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1		-	S.B. No. 1072
	1	+	By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1072
	2	+	(Hunter)
2	3
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the procedure for conducting surveys of public land,
6	8		including the requirements regarding field notes and coordinate
7	9		systems.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 21.041, Natural Resources Code, is
10	12		amended to read as follows:
11	13		Sec. 21.041. FIELD NOTES OF A SURVEY OF PUBLIC LAND. The
12	14		field notes of a survey of public land shall state:
13	15		(1) the county in which the land is located;
14	16		(2) the authority under which the survey is made and a
15	17		true description of the survey;
16	18		(3) the land by proper field notes with the necessary
17	19		calls and connections for identification, observing the Spanish
18	20		measurement by varas;
19	21		(4) a diagram of the survey;
20	22		(5) the State Plane Coordinates based on the Texas
21	23		Coordinate System of 1927, [or] the Texas Coordinate System of
22	24		1983, or an alternative coordinate system adopted under Section
23	25		21.0711 values for the beginning point on the survey with
24	26		appropriate reference to zone, mapping angle, grid distances,
25	27		acreage and the N.G.S. Station to which the survey is tied;
26	28		(6) the names of the field survey personnel;
27	29		(7) the date the survey was made; and
28	30		(8) the signature of the surveyor.
29	31		SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 21, Natural Resources
30	32		Code, is amended by adding Section 21.0711 to read as follows:
31	33		Sec. 21.0711. ALTERNATIVE COORDINATE SYSTEMS. (a) The
32	34		Texas Spatial Reference Center at Texas A&M University--Corpus
33	35		Christi established under Section 88.503, Education Code, may adopt
34	36		a revised state coordinate system that may be used for purposes of
35	37		this subchapter under the authority granted to the center as the
36	38		state's facilitator of the National Spatial Reference System.
37	39		(b) A revised coordinate system adopted under Subsection
38	40		(a) is an official state coordinate system.
39	41		SECTION 3. Section 21.077, Natural Resources Code, is
40	42		amended to read as follows:
41	43		Sec. 21.077. UNIT OF MEASUREMENT. The unit of measurement
42	44		in this subchapter has the following values, based on the
43	45		International Meter established by the National Bureau of
44	46		Standards:
45	47		(1) one meter = 39.37 inches exactly;
46	48		(2) one U.S. survey foot = 0.3048006096 meter [12.00
47	49		inches exactly]; [and]
48	50		(3) one vara = 33-1/3 inches exactly; and
49	51		(4) one international foot = 0.3048 meter exactly.
50	52		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
51		-	______________________________ ______________________________
52		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
53		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1072 passed the Senate on
54		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
55		-	______________________________
56		-	Secretary of the Senate
57		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1072 passed the House on
58		-	May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 2, two
59		-	present not voting.
60		-	______________________________
61		-	Chief Clerk of the House
62		-	Approved:
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Date
65		-	______________________________
66		-	Governor