to national level, It involves giving notice of 
hearing/consultation to affected sectors by publication or by posting such 
notice in conspicuous cases, conduct of reasonable number of hearings, 
solicitation of positions, and public presentation and validation of the planning 
results before its finalization; 
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“Mineral lands” refer to lands in which minerals exist in sufficient 
quantity or quality to justify the investment necessary for their extraction 
and/or developments; 
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“Non-agricultural land use conversion” refer to the act of 
changing the current use of piece of non-agricultural land into some other 
uses; 
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“Non-Government Organization (NGO)” refer to a private, non- 
profit organization that is committed to the task of political, socio-economic, 
physical, cultural, and environmental development and established primarily 
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voluntary, and community-based organization established primarily to provide 
service to its members and the community in general; 
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“Physical framework plans” refer to indicative plans based on 
CLUPs and national policies whether national, regional, or provincial which 
provide policy guidelines for all decisions relating to land use and 
environmental management to prevent or mitigate the adverse effects of 
inappropriate resource utilization on food security, the people’s welfare, and 
their environment. It embodies both policies and strategies necessary to carry 
out development goals and objectives; 
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“Premature or illegal conversion” refer to the undertaking of any 
activity which results will modify or alter the physical characteristics of 
agricultural lands to render them suitable for non-agricultural purposes 
without an approved order of conversion from the secretary of the Department 
of Agrarian Reform (DAR); 
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“Prime agricultural lands” refer to lands that can be used for 
various or specific agricultural activities and can provide optimum and 
sustainable yield with a minimum of inputs and development costs; 
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Production land use” refer to the direct and indirect utilization of 
land to generate outputs resulting from the following activities; agricultural, 
fishfarming or aquaculture, timber or agro-forestry, grazing and pasture, 
mining, industrial, and tourism; 
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“Protection land use” refer to the utilization of land primarily for 
the rehabilitation, conservation, and protection purposes and the promotion of 
the country’s ecological and life-support systems; 
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“Public domain” refer to lands which belong to the State which 
may either be agricultural, forest or timber, mineral or national park as 
provided for in the Constitution: 
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“Public lands” refer to lands which have not been subject to 
private property rights or subject to sale or other modes of acquisition of 
concession, under the general laws, and are devoted to public use; 
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“Resettlement sites” refer to areas identified by the appropriate 
national agency or by the local government unit with respect to areas within 
its jurisdiction, which shall be used for the relocation of the underprivileged 
and homeless; 
(mm) “Settlements” refer to communities or built-up environment 
areas where people prefer to live in; 
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“Settlements development” refer to any improvement on existing 
settlements of any proposed development of certain areas for settlement 
purposes. It also involves the spatial distribution of population, identification of 
the roles and functions of key urban centers, determination of relationships 
among settlement areas, and the provision of basic services and facilities of 
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territorial jurisdictions the declared agricultural lands to specific uses such as 
residential, industrial or commercial purposes. It shall serve as only one of the 
bases for application for land conversion by the owners thereof and shall 
constitute the power of LGUs to reclassify lands under Sec. 20 of R.A. No. 
7160 or the “Local Government Code of 1991” consistent with the provisions 
of this Act; 
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“Sustainable development” refer to the development objective of 
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future 
generations to meet their own needs consistent with the principles of social 
equity, efficiency and environmental integrity. 
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“Urban areas” refer to all cities regardless of their population 
density and to municipalities with population density of at least five hundred 
(500) persons per square kilometer; 
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“Urbanizable areas” refer to sites and lands which, considering 
present characteristics and prevailing conditions, display marked and great 
potential of becoming urban areas within the period of five (5) years; 
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“Water security” is defined as sufficient access throughout the 
year to the minimum daily requirement of clean water to maintain a healthy 
life; 
(ww) “Water use” is defined as the appropriation of water for domestic 
municipal, irrigation, power generation, inland fisheries, poultry and livestock, 
industrial and commercial, environmental, and recreation use; 
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Article One 
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SEC. 5 . National Land Use Planning and Zoning Guidelines and 
Standards. -Within six months form the effectivity of this Act, the LUPA shall, 
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public hearings, formulate national land use planning and zoning guidelines 
and standards which shall guide the LGUs in formulating their CLUPs and 
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the existing mapping program. The guidelines and standards shall, among 
others, include: (a) the implementing rules and regulations of this Act; (b) the 
delineated protected areas including the agricultural lands that are given 
protection under Section 32 of this Act which areas shall be incorporated in 
the following plans arid shall not be subject to reduction except by laws or 
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issuances from the concerned national agencies; and, (c) the spatial 
implications of relevant national policies, national development plan, and 
existing sectoral plans which are consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 6. City and Municipal Land Use Plans. - Consistent with the 
preceding section and in consultation with the concerned sectors through the 
mandatory conduct of public hearings. The cities and the municipalities 
through their local development councils shall prepare their respective CLUPs 
to determine the specific uses of their land and other physical resources, 
including the delineation of actual boundaries on the ground on the territorial 
jurisdiction of the city or municipality and the translation and integration of 
sectoral plans in their respective plans. Protected areas pursuant to Section 
14 and other existing laws and issuances as well as the agricultural lands 
identified and delineated under Section 32 hereof shall be incorporated in the 
CLUPs but the respective LGUS shall not diminish the areas included therein. 
SEC. 7. Provincial and Regional Physical Framework Plans. - In 
consultation with concerned sectors, the Provincial Development Council and 
the Regional Land Use Committee as provided in Section 24 hereof shall 
prepare their respective provincial and regional physical framework plans 
(PPFPs and RPFPs) which shall consolidate, integrate, harmonize, and 
reconcile the land use plans of the component cities and municipalities of 
respective provinces or the land use plans of respective provinces and 
independent and highly urbanized cities located in the concerned regions, as 
the case may be, based on the preceding standards and guidelines as well as 
the city and municipal CLUPs. 
SEC. 8. Land Use Plans for Ancestral Domains. - Land use plans for 
the delineated and recognized ancestral domains shall be formulated by the 
ICCsAPs themselves in accordance with their particular needs and traditional 
resource and management systems with the assistance of the National 
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CLUPs, the PPFP, and the RPFP, the LUPA may revise the standards and 
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protected areas which may be subject to review every five years, and 
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formulate the National Physical Framework Plan or the NPFP. The NPFP 
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shall define the objectives, policies and strategies on the indicative uses of 
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implementation of the national development plan. Upon its completion, all 
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subsequent planning processes pertaining to the use of land resources shall 
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conform to the mandatory provisions of the NPFP, particularly with respect to 
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Local Land Use Planning and Zoning 
SEC. 10. Basis of City/Municipa/ity Land Use Plans. - the CLUPs of 
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Section 32 hereof. The zoning plan and ordinance of LGUs shall be based on 
their respective approved CLUPs. 
SEC. 12. Period to Conduct Land Use Planning and Zoning. - Within 
one'(1) year from the effectivity of this Act, all cities and municipalities shall 
prepare and enact their respective CLUPs and ZOs. The actual zoning of 
communities based on the standards and guidelines set forth pursuant to 
Section 5 of this Act shall be conducted before the approval of the NPFP. 
Thereafter, CLUPs and ZOs based on NPFP as provided in Section 9 hereof 
may be subject to review or revision every seven (7) years or as mandated by 
the LUPA. 
Article Three 
Framework for Land Use Planning 
SEC. 13. Basic Land Use Planning Considerations. - In determining 
the various land uses as provided in Sec. 14, the physical characteristics of 
the land including the following, shall be considered: 
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Geology, geomorphology, geologic hazards (seismic, landslide, 
etc.) , soil and slope; 
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Food security, socio-economic and related development 
Demography (population size, growth and distribution); 
activities; 
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Environmental and other natural resource constraints; 
management and disposition. 
SEC. 14. Categories of Land Uses for Planning Purposes. - In 
determining and defining the NPFP, RPFPdPPFPs, and the CLUPs, land 
uses shall be grouped into four major functional uses as follows; 
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regenerate and rehabilitate degraded land and other physical resources, 
ensure safeguard against environmental hazards including those resulting 
from unregulated activities and enhance and sustain the benefits derived from 
maintaining the integrity of the nation's land resources. Areas to be covered 
under this category are those under the NIPAS as provided by R.A. No. 7586 
and those outside the NIPAS which require rehabilitation and protection as 
identified by the DENR, in coordination with concerned LGUs and national 
government agencies, and in consultation with concerned sectors; 
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Production land use - the adoption of which aims to determine 
the most efficient, sustainable, and equitable manner of utilizing, developing 
and managing land for productive purposes. Areas included under this 
category are agricultural lands even though identified and delineated as 
protected under Section 32 hereof, coastal zones excluding those declared by 
DENR and other similar government agencies that are in environmentally 
critical conditions, production forest, mineral lands, industrial development 
areas, and tourism development areas; 
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Settlements development - the adoption of which seeks to 
promote an orderly, equitable, and sustainable development of human 
settlements responsive to the needs of its inhabitants and the environment. 
Classification shall be made based on the predominant economic and socio- 
cultural activities, as urban or rural, and based on the topography and slope of 
land as upland, hillside, lowland, or coastal. Major uses under this category 
shall include: residential, including relocation and resettlement sites for 
socialized housing as provided in UDHA and socialized housing zones; 
commercial, industrial, institutional, (e.g. , sites of government offices, health 
and education), utilities, tourism, recreational, including parks, urban forests, 
open or green space; waste disposal; and roads, rail transportation networks, 
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infrastructure projects which shall include, among others; power plants/ 
stations and major substations; irrigation and flood control sewerage and 
drainage facilities; water supply system and treatment plants; airports/ 
seaports/ fishports; major road, bridge, and railway trunklines; farm-to-market 
roads; agricultural research and development farms and/or stations; waste 
disposal facilities; educational facilities; health facilities; telecommunications 
stations/ other facilities; disaster mitigation facilities; and market sites; 
Provided, That the determination of functional uses of lands within 
ancestral domains need not necessarily follow the land use categories 
provided in this Act and separate land use categories for delineated ancestral 
domains may be formulated by the concerned ICCs/lPs themselves in 
accordance with their particular needs and traditional resource and 
management systems. 
SEC. 15.. Categories of Wafer Uses for Planning Purposes. - For 
purposes of this Act, the categories of water uses for planning purposes shall 
be in accordance with existing laws. Notwithstanding such laws, the 
categories to be adopted must complement and support the foregoing 
categories for land use planning. Within six (6) months from the effectivity of 
this Act, after the conduct of public consultations, the National Water 
Resources Board (NWRB) and the LUPA shall jointly adopt and issue 
implementing guidelines, rules, and regulations that will promote the 
integration of sound water resource utilization, allocation, management, and 
development with the requirements of sustainable land use planning. 
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IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM 
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SEC. 16. Reconstitution of the National Land Use Committee into Land 
Use Policy Adminisfrafion (LUPA). - The National Land Use Committee under 
the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) is hereby reconstituted 
into Land Use Policy Administration (LUPA). The powers and functions 
vested by law to the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) 
pertaining to land use are hereby transferred to the LUPA. The LUPA shall be 
the highest policy making body on land use and shall perform the task of 
integration of efforts, monitoring of developments relating to land use, 
evolution of policies, and regulation and direction of land use planning 
processes. 
SEC. 17. Executive Board. - The LUPA shall have an Executive Board 
which shall be composed of nineteen (19) mentors, hereinafter referred to as 
the Board, whose main function is to direct the implementation of the 
provisions of this Act, and shall be composed of 19 members. 
(a) The Executive Secretary as Chairperson; 
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Agriculture; Agrarian Reform; Trade and Industry; Public Works and 
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A consultative body composed of representatives from the Leagues of 
Municipalities, Cities, and Provinces and from non-government sector such as 
the private sector, NGOs and POs, and the academic community shall 
likewise be convened every two months. 
SEC. 18. Powers and Functions. - The LUPA shall have the following 
powers and functions: 
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Formulate policies on, and promulgate, in consultation with all 
concerned sectors, national standards and guidelines on land use and zoning 
under Secs. 6 and 9 hereof, and issue corresponding rules and regulations to 
enforce compliance thereof; 
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Formulate NPFP and RPFPs based on land use plans at the 
local levels that shall serve as guide in translating the national development 
plan and pertinent sectoral plans consistent with the provisions of this Act into 
physical and spatial terms; 
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provide detailed guidelines on land use policy areas or categories for land use 
planning under Sec. 14 hereof; 
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define information requirements at various levels, and standardize information 
inputsloutputs including scales and symbols in the case of territorial and 
sectoral maps; 
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pertaining to land use planning, including studies on the management of 
identified land uses, and such other studies not undertaken by other 
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Coordinate with, and assist other government agencies and 
LGUs in planning, developing, and implementing their land use classification 
programs, and to furnish, to the extent possible, technical assistance and 
guidance; 
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government in the enforcement and implementation of policies and 
regulations relating to land use and resource management and development; 
Hear and resolve conflicts on land use planning, classification, 
and allocation that may arise: (1) at the first instance - between national 
government agencies (NGAs), between an NGA and an LGU, between an 
NGA and any regional or local planning bodies, and other cased not falling 
under its appellate capacity; (2) in its appellate capacity - with respect to 
conflicts arising from the disapproval/modification of CLUPs of component 
cities and municipalities by provinces and from the disapprovaVmodification of 
PPFPs of provinces by the RLUCs or of the CLUPs of independent 
component and highly-urbanized cities also by the RLUCs; 
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instrumentality of the government, including the police forces, and or private 
entities and organization for cooperation, support, and assistance in the 
performance of its functions; 
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central and regional offices, and assist the LGUs in the formation of local land 
use committees; and, 
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Administrator shall have the following powers and functions: 
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Act as the Executive Head of the LUPA and perform the powers 
and function incident to said position; 
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Be responsible for the implementation and overall execution of 
the policies, rules and regulations, and decisions adopted by the Board; and 
as such, s/he shall issue the corresponding implementing administrative 
issuances, and promulgate opinions and interpretative circulars and rulings to 
ensure expeditious and effective implementation thereof; and, 
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incident, or related to the foregoing. 
Decisions of the Administrator may be appealed to the LUPA Board. 
SEC. 21. Qualifications of the Administrator. - The Administrator must 
have a background or significant training preferably in the field of 
environmental and/or physical planning, land resources management, or 
development planning and management for a period of at least five (5) years. 
S/he shall be appointed by the President and shall have the rank of a Cabinet 
Secretary. 
SEC. 22. Qualification, Rank and Duties of fhe Deputy Administrator. - 
The Administrator shall be assisted by a Deputy Administrator who shall be 
appointed by the President upon the Board's recommendation. The Deputy 
Administration shall have the same qualifications as the Administrator and 
shall have the rank of an Undersecretary. 
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organize at the central and regional levels such offices as may be necessary 
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Land Development Councils and Land Use Committees 
SEC. 24. Local Development Councils and Land Use Committees. - 
The formation of theCLUPs and PPFPs shall be the primary responsibility of 
the Local Development Councils (LDCs). The LGUs without existing LDCs as 
mandated by R.A. No. 7160 shall create their respective LDCs within one 
year from the effectivity of this Act, 
Local land use Committees pertain to the provincial, city, or municipal 
land use committees (PLUCs, C/MLUCs) formed by the LDCs. Existing and 
newly formed LDCs shall create within one (I) 
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or from their creation as the case may be, a Local Land Use Committee to 
assist them in performing such functions as defined in this Act; Provided, That 
membership therein must, among others, include representatives from 
concerned NGOs and Pos such as but not limited to peasants, fisherfolk, 
urban poor, and indigenous cultural communities. Other concerned sectors 
shall also be invited during committee deliberations and public hearings. The 
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communities through their respective barangay representatives which shall 
also be invited during committee deliberations and public hearings. The 
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raised and articulated by the concerned communities through their respective 
barangay representatives which shall also participated during the public 
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Adoption, Approval and Review of Land Use Plans 
SEC 25. Component Cities and Municipalities. - Component cities and 
municipalities shall have the power and authority to adopt and approve their 
respective CLUPs and Zos through their respective sanggunians but subject 
to the power of review of their respective provinces only with respect to the 
consistency of the CLUPs and Zos with Sections 5 and 9 hereof. 
SEC. 26. Provinces and Independent and Highly Urbanized Cities. - 
Provinces and independent and highly urbanized cities shall have the power 
and authority to adopt and approve their respective CLUPs and ZOs through 
their respective, but subject to the power of review of the LUPA through its 
Regional Land Use Committees or as provided in Section 24 hereof and only 
with respect to the consistency of the CLUPs and ZOs with Sections 5 and 9 
hereof. 
Article Four 
Responsibilities of the National Government Agencies and LGUs 
SEC. 27. National Base Mapping Program. - A National Mapping 
Program shall be implemented, coordinated, and monitored through the 
creation of an inter-agency technical committee composed of the LUPA, as 
the lead agency, the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority 
(NAMRIA), the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM), the Forest 
Management Bureau (FMB), the Land Management Bureau (LMB), the 
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB), the Philippines Institute of 
Volcanology And Seismology (PHILVOCS), the Department of Agrarian 
Reform (DAR), the National Water Resources Board (NSWRB), and other 
concerned government agencies/bureaus. 
For purposes of uniformity and standardization, the LGUs, to be 
assisted by the appropriate agencies of the national government, shall 
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SEC. 28. National Geohazard Mapping Program. - A nationwide 
Geohazard Mapping Program shall be implemented jointly thru the LUPA by 
the PHILVOCS, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical 
Services Administration (PAGASA), and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau 
(MGB), in coordination with the National Disaster Coordinating Council 
(NDCC), the Regional Disaster Coordinating Councils, and other concerned 
government agencies. The program shall include the generation of indicative 
geo-hazard zoning maps that will outline areas in the Philippine prone to 
liquefaction, land slides, flooding, lahar, 
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erosion, coastal erosion, sinkhole collapse, earthquake, lava flow, pyroclastic 
flow, base surge, and other natural hazards. 
For purposes of uniformity and standardization and in order to develop 
a safe-built environment, the LGUs shall incorporate and integrate the 
generated geo-hazard zoning maps in the preparation of their respective 
CLUPs and ZOs. Said geo-hazard maps shall serve as guide for all the LGUs 
in the preparation of their own hazards-constrained development plans. 
SEC. 29. Scope and Nature of Responsibilities of Other Nafional 
Government Agencies. - All concerned national government agencies/ bodies 
shall periodically report to the LUPA on the various activities and 
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SEC. 30. Submission of Annual Report on the Implementation of 
CLUPs and ZOs, - The LDCs shall submit an annual report on the 
implementation of their land use plans and zoning ordinances to the LUPA 
through the Sangguniang Panlalawigan or in the case of highly urbanized and 
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Article One 
Agricultural Lands 
SEC. 31. Priority Areas for Agricultural Development. - Priority areas 
for agricultural development must be based on the Strategic Agricultural and 
Fisheries Development Zones (SAFDZs) as defined by R.A. No. 8435 or the 
Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 (AFMA). 
SEC. 32. Conversion of Agricultural Lands. - Agricultural Lands are 
deemed converted to non-agricultural uses upon approval of the application 
for conversion by the DAR. Prime agricultural lands and specific types of 
lands to the extent necessary for attaining food self-sufficiency in rice and 
corn and food security in other basic commodities, as determined by the DA, 
subject to mandatory consultation with the LGUs, the private sector, the 
NGOs, and POs, shall be protected from conversion, which shall include but 
not limited to areas under the Network of Protected Areas for Agro-Industrial 
Development (NPAAD): Provided, That all irrigated and irrigable lands, all 
lands with existing or potential for high value crops, all agricultural lands that 
are ecologically fragile and whose conversion will result into serious 
environmental problems shall be given full protection from conversion, the 
areas under which are subject to review every five years by the DA, again 
with the mandatory public consultations: Provided, further, That consistent 
with the State policy on giving priority to the completion of CARP, all the 
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standards, and subsequently, the NPFP. A public hearing is required before 
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- Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the DENR, duly reviewed and 
endorsed by the LUPA, and after due consultations with the concerned LGUs 
and affected parties, Congress may authorize the reversion of alienable and 
disposable lands of the public domain or portion thereof to forest lands. 
SEC. 36. Determination of Forest Limit. - Within a year after the 
release of the budget appropriated for the purpose of classifying, 
reclassifying, and delineating all lands of the public domain, the DENR shall 
submit the final inventory of lands after which, Congress shall within a period 
of one hundred twenty (120) working days, determine by law the specific limit 
of forest lands and national parks. Thereafter, such forest lands and national 
parks shall be conserved and may not be diminished, except by law. 
SEC. 37. Coverage of Production Forest. - Production forests include: 
the residual dipterocarp forests; pine forest available for logging; rangelands 
for grazing; areas under industrial forest plantation management; areas for 
community forest program; integrated social forestry; and other forestlands for 
special uses, excluding the critical watershed as identified by the DENR, in 
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subject to mandatory public consultations with concerned sectors; 
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subclassified into appropriate protection or production land uses provided that 
such land use shall not engender significant adverse environmental effects; 
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their existing and potential land uses shall serve as the basis for determining 
their subclassification. 
SEC. 39. Crifical Watershed Areas. - The DENR, in coordination with 
the DA, the LGUs, and other government agencies, incfuding governrnent- 
owned-and-controlled corporations, and with mandatory public consultations, 
shall identify and delineate critical watershed areas that need to be protected, 
rehabilitated, enhanced, and/or withdrawn form uses that contribute to its 
further degradation. 
SEC. 40. Formulation and Implementation of lntegrated Watershed 
Management Plans. - With the assistance of the DENR and upon mandatory 
consultations with the concerned sectors, the LGUs through their Local Land 
Use Committees shall prepare their watershed management plans which 
shall be integrated with their respective CLUPS. The formulation and 
integration of the plan shall be guided, among others, by the principle that the 
management and development of inland water resources shall be at the water 
resources shall be at the watershed level. 
In cases where the watershed areas transcend the boundaries of a 
particular municipality, an inter-LGU committee composed or representatives 
form Local Land Use Committees of the LGUs where the watershed area is 
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watershed management plan subject to regular consultations with and 
involvement of the community stakeholders in the implementation of the plan. 
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Coastal Zones 
SEC. 41. Classification of Coastal Zones. - All public lands in the 
coastal zones shall be sub-classified as fishponds, mangrove, fisherfolk 
settlement and recreationalAourism areas. 
SEC. 42: Guidelines for the Allocation and Utilization of Lands Wfhin 
the Coastal Zones. - The allocation and utilization of lands within the coastal 
zones shall be guided by the following: 
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Areas vegetated with mangrove species shall be preserved for 
mangrove production and will not be converted to other uses; 
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depth, topography supply for successful fishpond development and devoid of 
any mangrove stands, may be utilized for aquaculture purposes; 
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such, or due to environmental conditions need to be preserved as mangrove, 
but of which the land is devoid of mangrove stands will not be converted to 
other uses. The DENR shall ensure that these lands shall be reforested within 
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sanctuary, conservation, ecological purposes and fisherfolk settlement areas. 
SEC. 45. Tourism and Recreafion Zone. - The designation of areas for 
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Mining Purposes. - To ensure that the objectives of maintaining ecological 
balance and maximizing economic returns to mining operations are realized 
and consistent with R.A. No. 7942, the allocation and utilization of lands for 
mining purposes shall be guided by the following: 
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the utilization, development, and protection of land and other physical 
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Small-scale mining shall be allowed provided safeguards are 
instituted to prevent environmental degradation of the mining sites and 
adjacent areas; and, 
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Mineral reservations which had become non-operational for 
more than five (5) years shall be placed under appropriate surface 
management by the DENR. 
SEC. 47. Reversion of Mineral Lands. - All exhausted mineral laqds 
shall automatically revert to the category of forestlands, unless the DENR has 
otherwise classified such areas for other purposes. 
SEC. 48. Criteria for the Classification of Mineral Lands as Alienable 
and Disposable Lands. - Exhausted mineral lands may be classified as 
alienable and disposable lands only upon the satisfaction of all of the 
following conditions: 
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The rehabilitation of exhausted mineral lands can be 
accelerated if such areas are released for other purposes; 
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impact assessment, the findings of which shall serve as basis for making any 
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measures are adopted to address the potential danger or risk to lives and 
property within such settlements. In coordination with the concerned agencies 
of the government, the LUPA shall provide assistance to concerned LGUs 
and settlers in instituting safety and corrective measures to address the 
potential danger or risk. 
SEC. 5'l. Protection of Ecological Harmony, - To ensure the ecological 
harmony of towns, cities, and settlements, certain projects which will alter the 
present use of a zoned area shall be issued a building permit, business 
permit, and or development permit. The identification of these projects shall 
be done in coordination with the LGUs. 
SEC. 52. Designation of Waste Disposal Site. - Each city or 
municipality shall identify, designate and allocate land within their territorial 
jurisdiction to serve as waste disposal site within one (I) 
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effectivity of this Act. The LGUs, in coordination with the DENR and/or 
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purpose, cities and municipalities shall establish their solid waste 
management program. Likewise, as provided under Section 33 or R.A. NO. 
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themselves towards the establishment of a common solid waste management 
program, 
Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the DENR, in 
coordination with concerned agencies, shall promulgate the necessary 
guidelines and standards for the formulation and establishment of solid waste 
management program by cities and municipalities, and shall submit the same 
of the LUPA for review and approval. 
SEC. 53. Designation of Socialized Housing Sites in Urban and 
Urbanizing Areas. - Each city or municipality in urban and urbanizing areas 
shall identify, designate and allocate land within their territorial jurisdiction to 
ensure the availability of adequate lands to meet the shelter needs of poor 
residents in their respective city or municipality or to be used as sites for 
socialized housing pursuant to Article IV of UDH and Sections 5 and 32 of this 
Act. 
Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the LUPA, in 
coordination with the concerned agencies, shall promulgate the necessary 
guidelines for the identification and designation of socialized housing sites. All 
cities and municipalities in urban and urbanizing areas shall identify and 
designate their socialized housing sites within six (6) months from the 
effectivity of this Act and must submit the list of these sites and their 
respective hectarage to the HUDCC. 
SEC. 54. Zonification of Identified Sites for Socialized Housing. - 
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SEC. 55. Valuation of lands for Socialized Housing. - Equitable land 
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shall factor into the valuation, the blighted status of the land as certified by the 
LGUs or the National Housing Authority. 
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infrastructure projects that are supportive of national or local development 
objectives. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), in 
consultation with the concerned national government agencies, LGUs, and 
the private sector shall identify and periodically review, update and/or revise 
the list of priority infrastructure projects. In determining and evaluating the list 
of priority infrastructure projects, consideration shall be given to those that: 
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Respond to immediate and vital requirements of the national 
economy with priority on food security and self-sufficiency concerns; 
(b) Upgrade existing facilities to international standards; 
(c) Address the need for sustainable settlements development; and, 
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Help mitigate the destructive effects of natural disaster-causing 
phenomena or those that shall serve as alternatives to existing infrastructures 
found in natural hazard-prone areas. 
Provided, That the provision and implementation of infrastructure 
support shall be made compatible with existing environmental conditions and 
the physical, whether natural or man-made, and cultural character of the area. 
Mandatory public consultations shall be held prior to the conduct of all 
infrastructure projects that will necessarily involve dislocation or displacement 
of people living in the area: Provided, furfher, That the concerned national 
government agency that will implement the infrastructure projects in areas 
occupied by the urban poor and in identified socialized housing zones shall 
follow the rules on mandatory consultation as provided for in RA 7160, as well 
as the rules on just and humane demolitions or eviction under Section 28 of 
UDHA and the said NGA shall submit a report complying with the 
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accordance with P.D. Nos. 1586 and 4846. 
Existing infrastructures found to be improperly located as well as those 
posing threats to the environmental integrity of historic, archaeologic, or 
scientifically significant areas, or impinging on critical ecosystems may be 
terminated immediately, or gradually phased out and relocated , or maintained 
up to their life span, subject however to mitigating measures: Provided, That 
the concerned national government agency (NGA) that will implement the 
infrastructure projects in socialized housing zones are mandated to follow the 
rules on mandatory consultation as provided for in R.A. No. 7160, as well as 
the rules on just and humane demolitions or eviction under Section 28 of 
UDHA: Provided, further, That said NGA shall submit a report complying with 
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The DPWH, DOE, DOTC, in coordination with the concerned national 
government agencies, the LGUs and the private sector shall identify and 
assess all major infrastructure projects in environmentally-critical areas and 
submit their recommendations to the LUPA within six (6) months from the 
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Training, Education, and Value Formation 
SEC. 61. Mandatory Curriculum. - In order to create a well informed, 
responsive and committed citizenry who value the protection, conservation 
and development of the country’s limited land and other physical resources, 
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any subject related thereto in the curricula of primary, secondary and tertiary 
education. 
SEC. 62. Information and Education Campaign. - The LUPA shall 
coordinate a nationwide education information campaign in land use and 
physical planning to be implemented by local and national government 
agencies. The DlLG and concerned agencies shall formulate and implement 
a land use management capability building program for national and local 
government officials, community leaders, NGOs, POs, religious sector, and 
the general public. 
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INCENTIVES, SANCTIONS, AND PENALTIES 
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lncentives and Awards 
SEC. 63. Formulation of a System of lncentives and Awards. - The 
LUPA shall come out with a system of incentives and awards to LGUs that 
regularly update their CLUPs/ZOs within the prescribed period as follows: 
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Component cities and municipalities - once every five years or 
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SEC. 64. Priority in Giving Technical Assistance to LGUs. - In 
providing technical assistance and other forms of support related to land use 
management and implementation of development plans, national government 
agencies shall give priority to cities and municipalities with approved CLUPs 
and ZOs. 
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SEC. 65. Fine on Non-Completion and Non-Commencement of 
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who fails to commence and/or complete the development of agricultural lands 
with approved order of conversion shall be penalized, jointly or severally, with 
any of the following fines based on the zonal value of the land at the time the 
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revoked automatically and the land shall revert back to its original agricultural 
use and shall be covered by the Department of Agrarian Reform through 
compulsory acquisition for distribution to qualified beneficiaries. 
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imposed a fine equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the zonal value of the 
subject land and shall automatically issue an order revoking the conversion 
plan on the undeveloped portion which shall automatically revert to its original 
use as agricultural land. The same shall be covered under the CARP and 
processed for land distribution as soon as possible. 
SEC. 66. Aufhorify fo lmpose Fine. - The DAR shall impose the 
penalty provided under the preceding section. 
SEC. 67. Withdrawal of Local Developmenf Permits and/or Licenses. - 
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SEC. 68.'Ufj/ktion of Fines. - The fines collected under Sections 126 
and 129 hereof shall automatically accrue to the Agrarian Reform Fund 
consistent with the provisions under R.A. No. 6657. 
SEC. 69. Failure to Formulate, Enforce, and/or implement the CLUPs 
(CLUPs) and Zoning Ordinances (ZOs). - Consistent with due process, the 
LUPA in coordination with the DlLG shall investigate, review and recommend 
the filing of charges against local chief executives and other local officials and 
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Failure to provide appropriate budgetary allocation to effect its 
Failure to complete the preparation of the CLUP despite the 
availability of funds, resources, and support by the Sanggunian concerned; 
and, 
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Failure of the CLUPs/ZOs to conform to the prescribed national 
guidelines and standards as provided in Section 5 hereof and thereafter, with 
NPFP as stated in Section 9 hereof; 
Any public official or employee, regardless of whether or not elected or 
appointed or holding office of employment in a casual, temporarily, holdover, 
permanent or regular capacity, found to be responsible to any of the foregoing 
acts, after due notice and hearing by the appropriate body or agency, shall be 
punished with forfeiture of salaries and allowances and suspension from: 
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SEC. 70. Premature or Illegal Conversion. - Paragraph 2, Section 11 
of R.A. No. 8435, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“Any person found guilty of premature or illegal conversion as defined 
in this Act shall be penalized with imprisonment of seven (7) to twelve (12) 
years or a fine equivalent of fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the 
subject land, or both, at the discretion of the court and accessory penalty of 
forfeiture of the land and any improvement thereon: Provided, That if the 
offender is a juridical person, the penalty shall be imposed on the responsible 
officers thereof. ” 
In addition, the DAR may impose the following penalties, after 
determining, in an administrative proceeding, that violation of this Act has 
been committed: 
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conversion; and, 
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Cancellation or withdrawal of the authorization for land use 
Blacklisting or automatic disapproval of pending or subsequent 
conversion applications that they may file with the DAR.” 
SEC. 71. Person(s) Abetting Illegal Conversion. - Any person initiating, 
causing, inducing, or abetting illegal conversion shall, upon conviction, be 
imprisoned from seven (7) to twelve (12) years and a fine of not less thatn 
one hundred thousand (100,000.00) pesos, or both at the discretion of the 
court: Provided, That if the offender is a public official or employee, the 
penalty shall in addition thereto includes perpetual disqualification and 
forfeiture of all hidher benefits and entitlements accruing to his public 
position. 
SEC. 72. Imposition of Penalty for Reclassification of Protected 
Agricultural Lands. - Any person initiating, causing, inducing, or abetting the 
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at the discretion of the court: Provided, That if the offender is a public official 
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review of this Act at least once every seven (7) years from the effectivity of 
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SEC. 74. Convening of the LUPA. - Within thirty (30) days upon the 
effectivity of this Act, the Executive Secretary, as Chairman, shall convene 
the LUPA. The Deputy Director General for Land Use of NEDA and the Chief 
Executive Officer of the HLURB shall sit temporarily as ex-officio members of 
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Appropriations and Ways and Means, shall undertake the preparation of the 
implementing rules and regulations of this Act with mandatory consultations 
with social development NGOs and POs and the private sector. 
Within the same period, the LUPA shall also review existing rules and 
regulations on land use, and based therefrom, revise such rules and 
regulations, or cause concerned agencies to revise them for the efficient and 
effective implementation of the provisions of this Act. All concerned national 
government agencies and bodies shall inform the LUPA of the status of the 
implementation of such rules and regulations. 
The LUPA shall likewise undertake the organization of its units and 
may create special task forces and committees to assist it in its undertakings. 
SEC. 76. Effectivity of the Reconstitution of the National Land Use 
Committee (NLUC) into the LUPA. - Until such time that the LUPA has been 
organized and fully operational, the NLUC and HLURB shall continue 
exercising their powers and function and their personnel shall receive the 
same salary, emoluments and privileges. Hiring, separation, replacement and 
appointment of personnel shall be in accordance with existing Civil Service 
rules and regulations: Provided, however, That preferential consideration 
shall be given to existing officers and employees of the LUPA who possess 
the appropriate eligibility and meets the qualification standards for the 
positions. 
SEC. 77. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the 
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provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of 
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SEC. 79. Non- lrnpairrnent Clause. - Nothing in this act shall be 
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not limited to R.A. Nos. 7279, 6657, 8371, and 8550. 
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SEC. 81. Repealing Clause. - Section 10 of R.A. No. 8435, Sections 
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1991 (LGC) are modified accordingly. All other general and special laws, acts, 
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SEC. 82. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) 
days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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