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impact our profession and to represent our profession in public
NALS Legislative Report hearings to speak to any change that does not align our core

values and responsibilities to the public.
2023 Legislative We are always looking for volunteers to assist the board during

Session Committee Nevada’s legislative sessions.

Update List of Bills watch by the Legislative Committee:

By: Robert Carrington, PLS — Committee Chairman AB19 Signed by the Governor on May 22, 2023,
Effective July 1, 2023.
The 82 (2023) Session of the Nevada Legislature began on Feb-
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ruary 6 , 2023 and saw 1200 plus Bill Drafts submitted to both
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the Senate and Assembly. AB34 Signed by the Governor on June 2, 2023,
Effective October 1, 2023.
The NALS Legislative Committee reviewed all 1200 plus Bill
Drafts to determine what or if any new legislation would impact SB11 Signed by the Governor on June 13, 2023,
the role of Land Surveyors both positively and negatively. Effective October 1, 2023.

During the session, the committee identified 18 bills that may SB27 Signed by the Governor on May 25, 2023,
impact surveyors and prepares reports to submit to the NALS Ex- Effective July 1, 2023.
ecutive Board with the status of those bills being watched. Most
of the 18 bills that the committee was watching related to water AB105 No Action
rights, the use of apprentices on public works projects, land use
applications and an act related to excavations.
AB171 No Action
Senate Bill 27 submitted to amend NRS 455- Excavations and
High Voltage Lines was signed by the governor on May 25 2003 AB173 No Action
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and became effective July 1, 2023.
SB82 Signed by the Governor on June 13, 2023,
You may ask, how does a new law related to excavations impact Effective June 13, 2023
surveyors and how does it impact our work? Section 3 of the
new law states: “Non-mechanical equipment” means equipment SB85 Signed by the Governor on May 31, 2023,
operated solely by human power, including, without limitation, Effective May 31, 2023
a hammer or other device used to drive stakes or rods into the
ground, mattock, pickaxe, shovel or spade.
SB107 Signed by the Governor on June 10, 2023,
Effective June 10, 2023
When reading it closely, the act of driving stakes or rods in the
ground is what surveyors do every day.
SB111 No Action
As stated above, the changes to the law were aimed at contrac-
tors. Imagine if you send your crew out for the day to set prop- SB113 Signed by the Governor on June 1, 2023,
erty corners and some of those corners fall on the right-of-way Effective October 1, 2023
line. Typically, subsurface utilities are located within five feet of
these rights-of-way, those include power lines, telephone/fiber SB147 Signed by the Governor on May 31, 2023,
lines, water/sewer/gas laterals. Do you call 818 to locate any Effective July 1, 2023
subsurface utilities before setting your rebars and caps. If you do
not and you cause damage to any utility, you will be held respon- AB213 Signed by the Governor on June 5, 2023,
sible and are subject to fines and Civil Penalties.
Effective July 1, 2023
If you are a firm or individual that operate Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAV) to deliver you your work product, you will need to SB220 & AB220 Signed by the Governor on June 6, 2023,
the review the change approved by Senate Bill 11, The Nevada Effective June 6, 2023
Department of Public Safety will be adopting rules that will re-
strict the use of UAV’s produced by certain manufacturer as well AB305 Vetoed by the Governor
as their software for projects with state or federal funding.
AB325 No Action
The NALS Legislative Committee’s mission is to keep land sur-
veyors informed of what proposed changes to Nevada laws may

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