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SENATE
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 
THE MUNICIPALITY OF MUNAI, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE, TO 
BE KNOWN AS THE “MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-MUNAI CAMPUS”, 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Mindanao State University (MSU) was established on September 1, 
1961 through Republic Act (R.A.) No. 1387. The MSU System is composed of 
autonomous campuses, namely: MSU-Marawi, MSU-IIT (Iligan Institute of 
Technology), MSU-General Santos, MSU-TCTO (Tawi-tawi College of 
Technology and Oceanography), MSU-Naawan, MSU-Sulu, MSU-Buug and 
MSU-Maguindanao, along with its satellite campuses including MSU-Maigo 
School of Arts and Trade (MSU-MSAT), MSU-Lanao del Norte Agricultural 
College (MSU-LNAC), and MSU-Lanao National College of Arts and Trade 
(MSU-LNCAT).
Under the leadership of its President, Atty. Basari Dimakuta 
Mapupuno, MSU aims to continue achieving development in the MinSuPala 
(Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan) regions within an educational platform of
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“unity within diversity.” It also incessantly seeks to reach academic and semi­
academic excellence both in the local and global arena.1 The establishment of 
a campus in the Municipality of Munai, Lanao del Norte will provide 
underprivileged but deserving students in Munai and its neighboring 
municipalities with educational opportunities and shall serve as an avenue 
for students to focus and learn business, public administration, 
entrepreneurship, and sciences.2
This bill seeks to establish a campus which shall be headed by a 
Campus Administrator. It shall primarily provide short-term, technical- 
vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of 
competency and specialization and shall undertake research and extension 
services to provide progressive leadership in these areas. The minimum 
requirements of the Commission on Higher Education for its operation shall 
be fully complied with and the provisions of R.A. No. 8292, otherwise known 
as the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this 
Act. All assets, personnel and records of the proposed campus, as well as its 
liabilities, shall be named after the state university and should the campus 
cease to exist, it shall revert to the concerned local government unit or the 
Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be. The amount necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill eai sstly sought.
ATCHA
1 Mindanao State University System, Official Facebook Page 
(See https://web.facebook.com/msusustem/? rdc=l& rdr)
2 Explanatory Note, House Bill No. 9428 by Rep. Abdullah D. Dimaporo and Mohamad Khalid 
Q, Dimaporo, 18th Congress


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
]
SENATE
S.B. No. 1224
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72 MJ6 23 P 3 27
Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 
THE MUNICIPALITY OF MUNAI, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE, TO 
BE KNOWN AS THE “MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-MUNAI CAMPUS”, 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. This Act shall be known as the “Mindanao State University- 
Munai Campus Act”.
Sec. 2. There is hereby established a campus of the Mindanao State 
University (MSU) in the Municipality of Munai, Province of Lanao Del Norte, 
to be known as the Mindanao State University-Munai Campus.
Sec. 3. The MSU-Munai Campus shall primarily provide short-term, 
technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of 
competency and specialization, as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred 
to as the Board, may deem necessary for the accomplishment of its objectives, 
and those which respond to the human resource development needs of the


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Province of Lanao Del Norte and Region X. The MSU-Munai Campus is also 
mandated to undertake research and extension services and to provide 
progressive leadership in these areas.
The existing reasonably-sized laboratory high school shall continue to 
operate under the supervision of the College of Education to serve the in­
campus requirements of its students.
Sec. 4. The MSU-Munai Campus shall be headed by a Campus 
Administrator who shall render full-time service and shall be appointed by 
the Board, subject to qualifications standards prescribed by the Board, and 
based on the recommendation of the search committee duly constituted for 
the purpose of selecting the Campus Administrator.
Sec. 5. The MSU-Munai Campus shall comply with the minimum 
requirements for its operation and program offerings, as prescribed by the 
Commission on Higher Education.
Sec. 6. All assets, both real and personal, personnel, and records of the 
MSU-Munai Campus, as well as its liabilities or obligations, shall be titled 
under or named after the MSU.
All parcels of land belonging to the government to be occupied by the 
MSU-Munai Campus shall be the property of the MSU, and shall be titled 
under its name: Provided, That should the campus cease to exist or be 
abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed 
by the MSU, the same shall revert to the concerned local government unit or 
to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
Sec. 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as 
the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act.
Sec. 8. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall
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be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 9. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or parts not affected shall remain 
in full force and effect.
Sec. 10. All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, administrative 
orders, rules and regulations, issuances, or parts thereof inconsistent with or 
contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended 
accordingly.
Sec. 11. Notwithstanding the non-issuance of the IRR, this Act shall 
take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a 
newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,