Law Summary
Scope and Coverage
- Applies to the implementation of the Land Administration and Management System (LAMS) in the LMB and all LMS offices.
- Includes Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENROs) and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs).
Definition of Key Terms
- Land Administration and Management System (LAMS): Enhanced record management system ensuring integrity and access to land information, enabling quick processing and tracking of land transactions with a digital cadastral database.
- Land Information: Textual and spatial data from land records.
- Land Information Management: Management system ensuring accurate access by stakeholders.
- Cadastral Map: Standard map indicating surveyed land parcels.
- Land Survey Plan: Map depicting boundaries with technical survey details.
- Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB): Spatial database showing boundaries and attribute data of land parcels.
- Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI): Collective policies, programs, institutions, and land records constituting land information management.
- Public Land Applications (PLA): Applications for public land titles filed with DENR agencies.
Principles for Improved Land Information Management
- National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI): LMS and LMB data form essential components of the NSDI; active participation in related committees required.
- Access: Maximum access to land information by government and public at reasonable cost; third-party commercial access strictly regulated.
- Spatial Parcel Identifier (SPI): Use of SPI based on approved survey plans in electronic databases.
- Custodianship: Clear responsibilities for maintaining accuracy, access rights, confidentiality, and currency of important land data.
- Integrity: Continuous cleansing to remove duplication, errors, and fraud with budget allocation for this purpose.
- Security: Security protocols for database access, virus protection, backups, and audit trails.
- Confidentiality: Consistent confidentiality standards for both computerized and written data.
- Minimal Duplication: Minimize duplication of land data within and outside DENR; require notifications on changes when duplication occurs.
Adoption of LAMS as Standard Land Records Management System
- LMB and LMS offices including PENROs and CENROs mandated to adopt LAMS for computerized land data management.
- LAMS to serve as decentralized platform integrating data from PRS92, Land Titling Computerization Project, and LGUs.
- Component databases may include titles, lots, surveys, applications, image records, and DCDB.
- Track land transactions, support survey verification and approval, and identify erroneous records for review.
Implementation and Adoption Process
- LMB Roles:
- Disseminate pre-requisites and funding sources.
- Assess regional readiness and maintain workplans.
- Issue and update guidelines.
- Provide training.
- Create ICT Division for monitoring and development.
- Coordinate data access and linkage.
- Report progress to management.
- Regional Offices Roles:
- Inventory IT resources and plan equipment deployment.
- Form management teams.
- Develop work and financial plans.
- Oversee LAMS implementation.
- Monitor and report to LMB.
- Develop partnerships for LAMS objectives.
- PENRO/CENRO Roles:
- Assign personnel for data encoding and scanning.
- Support future LAMS operations.
Systems Maintenance and Further Development
- Single core LAMS software configurable per site to suit local needs.
- LMB to provide technical support, maintenance, and enhancements.
- Development guided by sound IT practices including design review, version control, documentation, and testing.
- Regular user feedback, including from LGUs and private sectors, to prioritize improvements.
- Integration of additional land tenure instruments and harmonization with environmental and natural resources (ENR) data.
- System performance measured and reported for management decision-making.
- Active LMB participation in the national spatial data infrastructure creation.
Funding and Resources
- Regional offices to utilize existing IT equipment and resources initially.
- Comprehensive work and financial plan development required.
- Funding sources may include Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP), regular budgets, and partnerships with other agencies and LGUs.
Repealing Clause
- All previous orders, circulars, memoranda, and issuances inconsistent with this order are repealed or amended accordingly.
Effectivity
- The order takes effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
- Effectivity contingent upon acknowledgement of receipt by the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR).