Amendment ASA1-AB271

AB271-ASA1, s. 43 Section 43. 236.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,21,8 236.15 (1) (d) The lines of lots, outlots, parks and public access and land dedicated to the public that extend to lakes or streams shall be monumented in the field by iron pipes at least 18 inches long and one inch in diameter weighing not less than 1.13 pounds per lineal foot, or by round or square iron bars at least 18 inches long and weighing not less than 1.13 pounds per lineal foot. These monuments shall be placed at the point of intersection of the lake or stream lot line with a meander line established not less than 20 feet back from the determined or approximated ordinary high water mark of the lake or from the bank of the stream.

AB271-ASA1, s. 44 Section 44. 236.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,21,13 236.15 (2) Accuracy of survey. The survey shall be performed by a professional land surveyor registered in this state and if the error in the latitude and departure closure of the survey or any part thereof is greater than the ratio of one in 3,000, the plat may be rejected.

AB271-ASA1, s. 45 Section 45. 236.16 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,21,15 236.16 (3) (title) Lake and stream shore plats; public access.

AB271-ASA1, s. 46 Section 46. 236.16 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,21,18 236.16 (4) (title) Lake and stream shore plats; land between meander line and water's edge.

AB271-ASA1, s. 47 Section 47. 236.20 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,21,23 236.20 (2) (g) All lake or stream shore meander lines established by the professional land surveyor in accordance with s. 236.15 (1) (d), the distances and bearings thereof, and the distance between the point of intersection of such meander lines with lot lines and the determined or approximated ordinary high water mark.

AB271-ASA1, s. 48 Section 48. 236.20 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271-ASA1,22,3 236.20 (6) Public trust information. A final plat of a subdivision, or a certified survey map of land, to which s. 236.16 (4) applies shall show on its face the following statement:

AB271-ASA1,22,8 "Any land below the ordinary high water mark of a navigable lake or stream is subject to the public trust in navigable waters that is established under article IX, section 1, of the state constitution. However, the owner of the real property that abuts such land has exclusive use of that land when it is exposed, except as otherwise provided by law or by the owner's title."

AB271-ASA1, s. 49 Section 49. 236.21 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,22,13 236.21 (1) Surveyor's Professional land surveyor's certificate of compliance with statute. (intro.) The certificate of the professional land surveyor who surveyed, divided, and mapped the land giving all of the following information, which shall have the same force and effect as an affidavit:

AB271-ASA1, s. 50 Section 50. 236.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,22,16 236.21 (1) (a) By whose direction the professional land surveyor made the survey, subdivision, and plat of the land described on the plat.

AB271-ASA1, s. 51 Section 51. 236.21 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,22,20 236.21 (1) (d) A statement that the professional land surveyor has fully complied with the provisions of this chapter in surveying, dividing , and mapping the land.

AB271-ASA1, s. 52 Section 52. 236.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,22,23 236.32 (1) Any owner, professional land surveyor, or subdivider who fails to place monuments as prescribed in this chapter when subdividing land.

AB271-ASA1, s. 53 Section 53. 236.34 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,23,3 236.34 (1) (a) The survey shall be performed and the map prepared by a professional land surveyor registered in this state. The error in the latitude and departure closure of the survey may not exceed the ratio of one in 3,000.

AB271-ASA1, s. 54 Section 54. 236.34 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,23,7 236.34 (1) (d) (intro.) The map shall include a certificate of the professional land surveyor who surveyed, divided, and mapped the land which has the same force and effect as an affidavit and which gives all of the following information:

AB271-ASA1, s. 55 Section 55. 236.34 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,23,10 236.34 (1) (d) 1. By whose direction the professional land surveyor made the survey, division, and map of the land described on the certified survey map.

AB271-ASA1, s. 56 Section 56. 236.34 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,23,14 236.34 (1) (d) 4. A statement that the professional land surveyor has fully complied with the provisions of this section in surveying, dividing , and mapping the land.

AB271-ASA1, s. 57 Section 57. 440.03 (13) (b) 34. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,23,16 440.03 (13) (b) 34. Land surveyor, professional.

AB271-ASA1, s. 58 Section 58. 440.08 (2) (a) 39. of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,23,20 440.08 (2) (a) 39. Land surveyor, professional: February 1 of each even-numbered year.

AB271-ASA1, s. 59 Section 59. Chapter 443 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,23,22 CHAPTER 443

AB271-ASA1,24,2 EXAMINING BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS, AND professional LAND SURVEYORS

AB271-ASA1, s. 60 Section 60. 443.01 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271-ASA1,24,7 443.01 (1g) "Cartographic surveying" means collecting and making maps of topographic, hydrographic, aerial, anthropologic, forensic, architectural, or mining data that depicts areas and physical features on, below, or above the surface of the earth.

AB271-ASA1, s. 61 Section 61. 443.01 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271-ASA1,24,12 443.01 (1r) "Construction surveying" means surveying or mapping in support of infrastructure design, improvements related to private and public boundary lines, construction layout or historic preservation, and establishing any postconstruction documentation related to such surveying or mapping.

AB271-ASA1, s. 62 Section 62. 443.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,24,16 443.01 (3) "Examining board" means the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors.

AB271-ASA1, s. 63 Section 63. 443.01 (3b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271-ASA1,24,19 443.01 (3b) "Geodetic surveying" means surveying to determine the size and shape of the earth or the precise positions of points on the surface of the earth.

AB271-ASA1, s. 64 Section 64. 443.01 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB271-ASA1, s. 65 Section 65. 443.01 (6s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271-ASA1,24,23 443.01 (6s) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), "practice of professional land surveying" means any of the following:

AB271-ASA1,25,3 1. Any service comprising the determination of the location of the boundaries of one or more tracts of land or the boundaries of any of the following interests in real property:

AB271-ASA1,25,4 a. The layout and rights-of-way of roads or streets.

AB271-ASA1,25,5 b. Air or property rights.

AB271-ASA1,25,6 c. Public or private easements.

AB271-ASA1,25,8 2. Designing or coordinating designs for the purpose of platting or subdividing land into smaller tracts.

AB271-ASA1,25,13 3. Placing, replacing, restoring, or perpetuating monuments in or on the ground to evidence the location of a point that is necessary to describe the shape, area, and boundaries of one or more tracts of land or the subdivision or consolidation of one or more tracts of land or to describe the boundaries of any interest in real property identified in subd. 1.

AB271-ASA1,25,15 4. Preparing maps that depict any interest in real property identified in subd. 1. for the purpose of establishing the boundaries of any such interest in real property.

AB271-ASA1,25,16 5. Preparing any of the following:

AB271-ASA1,25,18 a. An official map established or amended under s. 62.23 (6), established or amended under the authority of s. 61.35, or adopted under s. 60.61.

AB271-ASA1,25,19 b. An assessor's plat under s. 70.27.

AB271-ASA1,25,20 c. A map or plat of cemetery lands under s. 157.07.

AB271-ASA1,25,22 d. A subdivision plat, certified survey map, or correction instrument under ch. 236.

AB271-ASA1,25,23 e. A condominium plat or correction instrument under ch. 703.

AB271-ASA1,25,24 f. A project and time-share plat under s. 707.215.

AB271-ASA1,26,2 6. Performing cartographic, construction, or geodetic surveying in connection with any of the practices specified in subds. 1. to 5.

AB271-ASA1,26,4 (b) "Practice of professional land surveying" does not include the establishment of an ordinary high water mark.

AB271-ASA1, s. 66 Section 66. 443.01 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB271-ASA1,26,9 443.01 (7m) "Professional land surveyor" means a person who, by reason of his or her knowledge of law, mathematics, physical sciences, and measurement techniques, acquired by education and practical experience, is granted a license or permit to engage in the practice of professional land surveying under this chapter.

AB271-ASA1, s. 67 Section 67. 443.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,26,15 443.02 (4) No person may engage in or offer to engage in the practice of professional land surveying in this state or use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is a professional land surveyor unless the person has been issued a certificate of registration or granted a license or permit to engage in the practice of professional land surveying under this chapter.

AB271-ASA1, s. 68 Section 68. 443.06 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,26,18 443.06 (title) Registration Licensure requirements for professional land surveyors.

AB271-ASA1, s. 69 Section 69. 443.06 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,26,20 443.06 (1) (title) Registration Licensure, application, qualifying experience.

AB271-ASA1, s. 70 Section 70. 443.06 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,27,6 443.06 (1) (a) Application for registration as a land surveyor a license or a permit to engage in the practice of professional land surveying shall be made to the section under oath, on forms provided by the department, which shall require the applicant to submit such information as the section deems necessary. The section may require applicants to pass written or oral examinations or both. Applicants who do not have an arrest or conviction record, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, shall be entitled to be registered or issued a granted a license or permit to engage in the practice as of professional land surveyors surveying when satisfactory evidence is submitted that the applicant has met one or more of the requirements of sub. (2).

AB271-ASA1, s. 71 Section 71. 443.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,27,16 443.06 (1) (b) Each year, but not more than 4 years, of work or training completed in a curriculum in the practice of professional land surveying approved by the professional land surveyor section, or of responsible charge of land surveying teaching the practice of professional land surveying may be considered as equivalent to one year of qualifying experience in land surveying work the practice of professional land surveying, and each year, but not more than 4 years, completed in a curriculum other than the practice of professional land surveying approved by the land surveyor section, may be considered as equivalent to one-half year of qualifying experience.

AB271-ASA1, s. 72 Section 72. 443.06 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,27,21 443.06 (2) Requirements; certificate of registration license. (intro.) The section may grant a certificate of registration as a license to engage in the practice of professional land surveyor surveying to any person who has submitted to it an application, the required fees, and one or more of the following:

AB271-ASA1, s. 73 Section 73. 443.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB271-ASA1, s. 74 Section 74. 443.06 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,28,10 443.06 (2) (am) Evidence satisfactory to the professional land surveyor section that he or she has received a bachelor's degree in a course in the practice of professional land surveying or a related field that has a duration of not less than 4 years and is approved by the land surveyor section, and that he or she has engaged in the practice of professional land surveying for at least 2 years of land surveying and has demonstrated practice of satisfactory character that indicates that the applicant is competent to engage in the practice of professional land surveying, if the applicant has passed an oral and written or written examination administered by the land surveyor section. This paragraph applies to actions of the land surveyor section on applications for licenses to engage in the practice of professional land surveyors' certificates surveying that are submitted to the land surveyor section after June 30, 2000.

AB271-ASA1, s. 75 Section 75. 443.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB271-ASA1, s. 76 Section 76. 443.06 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,28,24 443.06 (2) (bm) Evidence satisfactory to the professional land surveyor section that he or she has received an associate degree in a course in the practice of professional land surveying or a related field that has a duration of not less than 2 years and is approved by the land surveyor section, and that he or she has engaged in the practice of professional land surveying for at least 4 years of land surveying and has demonstrated practice of satisfactory character that indicates that the applicant is competent to engage in the practice of professional land surveying, if the applicant has passed an oral and written or written examination administered by the land surveyor section. This paragraph applies to actions of the land surveyor section on applications for licenses to engage in the practice of professional land surveyors' certificates surveying that are submitted to the land surveyor section after June 30, 2000.

AB271-ASA1, s. 77 Section 77. 443.06 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB271-ASA1, s. 78 Section 78. 443.06 (2) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,29,10 443.06 (2) (cm) Evidence satisfactory to the professional land surveyor section that he or she has engaged in the practice of professional land surveying for at least 10 years of land surveying and has demonstrated practice of satisfactory character that indicates that the applicant is competent to engage in the practice of licenses to engage in the practice of professional land surveying, if the applicant has passed an oral and written or written examination administered by the land surveyor section. This paragraph applies to actions of the land surveyor section on applications for licenses to engage in the practice of professional land surveyors' certificates surveying that are submitted to the land surveyor section after June 30, 2000.

AB271-ASA1, s. 79 Section 79. 443.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB271-ASA1,29,18 443.06 (2) (d) An unexpired certificate of registration , certificate of certification, or license as a land surveyor or to engage in the practice of professional land surveying issued to the applicant by the proper authority in any state or territory or possession of the United States or in any other country whose requirements meet or exceed the requirement for registration licensure in this subsection, if the applicant has passed an oral and written or written examination administered by the professional land surveyor section.

AB271-ASA1, s. 80 Section 80. 443.06 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.