Reclassification of Lands

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1. What local legislative process does Section 20(a) prescribe for city or municipal reclassification of agricultural land?
2. What default percentage limit does Section 20(a) specify for highly urbanized and independent component cities, absent …
3. Does an LGU's post-1988 reclassification automatically authorize actual nonagricultural use of land that remains subjec…
4. A component city has 1,000 hectares of agricultural land at ordinance passage and proposes to reclassify 120 hectares. …
5. A municipality invokes only the ground that land has ceased to be economically feasible and sound for agriculture. Ther…
6. A local ordinance purports to reclassify agricultural land already distributed to CARP beneficiaries and declares that …
7. A privately owned agricultural parcel covered by the DAR conversion regime is reclassified for commercial use by an LGU…
8. State the two alternative grounds for agricultural reclassification under Section 20(a) and identify the relevant deter…
9. For a highly urbanized city and a component city, state Section 20's default percentage limits and the relevant area ba…
10. Distinguish LGU reclassification from conversion of agricultural land under CREBA. Explain the significance of a post-1…
11. What ordinary Section 20 cap applies to agricultural reclassification by a municipality in the fourth-to-sixth-class ca…
12. Under Section 20(a), the percentage cap is calculated against what area?