Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 4258

Introduced by: HON. JULIO A. LEDESMA, IV, First District of Negros Occidental

Explanatory Note

‘This bill has been originally filed and approved up to the Third Reading during the
14" Congress. Refiled in the 15" Congress and again, approved on Third Reading. In both
Congresses, the bill has reached the Senate and deliberations have begun. Unfortunately, the
Senate sessions have adjourned without passing the bill.

The Municipal Government of Salvador Benedicto in the Province of Negros
Occidental, exists pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 336, dated February 9, 1983, an Act
creating the said municipality. This town occupies portion of the Northern Negros Forest
Reserved, 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 hectares (200 has.) more or less, per plan MR-06-00006, approved on 01 August
1995 by the Regional Technical Director for Land Management Services, DENr, Regional
Office VI. ‘This approved plan covers a portion of North Negros Forest Reseved (NNFR)
and a portion of alienable and disposable area under Project No. 7-F, L.C. Map No. 2073, as
certified on 13" February 1957.

A townsite for a municipality, like the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto, i
indispensable for its development programs and land use plan as a local government unit.
However, the townsite was not specifically defined and accorded to Salvador Benedicto when
BP Big. 336 was enacted.

After so many years, now is the time that official delineation and segregation of such
site be determined for 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 segretation of the subject identified
parcel of land, covering the two hundred hectares (200has) be given due course through the
carly passage of this bill.

The approval of this bill is most earnestly sought.

Hpikins

JULIO A. LEDESMA IV


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No 425 8

Introduced by: HON. JULIO A. LEDESMA, IV, First District of Negros Occidental

AN ACT DECLARING A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AN
AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR TOWN PURPOSE OF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF SALVADOR BENEDICTO, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOS!

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in the
Congress Assembled th

Section 1. This Act shall be known as the “Salvador Benedicto Municipal Town Site
Act of 2014”.

Sec. 2. A parcel of land of the public domain located at Barangay Poblacion,
Municipality of Salvador Benedicto, Province of Negros Occidental, is hereby declared an
cultural land for town site purpose of said municipality, The said parcel of land,
ing an area of two (200) hectares, subject to actual ground survey and private rights, if
there be any, is more particularly described as follow:

1 of land (Plan of Land Mr-06-000006), situated in the Poblacion,

“A par
(0, Province of Negros Occidental, Island of Negros.

Municipality of Salvador Bene

Bounded on the SE, along line 1-2 by Lot 1; along line 2-3 by Lot 2; along line 3-4 by
Lot 3” along line 4-5 by Lot 4; along line 5-6 by Lot 5; along line 6-7 by Lot 24: along line 7-
8 by Lot 26; on the S., along 8-9 by Lot 27; on the SW., along 9-10 by Lot 3225; along line
10-11-12 by Lot 3296, all of Pls-675, San Carlos on the NW & NE, along lines 12-13-4-15-
16-17-18-19-20-1 by Northern Negros Forest Reserve.

Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being, N. 64-09 WE., 23130.46 metes from
BLLM#1, Pls-675, San Carlos thence:

S. 33-21 W., 275.20 m to pt
S. 35-03 W., 21.79 m to pt
S. 34-55 W., 59.58 m. to pt. 4:
S. 60-37 W., 126.69 m. to pt
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26-41 W., 221.82 m. to pt.
56-49 W., 230. 69 m. to pt. 7:
38-24 W., 215. 14 m. to pt. 8
. 84-55 W., 255.83 m. to pl. 9;
N. 28-18 W., 790.00 m. 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. I
N. 82-41 E., 400.00 m. to pt. 15;
N, 82-41 F., 400.00 m. to pt. I
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. 82-41 E., 400.00 m. to pt. 1
. 82-41 E., 248.80 m, to pt. 18;
. 10-22 W., 120,00 m. to pt. 19;
. 10-22 W., 300,00 m, to pt. 20;
35-20 E., 419,59 m. to pt. 1

Containing an area of two million (2,000,000) square meters, more or less, all corners
referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: Points 10-1 1-
13 to 19 P.S, cyl. Cone, Mons., 15x40cm., and the rest by old points, bearing true, surveyed
by Engr. Ponciano S, Bautista, on June 24, 1993 to July 24, 1993 and approved on August 01,
1995 by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Regional Office VI.

See, 3. The Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall
include in the department's program the establishment of the town site and shall issue such
rules and regulations as may be necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

Sec. 4, If any part or provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid,
other provisions, which are not affected thereby, shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Sec. 5, All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders and regulations or part thereof
inconsistent with the provision of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified
accordingly.

See. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved.