Bill Text: TX SB442 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-10 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [SB442 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB442-Engrossed.html
| By: Wentworth | S.B. No. 442 | |
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| relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain | ||
| geospatial data products. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. GEOSPATIAL DATA PRODUCTS | ||
| Sec. 2051.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Geospatial data product" means a document, | ||
| computer file, or Internet website that contains: | ||
| (A) geospatial data; | ||
| (B) a map; or | ||
| (C) information about a service involving | ||
| geospatial data or a map. | ||
| (2) "Governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 2051.041. | ||
| (3) "Registered professional land surveyor" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 1071.002, Occupations Code. | ||
| Sec. 2051.102. NOTICE REQUIRED. (a) A governmental entity | ||
| shall include a notice as provided by this subchapter on each | ||
| geospatial data product that: | ||
| (1) is created or hosted by the governmental entity; | ||
| (2) appears to represent property boundaries; and | ||
| (3) was not produced using information from an | ||
| on-the-ground survey conducted by or under the supervision of a | ||
| registered professional land surveyor or land surveyor authorized | ||
| to perform surveys under laws in effect when the survey was | ||
| conducted. | ||
| (b) The notice required under Subsection (a) must be in | ||
| substantially the following form: | ||
| This product is for informational purposes and may not have | ||
| been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or | ||
| surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey | ||
| and represents only the approximate relative location of property | ||
| boundaries. | ||
| (c) The notice required under Subsection (a) may: | ||
| (1) include language further defining the limits of | ||
| liability of a geospatial data product producer; | ||
| (2) apply to a geospatial data product that contains | ||
| more than one map; or | ||
| (3) for a notice that applies to a geospatial data | ||
| product that is or is on an Internet website, be included on a | ||
| separate page that requires the person accessing the website to | ||
| agree to the terms of the notice before accessing the geospatial | ||
| data product. | ||
| Sec. 2051.103. EXEMPTION. A governmental entity is not | ||
| required to include the notice required under Section 2051.102 on a | ||
| geospatial data product that: | ||
| (1) does not contain a legal description, a property | ||
| boundary monument, or the distance and direction of a property | ||
| line; | ||
| (2) is prepared only for use as evidence in a legal | ||
| proceeding; | ||
| (3) is filed with the clerk of any court; or | ||
| (4) is filed with the county clerk. | ||
| SECTION 2. For geospatial data products that are printed | ||
| documents, Section 2051.102, Government Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a document printed on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A document printed before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the document was | ||
| printed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
