Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11396)
The short title of Republic Act No. 11396 is the "SUCs Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP) Act".
The policy of the State is to provide for a national, holistic, efficient, and just allocation, utilization, development, and management of the country's land and water resources consistent with equity, social justice, environmental integrity, and sustainable development for the common good.
All State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), through their governing boards, are required to prepare and implement a Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP).
The LUDIP shall be submitted by SUCs to CHED within two (2) years after the approval of the Act.
No, no new infrastructure project shall be approved or implemented in any SUC unless the LUDIP has been implemented and submitted to CHED.
The LUDIP should be reviewed by the governing board ten (10) years after its approval to ensure its relevance and consonance with current conditions.
Infrastructure projects include construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of roads and bridges, railways, airports, seaports, communication facilities, irrigation, flood control and drainage, water supply and sewerage systems, shore protection, power facilities, national buildings, school buildings, hospital buildings, and other related construction projects that form part of government capital investment.
The LUDIP must include campus planning framework and principles, geographical description and survey of SUC sites, inventory of existing buildings and facilities, cadastral survey including land disputes and hazards, description and survey of research core, residential and dormitory areas, commercial and recreational land uses, design and cost estimates of infrastructure needs, and a financial plan including feasibility studies and funding sources.
The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP-SURP), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Land Management Bureau of DENR, and other government offices and agencies may assist SUCs.
CHED, UP-SURP, and HLURB shall design capacity building programs to enable SUCs to develop and prepare suitable land use plans.
Within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of the Act, CHED, in coordination with related agencies and stakeholders, shall formulate the necessary rules and regulations for its effective implementation.
The invalidity or unconstitutionality of any provision does not affect the remainder of the law which shall remain valid and subsisting.
The Act took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation.