Bill Text: IA SF2233 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to terms used in the context of land surveying. (Formerly SF 2137.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-02 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 836. [SF2233 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2233-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to terms used in the context of land surveying. (Formerly SF 2137.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-02 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 836. [SF2233 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2233-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2137)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
terms
used
in
the
context
of
land
surveying.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
355.5,
subsection
4,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
Distances
shall
be
shown
in
decimal
feet
in
accordance
3
with
the
federal
definition
of
the
U.
S.
survey
a
foot
at
the
4
time
the
survey
is
performed
.
Distance
measurements
shall
5
refer
to
the
horizontal
plane.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
355.16,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
7
follows:
8
355.16
Iowa
plane
coordinate
system
defined.
9
The
Iowa
plane
coordinate
system
shall
be
used
for
the
10
purpose
of
conducting
official
surveys.
As
used
in
this
11
subchapter,
unless
the
context
otherwise
requires
section
,
“Iowa
12
plane
coordinate
system”
or
“coordinate
system”
means
the
system
13
of
plane
coordinates
established
by
the
United
States
national
14
ocean
survey,
or
the
United
States
national
geodetic
survey,
15
or
a
successor
agency,
for
defining
and
stating
the
geographic
16
positions
or
locations
of
points
on
the
surface
of
the
earth
17
within
the
state
of
Iowa
that
is
in
use
at
the
time
the
survey
18
is
performed
.
19
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
Sections
355.17,
355.18,
and
355.19,
Code
20
2022,
are
repealed.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
terms
used
in
the
context
of
land
25
surveying.
The
bill
requires
distances
for
a
survey
to
be
26
shown
in
decimal
feet
in
accordance
with
the
federal
definition
27
of
a
foot
at
the
time
the
survey
is
performed
rather
than
the
28
definition
of
the
U.S.
survey
foot.
The
bill
strikes
the
29
requirement
that
distance
measurements
refer
to
the
horizontal
30
plane.
The
bill
provides
that
the
Iowa
plane
coordinate
system
31
shall
be
used
for
the
purpose
of
conducting
official
surveys.
32
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
“Iowa
plane
coordinate
33
system”
to
mean
the
system
established
solely
by
the
United
34
States
geodetic
survey,
or
a
successor
agency,
in
use
at
the
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time
the
survey
is
performed.
The
bill
repeals
provisions
1
relating
to
the
designation
of
coordinate
zones,
identification
2
of
geographic
locations,
and
application
of
terms
associated
3
with
the
Iowa
plane
coordinate
system
as
it
exists
under
4
current
law.
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