71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2649
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 867
                 Ordered by the Senate April 12
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 12
 
Sponsored by Senator GEORGE
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Allows county surveyor  { + when maintaining or reestablishing
survey corners + } to confirm coordinates on public land survey
corners using Oregon Coordinate System or other approved
coordinate system { +  that can be referenced directly to
geodetic position + }.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public land survey corners; amending ORS 209.130.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 209.130 is amended to read:
  209.130. (1) In the establishment or reestablishment of a
public land survey corner, the county surveyor shall set a
monument of durable quality. When a monument cannot be set at the
exact corner position or it is not practicable to set a monument,
then a witness corner monument shall be set.
  (2) Section corners, Donation Land Claim corners, center
corners and quarter-section corners shall be witnessed by at
least four references. Meander corners, angle point corners or
other approved public land survey corners shall be witnessed by
at least two references. References shall be of durable quality.
All references shall be carefully described, and their bearings
and distances noted in the report or on the survey.
   { +  (3) For the purpose of providing an additional reference,
the county surveyor may, when maintaining or reestablishing
survey corners, establish coordinates on public land survey
corners using an Oregon Coordinate System pursuant to ORS 93.320
or another coordinate system, adopted by the appropriate public
agency, that can be referenced directly to a geodetic
position. + }
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