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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedure for conducting surveys of public land, |
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including the requirements regarding field notes and coordinate |
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systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.041, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.041. FIELD NOTES OF A SURVEY OF PUBLIC LAND. The |
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field notes of a survey of public land shall state: |
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(1) the county in which the land is located; |
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(2) the authority under which the survey is made and a |
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true description of the survey; |
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(3) the land by proper field notes with the necessary |
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calls and connections for identification, observing the Spanish |
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measurement by varas; |
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(4) a diagram of the survey; |
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(5) the State Plane Coordinates based on the Texas |
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Coordinate System of 1927, [or] the Texas Coordinate System of |
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1983, or an alternative coordinate system adopted under Section |
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21.0711 values for the beginning point on the survey with |
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appropriate reference to zone, mapping angle, grid distances, |
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acreage and the N.G.S. Station to which the survey is tied; |
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(6) the names of the field survey personnel; |
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(7) the date the survey was made; and |
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(8) the signature of the surveyor. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 21, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 21.0711 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.0711. ALTERNATIVE COORDINATE SYSTEMS. (a) The |
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Texas Spatial Reference Center at Texas A&M University--Corpus |
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Christi established under Section 88.503, Education Code, may adopt |
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a revised state coordinate system that may be used for purposes of |
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this subchapter under the authority granted to the center as the |
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state's facilitator of the National Spatial Reference System. |
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(b) A revised coordinate system adopted under Subsection |
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(a) is an official state coordinate system. |
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SECTION 3. Section 21.077, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.077. UNIT OF MEASUREMENT. The unit of measurement |
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in this subchapter has the following values, based on the |
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International Meter established by the National Bureau of |
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Standards: |
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(1) one meter = 39.37 inches exactly; |
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(2) one U.S. survey foot = 0.3048006096 meter [12.00 |
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inches exactly]; [and] |
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(3) one vara = 33-1/3 inches exactly; and |
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(4) one international foot = 0.3048 meter exactly. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |