HB1441

House Bill 1441 updates and clarifies the statutory definitions and technical standards for the Arkansas Plane Coordinate System 1983. The bill amends existing laws regarding the State Surveyor's duties and the technical designation of coordinate systems to ensure they align with current National Geodetic Survey standards. It provides specific legal definitions for the North and South zones of the coordinate system, including coordinate origins and standard parallels. Furthermore, the bill formally addresses legacy coordinate systems based on the 1927 North American Datum, clarifying that these are superseded but still available for reference. It also standardizes the use of the 'United States survey foot' for conversion purposes within these systems. Finally, the bill maintains that coordinate-based descriptions remain supplemental to, and secondary to, traditional United States Public Land Survey descriptions in cases of conflict.