Policy and purpose
- Section 2 declares State policy to provide for a national, holistic, efficient and just allocation, utilization, development, and management of the country’s land and water resources.
- Section 2 requires that land and water management be consistent with equity, social justice, environmental integrity, and sustainable development for the common good.
Who must comply and required planning
- Section 3 requires all State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) to prepare and implement a LUDIP through their governing boards.
- Section 3 requires that all land use or infrastructure projects of the SUCs follow the LUDIP.
- Section 3 requires linkage of the LUDIP with the land use plan and practice of local government units to ensure complementation of activities across geographical boundaries.
- Section 3 requires the SUCs to submit the LUDIP to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) within two (2) years after the Act’s approval.
- Section 3 requires periodic updating of the LUDIP as the need arises, and requires CHED to be informed of changes made.
- Section 3 requires review by the governing board ten (10) years after the LUDIP’s approval to ensure continued relevance with current conditions.
Link to infrastructure approvals; prohibition on new projects
- Section 3 makes the preparation and implementation of the LUDIP a requirement for the approval of infrastructure projects in SUCs.
- Section 3 prohibits any new infrastructure project from being approved and implemented in any SUC unless the LUDIP has been implemented and submitted to CHED.
Definition of covered infrastructure projects
- Section 4 defines an “infrastructure project” to include construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of:
- roads and bridges,
- railways,
- airports,
- seaports,
- communication facilities,
- irrigation,
- flood control and drainage,
- water supply and sewerage system,
- shore protection,
- power facilities,
- national buildings,
- school buildings,
- hospital buildings,
- and other related construction projects that form part of government capital investment.
Full scope: required components of SUC LUDIP
- Section 5 requires the SUC LUDIP to include a campus planning framework, principles, and processes, including a master development plan.
- Section 5 requires a detailed geographical description and survey of site occupied by SUCs, including all idle lands, campuses, and branches or extension sites titled under the SUCs, plus other sites occupied by the SUCs and adjacent communities.
- Section 5 requires an inventory of all existing buildings, facilities, and other infrastructure within SUC compounds or areas occupied by SUCs, and other real estate assets.
- Section 5 requires cadastral survey of land occupied by SUCs, including detailed geographical descriptions on:
- land disputes,
- natural and man-made hazards for climate change issues,
- zoning projections,
- and the process flow of how these are approved and revised.
- Section 5 requires a detailed description of research core, academic core, and residential areas, including:
- housing for faculty and staff,
- dormitories for students,
- and a detailed geographical description and survey of the site intended for student dormitories and housing sites for employees of SUCs, including architectural design and estimated cost of construction.
- Section 5 requires a detailed geographical description of land used for commercial agriculture, fishery, forestry, and other activities, including open and recreational spaces, landscape features, and the campus transportation system, among others.
- Section 5 requires design and estimated cost of construction, operation, and maintenance of other infrastructure needs of the SUCs.
- Section 5 requires a financial plan including conduct and submission of feasibility studies, sources of funds, income, loans, public-private partnership, and other financial schemes or arrangements.
Assistance, capacity building, and coordination
- Section 6 allows SUCs to seek assistance and cooperation from HLURB, UP-SURP, DPWH, LMB-DENR, and other government offices or agencies in drawing up the LUDIP.
- Section 6 mandates that all government departments, agencies, offices, and instrumentalities extend all possible assistance and cooperation to SUCs for LUDIP preparation.
- Section 6 requires CHED, UP-SURP, and HLURB to design capacity building programs for SUCs to enable development and preparation of suitable land use plans.
Implementing rules; timelines
- Section 7 requires CHED, in coordination with the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges, DPWH, HLURB, LMB-DENR, and other relevant government agencies and stakeholders, to formulate necessary Implementing Rules and Regulations.
- Section 7 sets the deadline for formulation within sixty (60) days after the Act’s effectivity.
Separability and repealing effect
- Section 8 provides a separability clause: if any provision or part is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder remains valid and subsisting.
- Section 9 provides that all laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts inconsistent with the Act are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.