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AN ACT PROHIBITING THE CONVERSION OF IRRIGATED AND IRRIGABLE AGRICULTURAL LANDS FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL USES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
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THE AGRICULTURAL LAND CONVERSION BAN ACT
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July 8, 2019
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5
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Entitled: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE CONVERSION OF IRRIGATED AND IRRIGABLE AGRICULTURAL LANDS FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL USES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2019 ] 7/8/2019 Introduced by Senator FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN; 7/30/2019 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on LOCAL GOVERNMENT; and AGRARIAN REFORM; 9/9/2019 (Pursuant to Adopted Resolution No. 9: Merging of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, and the Committee on Agrarian Reform on September 3, 2019, SBN-256 transferred from the Committee on AGRARIAN REFORM to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND AGRARIAN REFORM) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)