Bill Text: CA AB1063 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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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

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1063	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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
 themself  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,  to   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, to only be marked with the name of the state
entity  .
   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  , and states that it
is not intended to affect or alter the record title interest
 . 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.
  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.
 If 
    (2)     If  the monument is set by a
 local  public agency,  it   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, paragraph (1) shall
not apply, and the monument shall be marked with the name of the
state entity. 
   (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.