Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘Quezon City, Metro Manila Seventeenth Congress First Regular Session HOUSE BILLNO. 5888 Introduced by Honorable Roger G. Mercado SSS EXPLANATORY NOTE ‘This bill seeks to declare the certain portions of land in Barangay Combado, Maasin City, Southern Leyte, into alienable and disposable lands. ‘There are certain arcas within the jurisdiction of Barangay Combado which are still classified as timberland but which are being cultivated and made as residence by the people therein. Task Force Combado, which was organized on September 1908 reported that the final survey and inventory conducted on July 2001 disclosed that there are 170 houses established within an area of 16, 907.62 square meters. Thus, the Combado Foreshore and Timberland Actual Occupants need their occupied lots converted into alienable and disposable lands. It is in response thereto that this measure is being Proposed. It is well known fact that most of our lands, especially alicnable and disposable lands, are already under private claims or ownership, thereby limiting available lands for ‘most of the poor who also deserve a land to call their own. tis in this context that Barangay Combado has decided to explore the possibility of reclassifying certain portions of its vast timberland into alienable and disposable for the purpose of allocating it to its landless and homeless residents. Instead of allowing the area to grow into a slum colony that may later provide problems in terms of sanitation, Peace and order, Barangay Combado has decided to legitimize the occupancy of its landless residents, This timberland, once reclassified from alienable and disposable, shall be elizible for titling to the actual occupants who have acquired, cultivated, and made considerable investments to develop it into a productive land. Hence, the private sector shall become active partners of the government in preserving the protected areas in Barangay Combado, In viggy Of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly recommended ROGER G. MERCADO.Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘Quezon City, Metro Manila Seventeenth Congress First Regular Session HOUSE BILL} 5822 Introduced by Honorable Roger G. Mercado = SS ee AN ACT DECLARING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF LAND IN BARANGAY COMBADO, MAASIN CITY, SOUTHERN LEYTE, AS ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LANDS Be u enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. ‘The portions of timberland situated in Barangay Combado, Maasin City, Southern Leyte, 1s hereby reclassified from timbetland to alicnable and disposable land, more of less particularly described as follows LOT 7099-4 Tic Point (TP) - Coordinates - 10 - 08 - 02.07 N, 124 -50- 1272 E Tic Lines is TP -1 — (See wble below) ‘LINES BEARING DISTANCES TT? 1 N86) 18'W 784.59 M in $6 IE 62.14M 2 3 S 52) 460° W 0.86 M 3 4 S$ 73° 43° W 217M 4s S 76° s8'W 53.37M 3 6 S 68° 32'W 62.27M 6 7 S 67° 08'W 120.23 M 7 8 s7° saw 108.77M 8 9 Ss 71° 25°;w 305.91M 9 10 N82" 38°W 74.12M to on N00 04°W 139M nm 2 N86 S6'E 16.00 M 2 B N72° 475 112.87M 314 N74° 34°E 44.73M 1415 N67 IGE 129.05 M Is 16 N7I° 4V'E 175.84 M 16 17 N66" 47E 44.61M. 17 1B N72° 08'E 26.43M 18 19 N72° IVE 16.38M. 19 20 N72? IVE 11.90M 2 21 N7I° 5@°E 178M 2 22 N78” 48°E 20,09 M2 Bb N68 02" 13.95 M 23 4 N63" 35'E $0.82 M 41 N67" S6'E 18.96 M LOT 7099-8 ‘Tie Point (TP)— Coordinates - 10-08 -02.07'N, 124-S0- 12.72 ‘Tie Lines is TP -1 - (See table below) ul BEARING DISTANCES Tw OI NSO°42 W 720,00Ms i 2 N24°04'W 26.04 M 2 3 N63°06°E 26.14M 3064 N20°52°E 859M 4065 N70°57°E 931M $66 N60" 08°E 15.20M 6 7 N77 26'E 11.63M. 7 8 N72°40°E 232M gs 9 N78°S7E, 14.87M 9 10 N83°STE 1214M 1 ou 783M m2 422M 2 1B 2 355M 1314 S$ 78°58'E 119M 415 N 88°28°E 10.88 M 1s 16 N 86° 10°E 644M 16 17 N72°31'E 765M 7 $6723'E 832M 18 19 N8I°26'E 584M 19 20 S$ 86°S9'E 457M 200 «2t '$85°40' E 17.21M 2 2 S79 45°E 747M 2a 2B N 76° S4'E 187M 3 N 84° 18'E 11.28M 4 25 S01°40°E 44,00M 2 6 $88°37"'W 21.02M 2% 27 N72°39'W 982M 27 (2B NI447'E 6.08M 28 (29 N78°28'W 593M 2 30 Ns4°4s'W 1691M 30003 N81°07'W 6.73M 3132 N 12°24" 887M 32033 N82°37'W 2258M 3M S1747'W 583M 3435 N8a°31,W 10.40M 35°36 S04" S8'E 921M 3637, 85° s0'W 1626M 3738 N06°30'W 1459M 3839 STP 4S;W 34.04M. 3940 S25°49E 15.17M 400 4 $ 70° 20'W 25.48M al 1 S71°33'W 39.13M SECTION 2. The land Management Bureau shall cause the subdivision of the lands so identified, and subject to the approval of the Secretary of Environment andNatural Resources, shall determine the areas of each lot, taking into consideration the nature of land, the number or prospective applicants. and the purpose for which it shall be utilized, SECTION 3. The land so subdivided shall be distributed to the residents of Barangay Combado who are members of the Combado Foreshore and Timberland Actual Occupants Association, not otherwise disqualified by and law to own public lands and who do not own any parcel of land in the Philippines nor a beneficiary of any of the agrarian reform land distribution, Provided, further; That no person shall be entitled to ‘more than one lot: Provided, finally, that members of a family living under one household shall be considered as one person. SECTION 4. No property acquired by virtue of this Act shall, without the consent of the Land Management Bureau, be sold, transferred, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed or within a period of five (5) years from the date of the issuance of the Centificate of Title, Any such sale of disposition made in violation hereof shall be null and void. SECTION 5, ‘The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. SECTION 6. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, Which are inconsistent within this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, Approved,