April 5, 2011
ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 374
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DIGEST OF SB 374
(Updated April 4, 2011 2:20 pm - DI 107)
Citations Affected: IC 25-21.5.
Synopsis: Land surveyors. Allows a licensed land surveyor and any
personnel under the supervision of a land surveyor to enter any land,
water, or property within Indiana, except for: (1) land owned or
controlled by the department of homeland security or a public utility;
or (2) a building , dwelling, or structure on the land or property; to
conduct a survey. Requires, to the extent practicable, a land surveyor
or any personnel under the supervision of a land surveyor to present
written identification to the occupant of the land, water, or property
before a land surveyor or any personnel under the supervision of a land
surveyor enters the land, water, or property. Makes a land surveyor and
any personnel under the supervision of a land surveyor liable for
damage caused by the entry.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 11, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
February 17, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 21, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
February 22, 2011, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 44, nays 5.
HOUSE ACTION
March 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
April 5, 2011, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
April 5, 2011
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 374
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
professions and occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 25-21.5-9-7; (11)ES0374.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 25-21.5-9-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2011]:
Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "public utility" means
a corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company,
political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13), individual,
association of individuals, or their lessees, trustees, or receivers
appointed by a court that own, operate, manage, or control any
plant or equipment within Indiana for the:
(1) conveyance of telephone messages;
(2) production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat,
light, water, or power; or
(3) collection, treatment, purification, and disposal in a
sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil,
and industrial waste.
(b) Subject to section 8 of this chapter and except as provided in
subsection (c), a land surveyor and any personnel under the
supervision of a land surveyor may enter upon, over, or under any
land, water, or property within Indiana for the limited purpose of
the practice of land surveying. The land surveyor and any
personnel under the supervision of the land surveyor may not
interfere with any construction, operation, or maintenance activity
being conducted upon the land, water, or property by the owner or
occupant.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a land surveyor and any
personnel under the supervision of a land surveyor may not enter:
(1) property owned or controlled by:
(A) the Indiana department of homeland security; or
(B) a public utility; or
(2) a building, dwelling, or structure on the land or property.