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NALS Successfully professional engineer for employees of certain public utility
companies; revising provisions relating to eligibility to take
certain required examinations for licensure as a professional land
Amends SB 402 surveyor, and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
AB 87 AN ACT relating to land use planning; authorizing cities
and counties to establish a simplified procedure for the vacation
The NALS Legislative Committee, chaired by Robert Carrington, and abandonment of certain easements; and providing other
is actively following several bills introduced during the 2021 leg- matters properly relating thereto.
islative session. The committee reviews the bills and determines
what impact they may have on the land surveying profession. SB 67 AN ACT relating to public works; authorizing a public
Senate Bill 402 was identified as a bill that may negatively body to enter into a job order contract for the maintenance,
impact the profession and harm the public. The bill was repair, alteration, demolition, renovation, remediation or minor
introduced on April 8, 2021 and included language that would construction of a public work; prescribing the procedure for
require the Nevada Board of Professional Engineers and Land awarding a job order contract; making certain documents and
Surveyors (BPELS) to provide reciprocity licensure to active-duty other information submitted by a person seeking a job order
service members and their spouses, without administering the contract confidential until a contract is awarded; prescribing
Nevada state-specific exam. responsibilities of a contractor who enters into a job order
contract; revising provisions relating to the expedited process by
On April 12, 2021, the NALS Board of Directors submitted which the State or a local government solicits bids and awards
a letter to the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee contracts for certain smaller public works projects or completes
expressing concern for the health, safety, and welfare of the such projects itself; and providing other matters properly relating
public if licenses were provided without examination. The letter thereto.
highlighted the highly technical nature of the land surveying
profession and the fact that laws vary from state to state. SB 106 AN ACT relating to property; enacting the Uniform
NALS Board of Directors requested an amendment to SB 402 Easement Relocation Act; and providing other matters properly
to mandate the state-specific exam be required for providing relating thereto.
reciprocal licenses to active-duty service members and their
spouses. On April 19, 2021, Senate Bill 402 was been amended You can follow along with any of the bills listed above via a free
to include this requirement. website: https://legiscan.com/

One of the greatest benefits derived from NALS membership is
representation. NALS members are represented locally through
Chapters, statewide through NALS Legislative Committee and
various Liaisons, regionally through the Western Federation of
Professional Surveyors (WFPS), and nationally as members of
the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS).
NALS will continue to actively represent the land surveying
profession while working to promote the common good and
welfare of the public in terms of professional land surveying
activities.

In addition to SB 402, NALS is also watching the following list of
bills:
AB 3 AN ACT relating to land use planning; revising provisions
concerning the electronic transmission of certain maps and other
documents relating to the approval of divisions of land, and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
SB 155 Revises provisions relating to the Division of Water
Resources of the State Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources. State Engineer title changes to Administrator and
does not have to be a Professional Engineer.

AB 173 AN ACT relating to professional regulation; revising
provisions relating to the exemption from licensure as a

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