Bill Text: IN SB0092 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

Indiana Senate Bill 92 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Land surveyors.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-02 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government [SB0092 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-SB0092-Amended.html

Reprinted

January 26, 2010

SENATE BILL No. 92

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DIGEST OF SB 92 (Updated January 25, 2010 4:20 pm - DI 84)

Citations Affected: IC 25-21.5.

Synopsis: Land surveyors. Allows a licensed land surveyor to enter any land or property within Indiana to conduct a survey. Provides procedures for notifying a landowner and makes a surveyor liable for damage caused by the entry.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

Boots, Randolph

    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
    January 21, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    January 25, 2010, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.

Reprinted

January 26, 2010

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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SENATE BILL No. 92

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 25-21.5-9-7; (10)SB0092.2.1. --> SECTION 1. IC 25-21.5-9-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 7. Subject to section 8 of this chapter, a land surveyor may enter upon, over, or under any land or property within Indiana for the limited purpose of the practice of land surveying as defined in IC 25-21.5-1-7. The land surveyor may not interfere with any construction, operation, or maintenance activity being conducted upon the land or water by the owner or occupant.

SOURCE: IC 25-21.5-9-8; (10)SB0092.2.2. --> SECTION 2. IC 25-21.5-9-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 8. (a) Before a land surveyor may enter upon, over, or under any land or water under section 7 of this chapter, the land surveyor must notify the occupant of the land or water of the entry by any means as long as the land surveyor can provide proof that notice was given.
(b) A land surveyor shall present written identification to the occupant of the land or water to be entered under section 7 of this

chapter before entering the land or water.
(c) A land surveyor shall be liable for any damage that may occur to the land or property as a result of entry upon, over, or under the land or property under section 7 of this chapter.