Section 18Sec./Art. 18

Heritage Agreements. - The Commission, upon advice of the concerned cultural agency, may enter into agreements with private owners of cultural properties with regard to the preservation of said properties.

Such agreement shall be in the form of a contract and may include such terms and conditions including, but not limited to:

(a)Public access to the property;

(b)Value of the encumbrance;

(c)Duration of the servitude of the property;

(d)Restriction of the right of the owner or occupant to perform acts on or near the place;

(e)Maintenance and management of the property;

(f)Provision of financial assistance for the conservation of the property; and

(g)Procedure for the resolution of any dispute arising out of the agreement.

Such agreement should be annotated in the land title to bind future owners and/or occupants of the immovable cultural property.