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WestFed Highlights may affect the profession. MARLS continues to work on the update
of their Standards of Practice manual and the third edition of the

The Western Federation of Professional MT Subdivision and Surveying Laws Digest is now available. More
information can be found on their website MARLS.com
Surveyors (WFPS) held a Board of Directors
meeting on March 29, 2022 in Las Vegas, NV. NEVADA (NALS) Trent Keenan & Greg Phillips – Current
membership is 276. NALS membership continues to increase.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WESTERN STATES NALS will participate in the 2022 Western Regional Survey
ALASKA (ASPLS) Steve Buchanan – ASPLS will be co-hosting a Conference with Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and WestFed.
virtual conference with HLSA. The conference will be held at the The 2023 Conference will be held March 25-28 at the Silver
end of April and feature Gary Kent, Landon Blake, and Kris Kline Legacy in Reno, Nevada. There are currently 90 students enrolled
as speakers in addition to several Alaska and Hawaii specific in the Great Basin College (GBC) four year degree program and
educational tracks. More information about APLS can be found on 12 will be graduating this year. NALS is working closely with
their website AlaskaPLS.org the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) to bring a second 4 year
degree program to Nevada. NALS continues to publish, print, and
ARIZONA (APLS) Mike Fondren – Current membership is 386. Last mail four issues a year of the Nevada Traverse. The magazine is
year APLS launched a firm membership option in which firms can also available on the NALS website. The NALS Board of Directors
join a membership tier depending on how many RLSs they have wrote a letter to the NSPS Board of Directors officially opposing
on staff and all their survey technicians (associate members) are the proposal to remove voting rights from the NSPS membership
complimentary. This new membership category has helped to for election of NSPS Officers. NALS continues to have strong
get more survey technicians involved in APLS. In 2021 APLS was participating in outreach events. NALS will host a fall seminar and
successful in defeating a bill that would prohibits counties from golf tournament October 21-22 in Mesquite. More information
requiring surveys as a condition for approving land divisions. The about NALS can be found on their website NvLandSurveyors.org
bill has resurfaced as HB 2554 and APLS is again on record as
being opposed. More information about APLS can be found on their NEW MEXICO (NMPS) Allen Grace & Diego Cisneros – Current
website AzPLS.org membership is 225. NMPS will be holding their conference in the
fall for the first time. The conference will be held October 21-22 at
CALIFORNIA (CLSA) Kevin Hills & Ray Mathe – No report. the Isleta Resort and Casino. NMPS is recruiting new leaders for the
Young Surveyors Network. More information about NMPS can be
COLORADO (PLSC) Steve Parker & Todd Beers – Current found on their website NMPS.org
membership is 408. PLSC continues to actively participate in
Quality Based Selection (QBS) meetings. PLSC was successful in UTAH (UCLS) Mike Nadeau – Current membership is 335. UCLS will
amending a reciprocity bill to retain the requirement for the state- participate in the 2022 Western Regional Survey Conference with
specific exam. There is a bill that would eliminate the position of Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and WestFed. The conference will
County Surveyor from the state constitution and PLSC is actively be held March 30 – April 2, 2022 at the Luxor in Las Vegas, Nevada.
opposing the bill. PLSC introduced a bill to require real estate UCLS Fall Forum will focus on CST training. UCLS has worked
forms to include a line item for improvement location certificate. with the legislature to introduce a bill that correct legislation that
The Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) has voluntarily was passed last year that caused confusion to the boundary line
agreed to amend the forms and PLSC has withdrawn the bill. adjustment agreements. UCLS continues to provide outreach
GIS in the Rockies will be held September 28-29, 2022. PLSC through the scouting merit badge program, CST, and Trigstar.
continues to be active in outreach activities such as career days A Young Surveyor Network has been established in Utah. More
and guidance counselor events. More information about PLSC can information about UCLS can be found on their website UCLS.org
be found on their website PLSC.net
WASHINGTON (LSAW) Ben Petersen and Amanda Allred –
HAWAII (HLSA) Cliff Yim – Current membership is 91. HLSA will Current membership is 860. The 2022 Conference was held at the
be co-hosting a virtual conference with ASPLS. The conference will beginning of March in Vancouver, Washington. Although numbers
be held April 28-30,2022. The state of Hawaii is now phasing out were down from usual attendance, those present were happy to be
most of the COVID-19 restrictions. House Bill 2332 proposes an back to in-person conferences and the program was well received.
exemption on granting of easements on public lands from formal A fall seminar will be held November 4-5 in the Seattle area and
subdivision process. While the intent of the bill is to facilitate the 2023 Conference is scheduled for February 15-17 in Spokane,
the transfer of non-agricultural land from the Department of Washington. The LSAW Foundation has established the James
Natural Resources and to the Department of Agriculture, HLSA Coan Memorial Scholarship that will be awarded annually. LSAW
is concerned regarding the vagueness of the language. HLSA is continues to participate in a lobbying coalition with engineers and
working with the legislature to amend the bill for clarification. architects. Through the coalition, we opposed and defeated a bill
More information about HLSA can be found on their website that would have required prevailing wages on private haz-mat
HLSAhawaii.org projects. LSAW will reintroduce their monument preservation bill
next year. The Evergreen State Surveyor magazine is available on
MONTANA (MARLS) Russ Kluesner and Dick Smith – MARLS 2022 the LSAW website. More information about LSAW can be found on
Conference was held in February in Missoula, MT. Attendance was their website LSAW.org
great and people were happy to be back to in-person conferences.
MARLS has hired a new website developer to maintain their WYOMING (PLSW) John Lee – Current membership is 131. PLSW
website. The site is now more user-friendly. MARLS Board has has authored legislation to address the 2022 datum which removes
approved funds to hire a lobbyist to assist with tracking bills that the date reference. PLSW is also
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