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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4701

Introduced by Hon. Deogracias Victor ‘DV’ B. Savellano

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Sports is an important aspect for the people as an expression of their competitive physical
ability, the need to keep their bodies fit, as a form of entertainment and as a diversion from the
harmful effects of vices such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and drug use. Article
XIV Section 19 of the 1987 Constitution mandates the state to “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.”

It is thus imperative that the state should provide adequate facilities and support to
citizens who have shown potential and willingness to contribute to the development of the
country’s sports initiatives. There have been important efforts already taken to support the
holistic development of the country’s sporting ventures.

This bill aims to create a sports training center in the capital city of locos Sur which is
Vigan City. The proposed sports training center will serve a modern training facility for both
professional and amateur athletes not just in Ilocos Sur, but the neighboring provinces as well.
By establishing this sports training center, we will produce more athletes we can be proud of, not
only in the Ilocos region, but in the country as a whole.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought

HON. DEOGRAC! ICTOR ‘DV’ B. SAVELLAN'



Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

teenth Congress
t Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4701

Introduced by Honorable Deogracias Victor ‘DV’ B. Savellano

AN ACT

ESTABLISHING THE ILOCOS SUR SPORTS TRAINING CENTER TO BE LOCATED
IN VIGAN CITY AND APROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established in Vigan City, Province of Ilocos Sur, a sports
training center to be known as the “Ilocos Sur Sports Training Center” which shall be constituted
as the primary sports training center for the whole of Hlocos Sur and the neighboring provinces
thereat.

SECTION 2. The Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur, in coordination with the
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), shall take the necessary steps to upgrade, improve and
modernize existing facilities, equipment and personnel, and integrate them into the newly created
sports center.

The Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur, in coordination with the PSC, shall create the
necessary training programs, appropriate tournaments and competitions, as well as the system by
which the facilities shall be maintained and managed in order to accomplish the objectives and
purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. The construction, establishment and operation of the Ilocos Sur Sports
Training Center shall be funded by the PSC and such funds as may be granted by the Office of


the President. In addition, grants and endowments may be obtained from local or foreign sources
intended for sports development.

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the PSC shall immediately include in the Commission’s
program, the necessary funding requirements of the llocos Sur Sports Training Center.

SECTION 5. The PSC, in coordination with the Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur
and City Government of Vigan City, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the
implementation of this Act within ninety (90) days after its enactment into law.

SECTION 6. This Act shall become effective fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,