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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS E&Y
First Regular Sessipn

HOUSE BILL NO.Q|

Introduced by Representative Benhur L. Salimbangon

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to create a public college in the Provir
Northern Cebu College of Agriculture. As embodied in the Philippine Constitution wherein
the State is mandated to protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all
levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all, this bill
sought to implement such guarantee in the Constitution.

Moreover, the Philippines is an archipelagic state wherein fishery is a major industry.
Vast opportunities for improvement are available to our people if given the right avenue to
lear thru science and technology the knowledge and skills pertaining to fisheries, marine,
aquaculture, bio-diversity, agriculture and veterinary courses. A Filipino agriculturist will
become an A-list in his field and the agriculture industry in the Philippines will have a
competitive edge within the region.

There is nothing more important than giving education as a legacy to the family.
Filipino parents are known to strive in order to send their children to school. As such, this
bill seeks to establish a public college to be located at Medellin, Cebu which will provide the
basic facilities for the Filipinos in their desire to obtain better education especially in the field
of agriculture. This college will also enable the youth to finish their studies in a more
affordable and accessible manner to those who wants to take up agricultural courses. This
school shall specialize in agricultural courses.

In view of the foregoing, approval ofthis bill is highly and earnestly recommended.

BENHUR L. SALIMBANGON


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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2845

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative Benhur L. Salimbangon

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC COLLEGE
TO BE KNOWN AS NORTHERN CEBU COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
TO BE LOCATED AT CURVA, MEDELLIN, CEBU PROVINCE
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the joint supervision of the
‘Commission on Higher Education and the Province of Cebu, a public college in the province
of Cebu to be located at Curva, Medellin, Cebu to be known as Northern Cebu College of
Agriculture. This schoo! shall specialize in agricultural courses;

SECTION 2. The location of the Northern Cebu College of Agriculture shall be
donated by an identified private benevolent individual and is hereby declared to be property
of the College, Provided, That should the College cease to exist or be abolished, or should
said parcel of land aforementioned be no longer needed by the College, the same shall revert
to the donor concerned;

SECTION 3. The Northern Cebu College of Agriculture is hereby authorized to
collaborate with the Cebu Technological University in Daanbantayan Campus, Cebu, under
the joint supervision of the CHED and the Cebu Province and in consultation with the DBM,
and work towards the structuring of the Northern Cebu College of Agriculture to become
more efficient, viable, adoptive and competitive college, specializing in agricultural courses.

SECTION 4. There is hereby appropriated the initial amount of One Hundred Million
Pesos to carry out the provisions of this Act. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for
the operation and maintenance of the Northern Cebu College of Agriculture shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in at
least two (2) national newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,