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NTNETEENTH (1Sr1 CONGRESS
First Regular Session
H. B. No.
Introduced by HON. WILTON'TONTON'T. KHO
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE DR. EMILIO B. ESPINOSA, SR.-
MASBATE STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLACE&
PROVINCE OF MASBATE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The establishment of campuses in various districts of the Province of Masbate
is prescribed under Republic Act No. 11171., or the 1aw converting the Dr. Emilio B.
Espinosa, Sr. Memorial state College of Agriculture and Technology into Dr. Emilio
B. Espinosa Sr.-Masbate State University (DEBESMSU).
Regular campuses are often established by universities to serve the educational
need.s of a more distant comrnunity, aimed at providing higher educational
opportunities for students who would othentrise not have access to tertiary education.
To ensure that quality higher education is accessible to all who seek it, particularly
those who may not be able to afford it, the DEBESMSU has established extension
calnpuses in Masbate Ctty and in the municipalities or Aroroy, Cawayxr, and San
Fernando in Ticlao Island, all in the Province of Masbate.
The reality on the ground is that State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) such
as DEBESMSU remain as the institutions of choice of poor but deserving students
because of free tuition, proximity to their homes, and the high quality of program
offerings. As public institutions charged with responding to the education and
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development needs of their respective provinces, upgrading the SUCs' capability to
continuously deliver quality education is an absolute imperative.
A campus serves as a a chief factor inbuilding human capital to spur creativity
and productivity in the community, generating new knowledge, engendering
innovations for human development, and driving economic growth and glqbal
competitiveness. The DEBESMSU as an academic institution fuIly supports the
national goverrunent's commitment that puts education as the central strategy for
investing in the Filipino people, reducing povefiy, and building national
competitiveness. The establishment of the DEBESMSU-Placer Campus will surely
contribute to our goverrunent's fundamental strategy to fight poverty and foster
national competitiveness, thereby accomplishing its mission of lifting economically
and socially-marginalized Filipinos out of indigence.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate
bill is earnestly sought.
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T. KHO
Representatiae
3.d District, Province of Masbate


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
H. B. No.l
Introduced by HON. WILTON'TONTON'T. KHO
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE DR. EMILIO B. ESPINOSA, SR.-
MASBATE STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLACE&
PROVINCE OF MASBATE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFO& AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enactedw thz Senate and House of Representatiaes of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the "DEBESMSU-Placer Campus Act."
SEC. 2. There is hereby established a campus of the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr.-
Masbate State University (DEBESMSU), hereinafter referred to as the university, in
the Municipality of Placer, Province of Masbate, to be known as the DBESMSU-Placer
Campus.
SEC. 3. The DBESMSU-Placer Campus shall primarily provide short-term, technical-
vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency and
specialization pursuant to its mandate, and according to its capabilities as the Board
of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, may deem necessary to respond to the
human resources development needs of the Province of Masbate and of Region V.
The DBESMSU-Placer Carnpus is also mandated to undertake research, extension, and
production services in support of the socioeconomic development of the Province of
Masbate and to provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.
SEC.4. The DBESMSU-Placer Campus shall be headed by a Campus Administrator
who shall render full-time services and shall be appointed or designated by the Board
upon the recommendation of the search committee and the President of the
University. Such appointment or designation shall be subject to the guidelines,
qualifications, and standards set by the Board.
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SEC. 5. The establishment of the DBESMSU-Placer Campus shall ensure that the
minimum requirements for its operation and program offerings have been complied
with as duly prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education.
SEC. 6. A1l assets, real and personal, and records of the DBESMSU-Placer Campus, as
well as liabilities and obligations, are hereby transferred to the University. The
positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed
at the DBESMSU-Placer Campus under existing laws prior to the integration to the
University shall be respected.
A11 parcels of land belonging to the goverrunent and occupied by the DBESMSU-
Placer Campus are hereby declared to be the property of the University, and shall be
titled under its name: Proaided, That should the University cease to exist or be
abolished or should such parcels of land aforementioned be no longer needed by the
University, the same shall revert to the concerned local government unit to the
Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
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SEC. 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the "Higher
Education Modernization Act of 1997", and Republic Act No. 11171 shali form as
integral part of this Act, and together, shall serve as governing charter of the
University.
SEC.8. All other powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities and limitations to state
colleges and universities andf or its officials under existing laws shall be deemed
granted to or imposed upon the satellite campuses and/or its officials, whenever
appropriate.
SEC. 9. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 10.If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected thereby shall remain
in full force and effect.
SEC.11. A11laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations or other issuances
or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC. L2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
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