REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11019, May 25, 2018

AN ACT INTEGRATING THE DR. EMILIO B. ESPINOSA, SR. MEMORIAL STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS LEARNING SITE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAWAYAN, PROVINCE OF MASBATE, AS A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE DR. EMILIO B. ESPINOSA. SR. MEMORIAL STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY TO BE KNOWN AS THE DR. EMILIO B. ESPINOSA, SR. MEMORIAL STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY - CAWAYAN CAMPUS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology Campus Learning Site in the Municipality of Cawayan, Province of Masbate, is hereby integrated as a regular campus of the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology,- hereinafter referred to as the State College. It shall be known as the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology - Cawayan Campus.

SEC. 2. The parcel of land presently occupied by the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology Campus Learning Site is hereby declared as the property of the State College, and the title shall be transferred under its name: Provided, That should the campus cease to exist or is abolished, or should aforementioned parcel of the land be declared by the Board as no longer needed by the State College, ownership over the same shall revert to the Municipality of Cawayan.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the initial implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year's funding of the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology Campus Learning Site provided by the Municipality of Cawayan, Province of Masbate. The Municipality of Cawayan shall continue to provide the same funding to the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology Campus Learning Site corresponding to the funding given before the same is integrated into the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology until such time that the full funding requirement of the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology —Cawayan Campus is included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on August 29, 2017and February 19, 2018, respectively.

Approved: MAY 25 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
  President of the Philippines