Declaring Pinsal Falls in the Municipality of Santa Maria, Province of Ilocos Sur a Tourist Destination, Providing for Its Development

August 22, 2019

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

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.

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

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

thence N 32º 50' E 321.22 m to point 2

thence N 35º 18' E 49.82 m to point 3

thence S 62º 13' E 114.16 m to point 4

thence S 19º 16' E 115.20 m to point 5

thence S 34º 03' W 117.55 m to point 6

thence S 28º 07' E 151.93 m to point 7

thence S 01º 24' E 322.67 m to point 8

thence S 18º 44' E 198.02 m to point 9

thence S 08º 38' E 179.78 m to point 10

thence S 02º 08' E 171.23 m to point 11

thence S 15º 36' E 88.16 m to point 12

thence S 76º 09' E 85.71 m to point 13

thence N 83º 00' E 88.26 m to point 14

thence N 88º 43' E 249.27 m to point 15

thence N 83º 45' E 192.08 m to point 16

thence S 80º 30' E 110.86 m to point 17

thence S 63º 40' E 179.59 m to point 18

thence S 68º 31' E 181.16 m to point 19

thence S 50º 04' E 135.29 m to point 20

thence S 15º 54' E 135.41 m to point 21

thence S 03º 03' W 147.96 m to point 22

thence S 01º 03' W 212.82 m to point 23

thence S 29º 32' E 123.63 m to point 24

thence S 35º 20' W 63.70 m to point 25

thence N 61º 09' W 85.19 m to point 26

thence N 21º 39' W 89.05 m to point 27

thence N 01º 57' W 211.97 m to point 28

thence N 07º 08' E 160.38 m to point 29

thence N 11º 49' W 115.34 m to point 30

thence N 58º 15' W 120.47 m to point 31

thence N 66º 06' W 211.42 m to point 32

thence N 68º 16' W 159.64 m to point 33

thence S 80º 53' W 103.64 m to point 34

thence S 70º 36' W 167.60 m to point 35 TAIaHE

thence S 42º 24' W 142.64 m to point 36

thence S 60º 20' W 124.75 m to point 37

thence S 77º 14' W 189.86 m to point 38

thence S 89º 50' W 264.26 m to point 39

thence N 73º 10' W 141.65 m to point 40

thence N 22º 12' W 150.70 m to point 41

thence N 05º 04' E 89.37 m to point 42

thence N 19º 30' E 119.41 m to point 43

thence N 25º 19' E 115.52 m to point 44

thence N 24º 35' E 94.62 m to point 45

thence N 02º 14' W 187.39 m to point 46

thence N 06º 25' W 239.17 m to point 47

thence N 18º 21' W 198.20 m to point 48

thence N 14º 39' W 198.07 m to point 1

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

SECTION 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.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 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.

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

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

SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved: August 22, 2019.

 

Published in the Manila Bulletin on September 9, 2019.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 115, No. 41, p. 11297 on October 14, 2019.