An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9718, Entitled: An Act Converting the Naval Institute of Technology in the Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran Into a State University to Be Known as the Naval State University, Integrating Therewith the Biliran National Agricultural College in the Municipality of Biliran and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11170

An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9718, Entitled: An Act Converting the Naval Institute of Technology in the Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran Into a State University to Be Known as the Naval State University, Integrating Therewith the Biliran National Agricultural College in the Municipality of Biliran and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. - Section 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9718 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2. - Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9718 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3. - Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9718 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4. - Section 10 of Republic Act No. 9718 is hereby amended as follows:

Section 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The governing Board of the BiPSU, in consultation with the CHED, shall formulate the guidelines to fully implement the provisions of this Act within ninety (90) days from its effectivity.

Section 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate

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 and the Senate on October 10, 2018.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives

Approved: January 3, 2019

(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines

"Sec 1. Renaming of the Naval State University. - The Naval State University in the Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran is hereby renamed as the Biliran Province State University (BiPSU), hereinafter referred to as the University integrating therewith the Biliran National Agricultural College in the Municipality of Biliran, both located in the Province of Biliran. The main campus of the University shall continue in its present location in the Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran."

Sec. 5. The Governing Board. - The governing Board of the University shall be the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall be composed of the following:

"Sec. 9. The University President. - The University President shall be headed by a President, who shall render full-time service. The President, who shall be appointed by the Board, subject to the guidelines qualifications and/or standards set by the Board, upon recommendation of a duly constituted search committee: Provided, That in order to effect a smooth transition, the incumbent OIC President of the Naval State University shall serve as the first and full-fledge and duly appointed President of the University whose term is considered as a transition period for four (4) years.

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"Sec. 10 Heads of University Campuses. - Campus Directors shall render full-time service. They shall be appointed by the University President, subject to the guidelines, qualifications and standards set by the Board: Provided, That the incumbent college administrators of the extension campuses shall serve as Campus Directors of their respective campuses."