Republic Act No. 11771

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

Section 1

There is hereby established a cultural center and museum in the Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental, to be known as the Cagayan de Oro City Cultural Center and Museum to promote culture and the arts. It shall serve as the institutional medium for the protection, preservation, presentation and promotion of the cultural, artistic, archaeological, social, historical, religious and philosophical heritage of the city and and its people in view of the richness of their legacies and of their relevance to their contemporary and future aspirations.

Section 2

The Cagayan de Oro City Cultural Center and Museum shall be a collaboration between the City Government of Cagayan de Oro and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) with its concerned affiliated cultural agencies and pertinent academic and private sector partners, and members of the community, with its site, structures, governance, organization, operations, and development to be provided for by mutual agreement between the parties, to be executed and published within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act.

Section 3

To fulfill its purposes and achieve its objectives, the Cagayan de Oro City Cultural Center and Museum shall:

(a) Complete musical notes and lyrics of Higaonon and other tribes' ancestral songs, traditional songs and ballads, and modern and contemporary music compositions, and collect samples of musical instruments of local origin, design, and creation;

(b) Publish and disseminate Cagayan de Oro's  literary works, epics, stories, and historical accounts;

(c) Compile Cagayan de Oro City's literature, film, or audio-visual recordings of cultural performances in music, dance, oral literature, and festival celebrations;

(d) Compile Cagayan de Oro City's epigrams, proverbs, legends, and the origin and etymology of the city, its words, names of barangays, municipalities and other places of interests and their respective histories;

(e) Gather and document Cagayan de Oro City's religious practices and traditions, and the background and origin of the local fiestas and festivals;

(f) Compile photographs of and showcase by appropriate exhibits, local landmarks, historical sites and scenic views, and acquire and display varied range of local arts and artifacts;

(g) Gather specimens of archaeological findings, collect stones, rocks, and other geological materials, and preserve by appropriate methods samples of flora and fauna indigenous to the city and its environs;

(h) Conduct performances on local music, dances, arts, literary works, epics, stories, historical accounts and legends; and

(i) Carry out any other relevant and appropriate activities.

Section 4

The City Government of Cagayan de Oro shall provide the land necessary for the construction or establishment, or both of the main venue and ancillary offices and facilities of the Cagayan de Oro City Cultural Center and Museum.

Section 5

The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year's budget of the NCCA (Proper).

Section 6

Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the NCC, in coordination with the City Government of Cagayan de Oro, other concerned agencies of the government, and private stakeholders, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

Section 7

Notwithstanding the non-issuance of the implementing rules and regulations, this Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate	(SGD.) LORD ALLAN JAY Q. VELASCO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on February 3, 2021,, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on on January 31, 2022, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on February 2, 2022.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate	(SGD.) MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: MAY 24 2022

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines