Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to entering property for surveying purposes, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil law
Same legislation: HF 299
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 15, 2023
- Done: House committeeMarch 2, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to entering property for surveying purposes. Current law states that entry onto public or private property to conduct certain surveying activities does not constitute trespass and a surveyor entering property to conduct such activities is not liable to arrest or civil action by reason of the entry.15 and requires a surveyor to receive explicit permission from a person with an ownership interest in the property or, if a person with an ownership interest is not physically or mentally able to give explicit permission, a next of kin of such a person.
Read the full explanation
Such permission shall be recorded electronically or in writing, through the use of mail or certified mail, prior to entering private property to conduct surveying activities. If the person with an ownership interest in the property has not responded to a surveyor’s request for permission to enter the property within days of receiving the request, the surveyor has implicit permission to enter the property to conduct surveying activities. Except in case of an emergency, disaster cleanup, or other activities constituting emergency disaster relief, a surveyor who enters private property without properly acquiring permission commits trespass pursuant to Code chapter 716. General trespass is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine dependent on whether the offense is a first, second, or third or subsequent violation, and may lead to arrest or enhanced penalties depending on the circumstances.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
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