Bill Text: CA AB1063 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Surveyors and engineers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1063 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1063-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1063 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 6, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 24, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eggman
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to amend Sections 6732, 8751, and 8772 of, and to add
Section 8764.6 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to
surveyors and engineers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1063, as amended, Eggman. Surveyors and engineers.
Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of
professional engineers and land surveyors by the Board of
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in the Department of
Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person from representing
himself or herself as an engineer or surveyor, as described by
various titles, unless the person is licensed as an engineer or
surveyor, as specified. Other existing law makes a violation of those
prohibitions a misdemeanor.
This bill would additionally prohibit a person from using the
title "city engineer," "county engineer," "city surveyor," or "county
surveyor," unless the person is licensed as an engineer or surveyor,
respectively, as specified.
By expanding the scope of existing law, the violation of which is
a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law provides for the filing of a record of survey by a
licensed surveyor or licensed civil engineer with the county
surveyor.
This bill would authorize a licensed surveyor to include
additional information to be filed simultaneously, as a separate
document, as specified, with a record of survey.
Existing law requires that any monument set by a licensed land
surveyor or registered civil engineer to mark or reference a point on
a property or land line shall be permanently and visibly marked or
tagged with the certificate number of the surveyor or civil engineer
setting it, as specified, or, if the monument is set by a public
agency, it shall be marked with the name of the agency and the
political subdivision it serves.
This bill would require the monument to be marked by the surveyor
or civil engineer, as specified, and to be marked with the name of
the agency and the political subdivision it serves, if the monument
is set by a local public agency, or, if set by a state
entity agency , to only be marked with the name
of the state entity agency .
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 6732 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
6732. It is unlawful for anyone other than a professional
engineer licensed under this chapter to stamp or seal any plans,
specifications, plats, reports, or other documents with the seal or
stamp of a professional engineer, or in any manner, use the title
"professional engineer," "licensed engineer," "registered engineer,"
or "consulting engineer," or any of the following branch titles:
"agricultural engineer," "chemical engineer," "city engineer," "civil
engineer," "control system engineer," "county engineer," "electrical
engineer," "fire protection engineer," "industrial engineer,"
"mechanical engineer," "metallurgical engineer," "nuclear engineer,"
"petroleum engineer," or "traffic engineer," or any combination of
these words and phrases or abbreviations thereof unless licensed
under this chapter.
SEC. 2. Section 8751 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
8751. No person shall represent himself or herself as, or use the
title of, or any abbreviation or combination of the words in the
title of, professional land surveyor, licensed land surveyor, land
surveyor, city surveyor, county surveyor, land survey engineer,
survey engineer, geodetic engineer, geomatics engineer, or
geometronic engineer unless he or she is the holder of a valid,
unsuspended, and unrevoked license.
SEC. 3. Section 8764.6 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
8764.6. (a) A licensed surveyor or civil engineer may include
additional information to be filed simultaneously with a record of
survey. The additional information shall be in the form of a separate
document, formatted according to the applicable County Recorder
standards, with a statement that indicates its relationship to the
record of survey and describes conditions as of the date of
recording. The statement shall also contain a notation identifying
the source of the information.
(b) The additional information may include any data necessary for
the interpretation of the various items and locations of the points,
lines, and areas shown on the record of survey map, or for the
identification of the survey or surveyor, as may be determined by the
civil engineer or land surveyor preparing the record of survey.
Additional information may include, but is not limited to, unfiled
maps, calculations, field notes, photographs, memoranda, diagrams,
reports, letters, emails, oaths, and diaries
and oaths .
SEC. 4. Section 8772 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
8772. (a) (1) Any monument set by a licensed land surveyor or
registered civil engineer to mark or reference a point on a property
or land line shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with
the certificate number of the surveyor or civil engineer setting it,
each number to be preceded by the letters "L.S." or "R.C.E.,"
respectively, as the case may be.
(2) If the monument is set by a local public agency, paragraph
(1) shall apply, and the monument shall also be marked with the name
of the agency and the political subdivision it serves.
(3) If the monument is set by a state entity
agency , paragraph (1) shall not apply, and the monument
shall be marked with the name of the state entity
agency .
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent the inclusion of other
information on the tag which will assist in the tracing or location
of the survey records which relate to the tagged monument.
SEC. 5. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.
