Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City,  Metro Manila
Nineteenth Congress
Second Regular Session
housE BiLL No. 8896
Introduced by Honorable Luz V. Mercado
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The  Municipality  of  Pintuyan,   Southern  Leyte  has  no  institution  that
caters to tertiary education.   What it has right now is a national vocational high
school.   It has been a dream  of Pintuyan residents that their town will  be able
to have a school for college students someday.
By   integrating   the   existing   national   vocational   high   school   into  the
Southern  Leyte  State  University  (SLSU)  system,  it will  be  easier  later on  for
SLSU to come up with a college degree program that will cater to the needs of
Pintuyan residents through the SLSU-Pintuyan campus once this proposal will
be passed into law.
ln  view  of the foregoing,  passage  of this  bill  is  hereby  being  earnestly
sought.
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LUZ V. MERCADO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City,  Metro Manila
Nineteenth Congress
Second Regular Session
hfousE BiLL No.  8896
Introduced by Honorable Luz V. Mercado
AN ACT
INTEGRATING THE PINTUYAN  NATIONAL VOCATIONAL HIGH  SCHOOL
IN  THE  MUNICIPALITY  OF  PINTUYAN   SOUTHERN   LEYTE,  INTO  THE
sOuTHERN   LEyrE   STATE   uNlvERslTy   (sLsu)   sysTEM,   TO   BE
KNOWN   AS   THE   SLSu-PINTUYAN   CAMPUS,   AND   APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the  Senate and  House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:
1                     SEC.1.            This  act  shall  be  known  as  the  `Southern   Leyte  State
2       University-Pintuyan campus Act".
3                     SEC.    2.    The    Pintuyan    National    Vocational    High    School    in    the
4       Municipality of pintuyan,  Province of southern  Leyte  is  hereby integrated  into
5       the  Southern  Leyte  State  University (SLSU)  system  as  a   regular campus to
6      be  known  as  the  SLSU  -Pintuyan  Campus,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the
7       Campus.  It shall be underthe direct supervision of the SLSU,
8                    SEC.  3.  The  Board.  -The  Board  of  Regents  of the  SLSU,  hereinafter
9       referred  to  as  the  Board,   shall   be  authorized  to  determine  the  structure,
10      composition, and size of the faculty and staff of the campus.
11                     SEC.   4.   The   SLSU   President   shall   have   overall   supervision   and
12       management   of   the   Campus,   which   shall   be   headed   by   the   Campus
13       Administrator   who   shall    render   full-time   service    and    be    appointed    or
14      designated  by the  Board  upon the  recommendation  of the search  committee


15       and  the  president,  subject to the guidelines,  qualifications and  standards set
16       bytheBoard.
17                     SEC.      5.   Assets,   Liabilities,   and   Personnel.   -  All   assets,   real   and
18       personal,   personnel  and  records  of  the  Pintuyan  National  Vocational  High
19       School located  in the Municipality of pintuyan,  Province of southern  Leyte,  as
20      well  as  liabilities  or obligations,  are  hereby transferred  to  SLSU  System.  The
21       positions,   rights  and  security  of  tenure  of  faculty  members  and  personnel
22       therein  employed  under existing  laws  prior to their  integration  into  the  SLSU
23       System shall be respected.
24                    All   parcels   of   land   belonging   to   the   government   occupied   by   the
25       Pintuyan National vocational  High school are hereby transferred to the SLSU
26       System, and shall be titled under its name: Provide, thatshould the campus or
27      SLSu  system cease to exist or be abolished,  or should such aforementioned
28      parcels of land be no longer needed by the university, the same shall revert to
29      the local government units concerned.
30                     SEC.  6. Within  (60) days from the effectivity of this act,  the  board  shall
31       issue the implementing rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this
32       Act.
33                    SEC.  7.  The  amount necessary to  carry out the  provisions  of this  act,
34       including the organizational structure and the creation of plantilla  positions for
35       the  faculty  and  staff of the  Campus,  shall  be  included  in  the  annual  General
36       Appropriations Act (GAA).
37                     The  Municipality  of  Pintuyan  shall  provide  the  same  assistance  until
38      such   time   that   the   amount   necessary   for  the   continued   operation   and
39       maintenance of the campus shall be included in the Annual GAA.
40                    SEC.  8.  If,  for any  reason,  any part or provision  of this Act is declared
41       invalid  or  unconstitutional,  the  remaining  parts or provisions  nit affected  shall
42       remain in full force and effect.
43                    SEC.   9.  All   laws,   presidential  decrees,   executive  orders,   rules  and
44       regulations  contrary  to  or  inconsistent  with  the   provisions  of  this  Act  are
45       repealed or modified accordingly.
46                     SE.10. This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
47      the official Gazzete or in newspaper of general circulation,
48


49      Approved,