Notice of Rulemaking Hearing for New Rules of the Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-1306(d), you are receiving this notice because you have elected to receive notification by e-mail of certain changes or potential changes to the law applicable to your profession.
The Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors will be conducting a Rulemaking Hearing on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. CST. This rulemaking hearing will be held at the following address:
500 James Robertson Parkway Davy Crockett Tower, Conference Room 1-B Nashville, Tennessee 37243
The Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors approved proposed rules at their regularly scheduled meeting conducted on November 18, 2021. The Notice of Rulemaking Hearing was filed with the Secretary of State on May 26, 2022.
These rule amendments update the definition of Global Positioning System (“GPS”) to include reference to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (“GNSS”). GPS refers to the North American global positioning system and GNSS refers to the International Multi-Constellation Satellite System. GNSS encompasses GPS as well as other constellation systems providing for a more accurate and reliable capture of data that can be used by licensed land surveyors in their practice. Language is added to state that GNSS equipment may be used in gathering measurements in the course of a survey. Minimum standards for Remote Sensing Surveys are updated to delete those requirements surrounding GPS and incorporating GNSS standards. Additionally, these amendments provide a general cleanup of terminology in order to reflect more up to date language currently used in the profession. Specifically, the definitions section is amended to state that the terms “survey plat” and “survey map” may be used interchangeably. Throughout the rule, the term “survey plat” replaces “survey map” due to “survey plat” being the industry standard.
A full copy of these rules can be viewed online at
https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/rules_filings/05-22-22.pdf
Pursuant to the Tennessee Open Meetings Act (Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-101, et seq.), the above-referenced hearing is open to the public, and you may attend the hearing in person. If you have any comments regarding the rules, you may either submit your written comments in advance of the board meeting to Stuart Huffman, Associate General Counsel, at (615) 741-3072 or electronically at stuart.huffman@tn.gov, or appear at the rulemaking hearing to make your comments on the record.
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