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THIRD READING
Bill No: SR 32
Author: Vidak (R), Cannella (R), Fuller (R), and Monning (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: Majority
SUBJECT : National Surveyors Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes the week of March 16
through March 22, 2014, as National Surveyors Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. There are over 45,000 professional surveyors in the United
States, and 3,488 in the State of California.
2. 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.
3. Surveying has been an essential element in the development of
the human environment since the beginning of recorded history
and it is a requirement 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.
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4. The nature of surveying has changed dramatically over time,
as it is no longer limited to the description and location of
land boundaries. Hydrographic surveys are important to the
use of all bodies of water; engineering surveys are utilized
in the study and selection of engineering construction;
geodetic surveys determine precise global positioning for
such activities as aircraft and missile navigation; and
cartographic surveys are used for mapping and charting, as
well as photogrammetry, the science of using aerial
photographs for measurement and map production.
5. Many services are now provided through the use of
sophisticated surveying equipment and techniques, including
satellite-borne remote sensing devices and automated
positioning, measuring, recording, and plotting equipment.
This resolution recognizes the week of March 16 through March
22, 2014, as National Surveyors Week.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 3/19/14)
California Land Surveyors Association
Professional Engineers in California Government
MW:d 3/19/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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