SB 25 — Monument Records Placement Submission Maintenance

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

26-0215.01This Sambill Andersonhas x4218been SENATEprepared BILLfor 26-025the SENATEsignatures SPONSORSHIPof Richthe andappropriate Snyder,legislative HOUSEofficers SPONSORSHIP Marshall and Soper,the Brown,Governor. Clifford, Rutinel d d e 6 E a 0 S U , U g 2 H d r e A Senate Committees House Committees R Transportation & Energy Transportation, Housing & Local Government 3 A BILL FOR AN ACT e n 2 C ONCERNING LAND SURVEY MONUMENTATION .

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ThisSENATE summaryBILL applies26-025 toBY thisSENATOR(S) billRich as introduced and doesSnyder; 2 notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that d applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at d 6 e 0 http://leg.colorado.gov.) E a , T U 2 N g r The bill permits setting reference monuments where a monument S d a e b or marker is impractical or unsafe due to location in a traveled road R e withinafederal,state,orotherpublicright-of-way.Thebillalsorequires 3 F land surveyors to submit monument records in electronic format and allows counties to maintain monument records in electronic format.

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DoubleC underliningONCERNING denotesLAND SENATESURVEY amendment.MONUMENTATION .

SBe dit renacted Capitalby lettersthe orGeneral boldAssembly &of italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.e e Dashes through the wordsState orof numbersColorado: indicate deletions from existing law.

m F A Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

(3) (a) If the monumentsormarkersmonuments requiredor bysubsectionmarkers (1)required ofby thissubsection section(1) cannot practicably be set because of steepthissectioncannotpracticablybesetbecauseofsteepterrain,water,marsh, terrain, water, marsh, or existing structures;

or if theytheywouldbelost would be lost as a result of proposed street, road, or other construction;NNOTconstruction;OR THEY CANNOT BE SAFELY SET DUE TO THEIR POSITION ON A TRAVELED ROAD WITHIN A FEDERA,FEDERAL STATE,, STATE , OR OTHER PUBLIC RIGHT -OFWAY-OF-WAY , one or more reference monuments shall be set.

________ Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law;

dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act.

(7)(7)(a) (a)Ifanymonumentsormarkersrequiredbysubsection(1),(2), If any monuments or markers required by subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section cannot practicably be set because of steep terrain, water, marsh, or existing structures;

or if they would be lost as a resultofproposedstreet,road,orotherconstruction;EYCANNOTBEresult SAFELYof SETproposed DUEstreet, TOroad, THEIRor POSITIONother ONconstruction; A TRAVELED ROAD WITHIN A FEDERAL STATE OROTHERPUBLICRIGHT -OFWAY ,oneormorereference monuments shall be set.

THEY CANNOT BE SAFELY SET DUE TO THEIR POSITION ON A TRAVELED ROAD WITHIN A FEDERAL , STATE ,OROTHERPUBLICRIGHT -OF-WAY ,oneormorereferencemonuments shall be set.

(2)(2)(b) (b)Eachcountyclerkandrecordershall EachMAY countymaintaincopiesof clerk and recordermaintain copies of monument records in a countyrecord-keepingcounty record-keeping and indexing system and, uponreceiptofeachmonumentrecordprovidedpursuanttoparagraph(a)upon -2-receipt 025 of thiseach subsectionmonument SUBSECTIONrecord (2)(aOFprovided THISpursuant SECTIO,to paragraph (a) of thissubsection(2)SUBSECTION (2)(a)OFTHISSECTION , shall list it in the system.

ECHEACH COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER MAY MAINTAIN COPIES OF MONUMENT RECORDS IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT .

(1) (a) If a professional land surveyor conducts a surveythatsurvey that uses any monument representing a public land survey monument location, quarter section corner, sixteenth section corner, government land office or bureau of land management (government)ot(government) lot corner as defined bytheby nomenclature of the UnitednomenclatureoftheUnitedStatespubliclandsurveysystem,oranyUnited States publicgeological land survey system, or any United States geologicalcoast surveyand orgeodetic Unitedsurvey, Statesalso coastknown andas geodeticthe survey,alsoknownasthenationaloceanservice/nationalgeodeticsurvey,national monumentasacontrolcorner,theprofessionallandsurveyorshallsubmitocean aservice/national geodetic survey, monument asacontrolcorner,theprofessionallandsurveyorshallsubmitamonument record IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT describing such monument with the board if the monument and its accessories are not substantially describedinanexistingmonumentrecordpreviouslysubmittedpursuantdescribed in an existing monument record previouslysubmitted pursuant to this section or its predecessor.

PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 26-025 (b) If a professional land surveyor establishes, restores, or rehabilitatesanypubliclandsurveymonumentcornerlocationorsectionrehabilitates any public land survey monument corner location or section corner, quarter section corner, or sixteenth section corner as defined bybythe the nomenclature of the United States public land survey system, the professionalprofessionallandsurveyorshall land surveyor shall submit aamonumentrecord monumentINELECTRONIC record IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT .

SECTION5.SECTION 5.

InColoradoRevisedStatutes,amend38-53-106asIn Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 38-53-106 as follows:

Formofmonumentrecords-prescribedbyboard.Form of monument records - prescribed by board.

-3-Theboardshalladoptandreviseasnecessarytheformandtechnical 025 The board shall adopt and revise as necessary the form and technical specifications for submission of monument records, including theinformationtobeincludedwith,oraspartof,therecords.TBOARDthe SHALLNOTREQUIRETHEFORMSSUBMITTEDUNDERSECTIONinformation 38-53-104TOto BEbe SUBMITTEDincluded INwith, PAPERor FORMA.as part of, the records.

TBOARD SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE FORMS SUBMITTED UNDER SECTION 38-53-104 TO BE SUBMITTED IN PAPER FORMAT .

on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly(Augustninety-dayperiod after final adjournment of the general assembly(August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026);

except that, if a referendumreferendumpetitionisfiledpursuanttosection1(3)ofarticleVofthestate petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approvedPAGE by3-SENATE theBILL people26-025 atapprovedbythepeopleatthegeneralelectiontobeheldinNovember2026 the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.

-4-____________________________ 025____________________________ James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

Julie McCluskie PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES ____________________________ ____________________________ Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVED________________________________________ (Date and Time) _________________________________________ Jared S.

Polis GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO PAGE 4-SENATE BILL 26-025