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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SR 57
          Author:   Nielsen (R)
          Introduced:2/4/16  
          Vote:     Majority  

           SUBJECT:   National Surveyors Week


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:          This resolution recognizes the week of March 20  
          through March 26, 2016, as National Surveyors Week.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Surveying is the art and science of accurately determining the  
            position of points and the distances between them and is often  
            used to establish land boundaries for ownership or  
            governmental purposes.


          2)Surveying has been an essential element in the development of  
            the human environment since the beginning of recorded history  
            and is required in the planning and execution of nearly every  
            form of construction, with its most familiar modern uses in  
            the fields of transportation, building and construction,  
            communications, mapping, and the definition of legal  
            boundaries for land ownership.


          3)It was the work of the surveyor that determined the boundaries  
            of land, the greatest economic asset in the colonies and  
            territories that became the United States, including  








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            California.


          4)The nature of surveying has changed dramatically over time, as  
            it is no longer limited to the description and location of  
            land boundaries.  Modern surveyors now work with sophisticated  
            surveying equipment and techniques, including satellite-borne  
            remote sensing devices and automated positioning, measuring,  
            recording, and plotting equipment.  They determine precise  
            global positioning for such work as aircraft and missile  
            navigation, mapping and charting, and hydrographic surveys  
            that are used in all bodies of water.


          This resolution recognizes the week of March 20 through March  
          26, 2016, as National Surveyors Week.


          Prior Legislation


          SR 16 (Bates, 2015) recognized the week of March 15 through  
          March 21, 2015, as National Surveyors Week.  The resolution was  
          adopted by the Senate.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified2/16/16)


          Professional Engineers in California Government


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified2/16/16)


          None received










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          Prepared by:  Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          2/17/16 15:59:18


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