Pub. 13 2018 Issue 1

www.ucls.org 24 Issue 1 2018 / UCLS Foresights BYWFPS DIRECTOR: MICHAEL NADEAU, PLS/CFEDS Highlights from the 13 Western States ARIZONA - APLS has launched a new website which provides members new resources (AzPLS.org). The gov - ernor’s move for deregulation has been a focus of APLS. The Arizona Board of Technical Registration has complied with the Governor’s Exec - utive Order to provide information and comparisons with similar boards in other states. The move to deregu - late boards stemmed from the group ALEC.org which provides boilerplate legislation for states including the Occupational Board Reform Act. CALIFORNIA - SB 2 went into effect on January 1st and requires a $75 per parcel fee for the recording of certain documents which is being applied by most County Recorders to Record of Survey maps. COLORADO - PLSC helps fund the website CP-DB.comwhich includes information on Colorado survey monuments. The legislative bill for mandatory continuing education made it through the house but not the senate. Architects already have continuing education. Engineers are not in favor of continuing education but did not oppose the bill for surveyors. PLSC has constructed a virtual sandbox as an interactive display for career fairs and other outreach events. A state lobby day was held to celebrate National Survey - ors Week. This included exhibits which provided outreach to the legislators and the general public. This was very successful and will be continued on an annual basis. Legislation passed by the county recorders that they no longer have to maintain hard copies. PLSC is working to have this reversed. HAWAII - HLSA has invited WFPS to host the fall meeting as part of their fall gala. Immediate past chair Nancy Almanzan is working with HLSA to con - firm the meeting. MONTANA - Dick Smith reported that Montana is having an issue with archiving survey documents. As this seems to be an issue with several states, the board discussed develop - ment of a resolution. Action Item: WFPS to draft a resolution regarding hard copy vs digital maps for re - view at the next meeting. NEVADA – NALS Legislative Committee is working on draft language to address the 2022 datum. Membership continues to increase. NALS has voted to donate $2000 to the WFPS Scholarship & Relief Fund through the NSPS Foundation. NEWMEXICO - PNM Resource Founda - tion has donated $200,000 to the NMPS/ NMSU endowment fund to maintain the survey program at NMSU. The NewMex - ico state-specific exam is now a mailed exam instead of proctored. OREGON - PLSO is going through a re - branding process. A new logo has been developed. One of the goals in the re - branding is to increase participation from public employees. PLSO participated in Design Professional Day which was a state lobby day event. The scholarship auction at the conference raised $29,000. The raffle of commemorative rifle was very successful. There is a move to dismantle QBS in Oregon. PLSO and ACEC is holding a joint meeting to discuss legislation. A resolution fromWFPS on the importance of QBS would be helpful. Action Item: WFPS to draft a resolution regarding the importance of QBS. UTAH - UCLS has established an Education Foundation which has been named after longtime educator Walt Cunningham. The Western Federation of Professional Sur veyors Repor t The Western Federation of Professional Surveyors (WFPS) held a board of directors meeting on April 28, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Quite a bit was discussed at that meeting between state reports, the new Western States Disaster Relief fund as well as finalizing the new scholarship application to include two-year degree schools. Here are the highlights from the last meeting.