HB 989 Summary

• Removes requirement for licensed professional surveyor certification letters when filing transfer or subdivision documents, keeping only metes and bounds descriptions and county certified plat maps.

• Changes plan material requirement from tracing cloth to any tangible medium of good quality approved by the Department of Accounting and General Services.

• Adds new permissible drawing scales of 60, 600, and 6000 feet to an inch for land plans.

• Replaces fixed $2 per hour fee with variable fees to be set by Department of Accounting and General Services rules for survey and plan checking.

• Authorizes Department of Accounting and General Services to approve exceptions to the requirement that only contiguous parcels be shown on the same plan.