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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 20 -
INTERIM GUIDELINES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND USE CONVERSION
WHEREAS, R.A. No. 6657, otherwise known as
the "Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law" (CARL), implements the policy
of the State to promote comprehensive rural development and agrarian
reform;
WHEREAS, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), the agency tasked to
implement the CARL, is authorized by law (Title XI, Book IV E.O. No.
292, Series of 1987) to approve or disapprove conversion of
agricultural lands to non-agricultural uses such as residential and
industrial conversions in accordance with law;
WHEREAS, Sec. 20 (a) R.A. No. 7160. otherwise known as the "Local
Government Code of 1992", empowers local government units (LGUs) to
reclassify agricultural lands in cases (1) where the land ceases to be
economically feasible and sound for agricultural purposes as determined
by the Department of Agriculture or (2) where the land shall have
substantially greater economic value for residential, commercial, or
industrial uses as determined by the sanggunian concerned;
WHEREAS, Sec. 20(c) of the Code also provides that the requirements
for food production human settlements, and industrial expansion shall
be taken into consideration is preparing plans for future use of land
resource;
WHEREAS, pending adoption of comprehensive guidelines on land
conversion to implement Sec. 20 of the Code, it is deemed necessary
to promulgate interim guidelines on agricultural land conversion based
on existing guidelines adopted in accordance with law;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby direct the
observance by all agencies and LGUs concerned of the following interim
guidelines on agricultural land use conversion:
1.
(a)
(b)
2.
This Administrative Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of December, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two.
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