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1 1 Section 1. Section 542B.2, subsection 5, Code 1997, is
1 2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
1 3 thereof the following:
1 4 5. a. "Practice of land surveying" includes all of the
1 5 following:
1 6 (1) Providing professional services such as consultation,
1 7 investigation, testimony, evaluation, planning, mapping, and
1 8 assembling.
1 9 (2) Interpreting reliable scientific measurements and
1 10 information relative to the location, size, shape, or physical
1 11 features of the earth, improvements on the earth, the space
1 12 above the earth, or any part of the earth.
1 13 (3) The utilization, development, and interpretation of
1 14 these facts into an orderly survey map.
1 15 b. The practice of land surveying includes, but is not
1 16 limited to, the following:
1 17 (1) Locating, relocating, establishing, reestablishing,
1 18 laying out, or retracing a property line or boundary of a
1 19 tract of land or of a road, right-of-way, easement, alignment,
1 20 or elevation of any of the fixed works embraced within the
1 21 practice of professional engineering.
1 22 (2) Making a survey for the subdivision of a tract of land
1 23 and writing the corresponding legal descriptions.
1 24 (3) Determination, by the use of the principles of land
1 25 surveying, of the position for a survey monument or reference
1 26 point, or setting, resetting, or replacing a survey monument
1 27 or reference point.
1 28 (4) Determination of the configuration or contour of the
1 29 earth's surface or the position of fixed objects on the
1 30 earth's surface by measuring lines and angles and applying the
1 31 principles of mathematics or photogrammetry.
1 32 (5) Geodetic surveying which includes surveying for
1 33 determination of the size and shape of the earth both
1 34 horizontally and vertically and the precise positioning of
1 35 points on the earth utilizing angular and linear measurements
2 1 through spatially oriented spherical geometry.
2 2 (6) Creation, preparation, or modification of electronic
2 3 or computerized data, including land information systems and
2 4 geographic information systems, relative to the performance of
2 5 the activities identified in subparagraphs (1) through (5).
2 6 c. A person is construed to be engaged in or offering to
2 7 be engaged in the practice of land surveying if the person
2 8 does any of the following:
2 9 (1) Engages in land surveying as defined in this section.
2 10 (2) Makes a representation by verbal claim, sign,
2 11 advertisement, letterhead, card, or other manner that the
2 12 person is a land surveyor.
2 13 (3) Uses any title which implies that the person is a land
2 14 surveyor or that the person is licensed under this chapter.
2 15 (4) Represents that they are able to perform, or do
2 16 perform, any service or work included in the practice of land
2 17 surveying as defined in this section.
2 18 EXPLANATION
2 19 This bill adds language to the definition of the practice
2 20 of land surveying. The current definition contained in Code
2 21 section 542B.2 defines land surveying as surveying for the
2 22 correct determination, description, and conveyancing of land,
2 23 the establishment of land boundaries, and the platting of
2 24 lands and subdivisions. The bill expands this definition to
2 25 include a variety of professional consultation and evaluation
2 26 services relative to assembling and interpreting reliable
2 27 scientific measurements and information concerning the
2 28 physical features of any part of the earth. The practice of
2 29 land surveying also includes locating and establishing
2 30 property lines or boundaries of a tract of land, right-of-way,
2 31 easement, alignment, or elevation of any fixed work embraced
2 32 within the practice of professional engineering, surveying of
2 33 subdivisions of tracts of land and writing corresponding legal
2 34 descriptions, determining the position of any survey monument
2 35 or reference point and the configuration or contour of the
3 1 earth's surface or the position of fixed objects on the
3 2 earth's surface by applying the principles of mathematics or
3 3 photogrammetry, and geodetic surveying utilizing spatially
3 4 oriented spherical geometry. Additionally, the practice of
3 5 land surveying encompasses the creation, preparation, or
3 6 modification of computerized data, including land and
3 7 geographic information systems, relative to all of the
3 8 foregoing aspects. The bill also provides that a person is
3 9 construed to be engaged in the practice of land surveying,
3 10 beyond engaging in the above activities, if the person makes a
3 11 verbal or written representation that the person is so
3 12 engaged, or uses a title implying that the person is a land
3 13 surveyor or is licensed under chapter 542B.
3 14 LSB 1117DP 77
3 15 rn/jj/8
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