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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11409 AN ACT DECLARING PINSAL FALLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA MARIA, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR A TOURIST DESTINATION PROVIDING FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR August 22, 2019

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11409, August 22, 2019 ]

AN ACT DECLARING PINSAL FALLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA MARIA, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR A TOURIST DESTINATION PROVIDING FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR



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

SECTION 1. The Pinsal Falls in the Municipality of Santa maria, Province of Ilocos Sur, is hereby declared a tourist destination. As such, its development shall be prioritized by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the development of tourist destinations.

SEC. 2. The technical descriptions of Pinsal Falls, being declared a tourist destination, are as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1, being N 75 40'E, 7,071 meters from BLLM No. 1, Santa Maria Cadastre, Ilocos Sur to corner 1.

thenceN32 50'E321.22 mto point 2
thenceN35 18'E49..82 mto point 3
thenceS62 13'E114.16 mto point 4
thenceS19 16'E115.20 mto point 5
thenceS34 03'W117.55 mto point 6
thenceS28 07'E151.93 mto point 7
thenceS01 24'E322.67 mto point 8
thenceS18 44'E198.02 mto point 9
thenceS08 38'E179.78 mto point 10
thenceS02 08'E171.23 mto point 11
thenceS15 36'E88.16 mto point 12
thenceS76 09'E85.71 mto point 13
thenceN83 00'E88.26 mto point 14
thenceN88 43'E249.27 mto point 15
thenceN83 45'E192.08 mto point 16
thenceS80 30'E110.86 mto point 17
thenceS63 40'E179.59 mto point 18
thenceS68 31'E181.16 mto point 19
thenceS50 04'E135.29 mto point 20
thenceS15 54'E135.41 mto point 21
thenceS03 03'W147.96 mto point 22
thenceS01 03'W212.82 mto point 23
thenceS29 32'E123.63 mto point 24
thenceS35 20'W63.70 mto point 25
thenceN61 09'W85.19 mto point 26
thenceN21 39'W89.05 mto point 27
thenceN01 57'W211.97 mto point 28
thenceN07 08'E160.38 mto point 29
thenceN11 49'W115.34 mto point 30
thenceN58 15'W120.47 mto point 31
thenceN66 06'W211.42 mto point 32
thenceN68 16'W159.64 mto point 33
thenceS80 53'W103.64 mto point 34
thenceS70 36'W167.60 mto point 35
thenceS42 24'W142.64 mto point 36
thenceS60 20'W124.75 mto point 37
thenceS77 14'W189.86 mto point 38
thenceS89 50'W264.26 mto point 39
thenceN73 10'W141.65 mto point 40
thenceN22 12'W150.70 mto point 41
thenceN05 04'W89.37 mto point 42
thenceN19 30'E119.41 mto point 43
thenceN25 19'E115.52 mto point 44
thenceN24 35'E94.62 mto point 45
thenceN02 14'W187.39 mto point 46
thenceN06 25'W239.17 mto point 47
thenceN18 21'W198.20 mto point 48
thenceN14 39'W198.07 mto point 1

to the point of beginning, containing an area of seventy-five and 29/100 (75.29) hectares, more or less.

SEC. 3. Within one (1) year after the approval of this Act, the DOT, in coordination with the concerned local government units and agencies of the government, shall prepare a tourism development plan involving the construction, installation, and maintenance of appropriate infrastructure and facilities that shall encourage tourism in the area:Provided,That said development plan shall ensure the preservation and conservation of the natural beauty and resources of the area:Provided, further,That any activities and developments to be carried out in the area should conform with the concept of ecotourism as provided in the national ecotourism strategy jointly issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the DOT.

SEC. 4. The DOT and its concerned attached agencies shall take immediate steps to implement the tourism development plan that will suit the natural characteristics of Pinsal Falls, and shall incorporate the same in its tourism development program for the ensuing calendar year. It shall also include Pinsal Falls in all its national, regional and local promotion programs.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of the DOT shall include in the Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act and from internally generated funds of the DOT.

SEC. 6. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of the DOT, in consultation with tie local government of Santa Maria, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Act.

SEC. 7. All laws, rules, regulations, proclamations, executive orders or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended accordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take fifteen (15) days after its publication in theOfficial Gazetteor in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,


(SGD.)VICENTE C. SOTTO III
       President of the Senate
(SGD.)GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
       Speaker of the House
of Representatives


This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives an Senate of the Philippines on June 4, 2019.



(SGD.)MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
       Secretary of the Senate
(SGD.)DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
       Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives   


Approved: AUG 22 2019


(SGD.)RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
 President of the Philippines