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Approved 2018-07-23

Republic Act No. 11396

SUCs Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP) Act

An Act Requiring State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) to Prepare and Implement a Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan that Shall Include the Construction of Dormitories for Students and Housing Sites for Employees

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This act mandates all State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) to develop and implement a comprehensive Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP) that includes dormitories for students and housing sites for employees. The plan must be submitted to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) within two years, periodically updated, and serve as a prerequisite for approving any infrastructure project within SUCs. The act also establishes roles for various government agencies in supporting SUCs and sets implementation rules.

  • SUCs must prepare and implement a LUDIP
  • LUDIP must include dormitories for students and housing sites for employees
  • LUDIP submission to CHED within two years
  • Periodic updates and ten-year review of LUDIP
  • LUDIP required for approval of SUC infrastructure projects
  • Definition of infrastructure projects
  • Assistance from HLURB, UP‑SURP, DPWH, LMB‑DENR and others
  • Implementation rules within 60 days
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Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11396

An Act Requiring State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) to Prepare and Implement a Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan that Shall Include the Construction of Dormitories for Students and Housing Sites for Employees

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

Section 1. Short Title

This Act shall be known as the "SUCs Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP) Act".

Section 2. Declaration of Policy

It is the policy of the State to provide for a rational, holistic, efficient and just allocation, utilization, development and management of the countrys land and water resources that is consistent with the principles of equity, social justice, environmental integrity and sustainable development for the common good.

Section 3. Preparation and Implementation of the LUDIP in SUCs

All state universities and colleges (SUCs), through their governing boards, shall be required to prepare and implement a LUDIP designed to improve and optimally utilize their resources. All land use or infrastructure projects of the SUCs shall also be required to follow the LUDIP, which shall be linked with the land use plan and practice of the local government units to ensure complementation of activities across geographical boundaries.

The LUDIP shall be submitted by the SUCs to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) within two (2) years after the approval of this Act: Provided, That, it shall be updated periodically as the need arises: Provided, further, That the CHED shall be informed of changes made thereof: Provided, finally, That it should be reviewed by the governing board ten (10) years after its approval to ensure that it remains relevant and in consonance with current conditions and realities.

The preparation and implementation of the LUDIP shall be made a requirement for the approval of infrastructure projects in SUCs. No new infrastructure project shall be approved and implemented in any SIJC unless the LUDIP has been implemented and submitted to the CHED.

Section 4. Definition of Infrastructure Projects

Infrastructure project shall mean construction, improvement or rehabilitation of roads and bridges, railways, airports, seaports, communication facilities, irrigation, flood control and drainage, water supply and sewerage system, shore protection, power facilities, national buildings, school buildings, hospital buildings and other related construction projects that form part of the government capital investment.

Section 5. Coverage

The LUDIP of the SUCs shall include the following:

(a)Campus planning framework, principles and processes, including master development plans;
(b)Detailed geographical description and survey of the site occupied by the SUCs, including all idle lands and campuses, branches or extension sites titled under the name of the SUCs, other sites occupied by the SUCs and adjacent communities;
(c)Inventory of all existing buildings, facilities, and of her infrastructure within the compound or areas occupied by the SUCs and other real estate assets;
(d)Cadastral survey of land occupied by the SUCs, including detailed geographical descriptions on land disputes, natural and man-made hazards for climate change issues, zoning projections, and process flow of how these are approved and revised;
(e)Detailed description of the research core, academic core, residential areas covering both housing for faculty and staff, dormitories for students, and detailed geographical description and survey of the site intended for dormitories for students and housing sites for employees of the SUCs, including the architectural design and estimated cost of construction;
(f)Detailed geographical description of land used for commercial, agriculture, fishery, forestry, and other activities, including open and recreational spaces, landscape features, and campus transportation system, among others;
(g)Design and estimated cost of construction, operation, maintenance of other infrastructure needs of the SUCs; and (h) Financial plan, which shall include the conduct and submission of feasibility studies, sources of funds, income, loans, public-private partnerships, and other financial schemes or arrangements.

Section 6. Assistance of Government Institutions

The SUCs may seek assistance and cooperation from the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP-SURP), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Land Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (LMB-DENR) and other government offices or agencies in drawing up the LUDIP. For this purpose, all government departments, agencies, offices, and instrumentalities are hereby mandated to extend all possible assistance and cooperation to all SUCs in the preparation of their LUDIP.

The CHED, UP-SURP and HLURB shall design capacity building programs for SUCs to enable the SUCs to develop and prepare suitable land use plans.

Section 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations

Within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act, the CHED, in coordination with the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges, the DPWH, HLURB, LMB-DENR and other relevant government agencies and stakeholders, shall formulate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

Section 8. Separability Clause

If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.

Section 9. Repealing Clause

All laws, decrees, orders, rides and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Approved,

(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on November 26, 2018, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on May 20, 2019, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on June 3, 2019.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

President of the Philippines

Approved: August 22, 2019.

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.