PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1046-A

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 729 BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES LABORATORY IN THE INSTITUTE OF PLANT BREEDING; INCREASING THE AREA THAT THE INSTITUTE SHALL ACQUIRE AND PROVIDING THE MODE AND COST OF ITS ACQUISITION; AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

WHEREAS, with the accelerating erosion of plant genetic resources in the country, as in all parts of the world, there is an urgent need to identify a national repository for and to activate immediately a national program of collecting, introducing and conserving valuable seedstocks, and fruits and tree crops;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order:

Section 1. Section 1 of P.D. 729 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:

The function under paragraph (c) of this Section shall be performed by the National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory which is hereby established in the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) as one of its component units and as the national center in the collection and conservation of seedstocks and fruit and tree crops;

Section 2. Section 2 of P.D. 729 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:

In the acquisition of land for the Institute of Plant Breeding, the University of the Philippines at Los Baños is hereby authorized to acquire by negotiated sale or by expropriation the private agricultural properties described in Schedule "A", a 25-meter-wide right-of-way through private properties described in Schedule "B" and a 15-meter-wide right-of-way through private properties described in Schedule "C" of this Decree and in connection therewith, the provisions of Section 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of P.D. 457 are incorporated herein.

Section 3. The area authorized to be acquired by the University of the Philippines at Los Baños for the Institute of Plant Breeding is hereby increased from 150 hectares to 219 hectares.

Section 4. All executive orders, laws, decrees, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

SCHEDULE "A"

PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES TO BE ACQUIRED BY NEGOTIATED SALE OR BY EXPROPRIATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE IPB

Name of the Owner	TCT No.	Lot No.	Area in Sq. m.	Location
1.	Honoraria Gonzales Garcia	a) T-43552	Lot 4-SWO Amd. 4894	219,032	Bay, Laguna
Trinidad Gonzales Belmonte	b) T-43551	Lot 8-SWO Amd. 4894	134,897	Bay, Laguna
2.	Marita Ubaldo-Marasigan	T-23101	Lot C-2-D-4	227,347	Bay, Laguna
3.	Pacita Ubaldo-Filart	T-23100	Lot C-2-D-3	227,347	Bay, Laguna
4.	Olimpia Ubaldo-Lozano	T-23099	Lot C-2-D-2	227,347	Bay, Laguna
5.	Leonarda Ubaldo-Tirona	T-23098	Lot C-2-D-1-1	227,347	Bay, Laguna
6.	Jose Arguelles Concepcion	T-34363	Lot C-2-C	869,012	Bay, Laguna
Arguelles-Peria
Tomas Arguelles
Elena Arguelles-Villarama
Maria Luisa Arguelles-Tanjanco
Pilar Arguelles-Reyes
Vicenter Arguelles
7.	Ramon Lopez	T-12367	Lot D-2-B-6	41,117	Los Baños, Laguna
Elena Lopez
Eliza Lopez
Ester Lopez
8.	Nazario Quilloy	T-2636	Lot D-2-A-B	4,521	Los Baños, Laguna
Vicente Maraquilla
TOTAL AREA	2,177,867

SCHEDULE "B"

PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES THROUGH WHICH 25-METERS WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY WILL BE ACQUIRED BY NEGOTIATED SALE OR BY EXPROPRIATION FOR ACCESS TO IPB FARMSTEAD SITE FROM UPLB CAMPUS

Name of the Owner	TCT No.	Location
1.	Francisco R. Lopez	T-100023	Los Baños, Laguna
2.	Ursula Villegas-Catalan	T-13174	Los Baños, Laguna
3.	Eugenia Lopez-De Villaluz	T-12363	Los Baños, Laguna
4.	Adriano Quiatchon-And Hilarda	T-23285	Los Baños, Laguna
5.	Godofredo Dava & Rufina Mercado	T.C.T.-52620-to-	Los Baños, Laguna
6.	Silverio Cendana	T.C.T.-52655	Los Baños, Laguna
7.	Virgilio Carangar	T.C.T.-58417-to-	Los Baños, Laguna
8.	Francisco Hilario	T.C.T. 30805 &	Los Baños, Laguna
9.	Anita Breu-Garcia	T-30801 and T-24233	Los Baños, Laguna
T-36063
T-5506-T-24250
T-24220 and T-24233

SCHEDULE "C"

PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES THROUGH WHICH 15-METERS WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY WILL BE ACQUIRED BY NEGOTIATED SALE OR BY EXPROPRIATION OF ACCESS TO IPB FARMSTEAD SITE FROM UPLB CAMPUS

Name of the Owner	TCT No.	Location
1.	Dominador Aspiras	Tax Declaration No. 2827	Los Baños, Laguna
2.	Elias Alvarez	Tax Declaration No. 10002	Los Baños, Laguna
3.	Eulogio Alvarez	Tax Declaration No. 2601	Los Baños, Laguna