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House panel approves bill on Right-of-Way Act amendments

Published Nov 29, 2022 04:08 pm

Less than two weeks after the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to thresh out the proposed amendments to the Right-of-Way (ROW) Act, a House panel on Tuesday, Nov. 29, approved the substitute bill that would improve the process of acquiring lands for ROW sites.

Surigao del Sur Rep. Romeo Momo (Photo from Rep. Momo via Facebook)

Surigao del Sur 1st District Rep. Romeo Momo, chair of the House Committee on Public Works and Highways, reported the final consolidated version of several proposed measures on the ROW Act amendment.

“For the information of the members of the committee, there was a technical working group created and the TWG came up with a consolidated version or a draft substitute bill,” the lawmaker said.

During Tuesday’s deliberations, the House panel approved the committee report and substitute bill, also known as “An Act Further Facilitating the Acquisition of Untitled Lands for Public Use, Amending for the Purpose RA 10752, Otherwise Known the Right-of-Way (ROW) Act.”

It consolidated HBs 183, 1973, 2086, 2824, and 4601, which were introduced by Reps. Aurelio ‘Dong’ Gonzales Jr. of Pampanga 3rd District, Momo, Salvador Pleyto of Bulacan 6th District, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto of of Batangas 6th District, and Bernadette 'BH' Herrera of BH Party-list.

On Nov. 17, the House panel started to tackle the proposed amendments to the ROW Act and also created a TWG.

READ: House bills to amend Right-of-Way Act tackled

In his bill’s explanatory note, Momo wrote about seeking to “further improve” the acquisition of right-of-way through several amendments to Republic Act No. 10752, or “The Right-of-Way Act.”

HB 1973, or “An Act Amending Republic Act No. 10752, Entitled An Act Facilitating the Acquisition of Right-of-Way, Site, or Location for National Government Infrastructure Projects,” aimed to amend the provisions of the following: modes of acquiring real property, rules on negotiated sale, guidelines for expropriation proceedings, and appropriations for concerned implementing government agencies to acquire right-of-way, site, or location for national government infrastructure projects in advance of project implementation.

Meanwhile, the committee also approved the substitute bill “An Act Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships, Appropriating Funds Therefor.”

This consolidated HBs 49, 1974, 2087, 2557, 4259, 4584, and 5180, as well as House Resolution (HR) 142, introduced by Reps. Joey Sarte Salceda of Albay 2nd District, Momo, Pleyto, Recto, Gus Tambunting of Parañaque City 2nd District, Herrera, and Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte Jr. of Camarines Sur 2nd District.

Momo also reported that the panel deliberated and acted upon 37 local measures, which were already transmitted to the Senate during the 18th Congress.

“Therefore, all the requirements or the supporting documents were already complied with by these particular House bills,” he said.

These 37 proposed measures include 10 bills on road conversions, 10 on the construction of roads and brides, 12 for the creation of engineering districts, and five for the renaming of roads, highways, and bridges in certain parts of the country.

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