SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SR 19
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Bill No: SR 19
Author: Wilk (R)
Introduced: 3/1/23
Vote: Majority
SUBJECT: National Surveyors Week
SOURCE: California Land Surveyors Association
DIGEST: This resolution recognizes the week of March 19 through March 25,
2023, 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) In order to accomplish their objective, surveyors use elements of engineering,
physics, mathematics, law, and history.
4) Since the colonial days of the United States, surveyors have been leaders in the
community, statesmen, influential citizens, and shapers of cultural standards.
5) 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 California.
6) The nature of surveying has changed dramatically over time, as it is no longer
limited to the description and location of land boundaries.
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7) 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 19 through March 25, 2023, as
National Surveyors Week.
Related/Prior Legislation
The following are the most recent measures recognizing National Surveyors Week:
 SR 72 (Jones, 2022) – Adopted by the Senate.
 HR 96 (Bigelow, 2022) – Adopted by the Assembly.
 SR 18 (Jones, 2021) – Adopted by the Senate.
 HR 88 (Flora, 2020) – Adopted by the Assembly.
 HR 19 (Cooley, 2019) – Adopted by the Assembly.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 3/7/23)
California Land Surveyors Association (source)
OPPOSITION: (Verified 3/7/23)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
3/8/23 15:10:38
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