Practice question
A component city has 1,000 hectares of agricultural land at ordinance passage and proposes to reclassify 120 hectares. The ordinary Section 20 cap applies and no lawful authority to exceed it exists. What is the relevant result?
- The proposal exceeds the default ten-percent limit of 100 hectares
- Every component city has an unlimited default power
- The default cap is always fifty percent
- Only the developer may choose the denominator
- The absence of exceptional authority has no significance
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 7160, Local Government Code, Section 20, reclassification of lands: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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