Looks to me like they are trying to gut the LS out of the law.
Sad. I would get the Society involved and start making lots of calls. BS
I believe Montana requires property corners in subdivisions to be monumental only by licensed surveyors - new recorded lots can be created only by a PLS - which would be in conflicting
I think they are trying to say that a PE can do engineering surveys (not boundary) if they are a PE. Is that the purpose of this bill?
While I do believe a QUALIFIED engineer (i.e. an engineering surveyor) should be able to do engineering surveys, I don't think just having a PE should be allowed.
That's a hot mess of a definition.
I don't understand how a license is required for
"measurement and allocation of lines, angles, elevations, and coordinate systems"
yet not required for
"location of natural and constructed features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings, and on the beds of bodies of water, including work for the determination of areas and volumes"
If someone cannot perform the first, they certainly shouldn't be performing the second.
And how is it that a licensed surveyor is required for platting/layout of lands and subdivisions, but not required to monument property boundaries or create maps, plats and property descriptions?
I would be raising hell with the reps who sponsored that bill.
