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Seventeenth Congress
Second Regular Session

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

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11009

AN ACT CONVERTING THE TALISAY CITY COLLEGE IN THE CITY OF TALISAY, PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO THE TALISAY CITY STATE COLLEGE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10594, ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE IN THE CITY OF TALISAY, PROVINCE OF CEBU TO BE KBOWN AS THE TALISAY CITY STATE COLLEGE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 10594 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 1. Establishment. – There is hereby established a state college by converting the Talisay City College into the Talisay City State College in the City of Talisay, Province of Cebu, hereinafter referred to as the College. Its main campus shall be in the City of Talisay, Province of Cebu."

Section 2. Section 24 of Republic Act No. 10594 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 24. Compliance with CHED Requirements. –

"x x x

"The following are the operational requirements for a college:

"(a) The appropriate or equivalent accreditation under CHED policies and guideline for colleges;

"x x x

"The institution shall retain its status prior to the effectivity of this Act until it is able to comply with the requirements provided herein."

Section 3. All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.1âwphi1

Section 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.1âwphi1

Approved,

AQUILINO "KOKO" PIMENTEL III
President of the Senate

PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ
Speaker of the House
of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on May 2, 2017, amended by the Senate on December 11, 2017, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on January 17, 2018.

LUTGARDO B. BARBO
Secretary of the Senate

CESAR STRAIT PAREJA
Secretary General
House of Representatives

Approved: March 27, 2018

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines

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