Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT CREATING A NATIONAL LAND USE CODE, PROVIDING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00272 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT CREATING A NATIONAL LAND USE CODE, PROVIDING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : National Land Use Code of 2004 | |
| ABSTRACT : "National Land Use Code of 2004". There is an urgent need for a land use code that will allocate land to various competing uses, preserve prime farm lands specially irrigated fields for agricultural purposes, and ensure community participation in defining local land use. The bill provides that a national land use framework be established to define the indicative priorities for land utilization and allocation. A land use policy administration will also be created to set national land use planning and zoning guidelines and standards. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DE VENECIA, JOSE JR. C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Lacson (002 ) | 2. Codilla (006 ) |
| 3. Chatto (010 ) | 4. Badelles (012 ) |
| 5. Marcos (012 ) | 6. Mangudadatu (014 ) |
| 7. Syjuco (041 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Approved by the Committee on 2005-06-01 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2004-11-08 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AGRARIAN REFORM |
Abstract
"National Land Use Code of 2004". There is an urgent need for a land use code that will allocate land to various competing uses, preserve prime farm lands specially irrigated fields for agricultural purposes, and ensure community participation in defining local land use. The bill provides that a national land use framework be established to define the indicative priorities for land utilization and allocation. A land use policy administration will also be created to set national land use planning and zoning guidelines and standards.'
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