Bill Text: CA AR34 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to National Surveyors Week.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-22)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-20 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 4147.). [AR34 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AR34-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: HR 34 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 20, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Melendez
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Achadjian, Alejo, Allen,
Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez,
Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eggman, Fong,
Fox, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder,
Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen,
Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, and Yamada
)
MARCH 5, 2014
Relative to National Surveyors Week.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST
WHEREAS, There are over 45,000 professional surveyors in the
United States, and 3,488 in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, Surveying is the art and science of accurately
determining the position of points and the distances between them and
is often used to establish land boundaries for ownership or
governmental purposes; and
WHEREAS, Surveying has been an essential element in the
development of the human environment since the beginning of recorded
history, and it is a requirement in the planning and execution of
nearly every form of construction with its most familiar modern uses
in the fields of transportation, building and construction,
communications, mapping, and the definition of legal boundaries for
land ownership; and
WHEREAS, In order to accomplish their objective, surveyors use
elements of engineering, physics, mathematics, law, and history; and
WHEREAS, Since the colonial days of the United States, surveyors
have been leaders in the community, statesmen, influential citizens,
and shapers of cultural standards; and
WHEREAS, Former notable surveyors include George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark, Daniel Boone, and Henry David Thoreau, among many others; and
WHEREAS, It was the work of the surveyor that determined the
boundaries of land, the greatest economic asset in the colonies and
territories that became the United States, including California; and
WHEREAS, The nature of surveying has changed dramatically over
time, as it is no longer limited to the description and location of
land boundaries; and
WHEREAS, Hydrographic surveys are important to the use of all
bodies of water; and
WHEREAS, Engineering surveys are utilized in the study and
selection of engineering construction; and
WHEREAS, Geodetic surveys determine precise global positioning for
activities such as aircraft and missile navigation; and
WHEREAS, Cartographic surveys are used for mapping and charting,
as well as photogrammetry, the science of using aerial photographs
for measurement and map production; and
WHEREAS, Many services are now provided through the use of
sophisticated surveying equipment and techniques, including
satellite-borne remote sensing devices and automated positioning,
measuring, recording, and plotting equipment; and
WHEREAS, The establishment of the week of March 16 to March 22,
inclusive, 2014, as National Surveyors Week is a fitting tribute to
all surveyors; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly recognizes the week of March 16 to March 22, inclusive,
2014, as National Surveyors Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
