Bill Text: CT HB05541 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Liability Of Land Surveyors.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - Public Hearing 03/28 [HB05541 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05541-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5541
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2685
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LIABILITY OF LAND SURVEYORS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 52-557o of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

(a) No action for trespass shall lie against any surveyor licensed under chapter 391 or person acting at the direction of any such licensed surveyor who enters upon land other than the land being surveyed without causing any damage to such other land in order to perform a survey, provided [no such] the owner of the land being surveyed has provided not less than seven days' advance written notice to any person whose land is to be entered upon to perform the survey.

(b) No surveyor or person acting at the direction of such surveyor shall enter upon any land owned by a railroad company, as defined in section 13b-199, which is within fifty feet of a railroad track without first obtaining written permission from the railroad company, which written permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(c) Nothing [herein] in this section shall relieve such licensed surveyor or person from liability for actual damages caused by such entry upon such other property.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	52-557o

Statement of Purpose:

To require an owner of land who has requested a survey of his or her land to provide not less than seven days' advance written notice to certain other landowners prior to performing the land survey.

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