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BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SODERBERG)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing a definition for the term “locating” as applicable to the practice of land surveying.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 542B.2, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  The term “locating” as used in this chapter means the permanent affixing of a marker to the earth for the purpose of establishing a lot or property boundary. The term “locating” does not refer to the physical discovery or observation of existing markers. 
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides a definition for the term “locating” as performed in the practice of land surveying. 
   Code chapter 542B defines the practice of “land surveying” to include, among other specified actions and services, locating, relocating, establishing, reestablishing, setting, or resetting of permanent monumentation for any property line or boundary of any tract or parcel of land. The bill provides that the term “locating” as used in that definition means the permanent affixing of a marker to the earth for the purpose of establishing a lot or property boundary. The bill states that “locating” does not refer to the physical discovery or observation of existing markers.