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CA Bus & Prof Code § 8705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 8705.

8705.  A subordinate is any person directly supervised by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer and who assists a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer in the practice of land surveying without assuming responsible charge of work.(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 834.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 8706.

8706.  “Board” refers to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 696, Sec. 5. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 8707.

8707.  “Executive officer” refers to the executive officer of the board.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 47, Sec. 79. Effective March 21, 1984.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 8708.

8708.  In order to safeguard property and public welfare, no person shall practice land surveying unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure under this chapter, and only persons licensed under this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the titles “licensed land surveyor,” “professional land surveyor,” or “land surveyor,” or any combination of these words, phrases, or abbreviations thereof.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1006, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8710.

8710.  (a) The Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists is vested with power to administer the provisions and requirements of this chapter, and may make and enforce rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary to carry out its provisions.(b) The board may adopt rules and regulations of professional conduct that are not inconsistent with state and federal law. The rules and regulations may include definitions of incompetence and negligence. Every person who holds a license or certificate issued by the board pursuant to this chapter, or a license or certificate issued to a civil engineer pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), shall be governed by these rules and regulations.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed. Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 630, Sec. 12. (AB 1522) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8710.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8710.1.

8710.1.  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 432, Sec. 29. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8711.

8711.  The executive officer of the board shall keep a complete record of all applications for license and the board’s action thereon.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 47, Sec. 80. Effective March 21, 1984.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8712 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8712.

8712.  The board shall compile and maintain, or may have compiled and maintained on its behalf, a register of all licensed land surveyors that includes the following information for each licensee:(a) Name.(b) Address of record.(c) Type of branch license.(d) License number.(e) The date the license was issued.(f) The date the license will expire.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 354, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8713 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8713.

8713.  The department may employ such clerical assistance under civil service regulations as may be necessary properly to carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 41.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8714 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8714.

8714.  The board shall establish relations with bodies that regulate the practice of professional land surveying, or closely related professions, or that register or license professional land surveyors in other states, and may establish relations with those bodies in other countries, for the purposes of working toward uniformly high professional standards and mutual recognition of registration and licensure.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 432, Sec. 30. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8715 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8715.

8715.  The board may establish licensed land surveyor technical advisory committees to advise and assist the board with respect to the following:(1) The review and verification of applications for licensure.(2) The evaluation and investigation of potential violations of this chapter. (3) The amendment, repeal, adoption, or revision of board rules, regulations, policies, or procedures.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 8.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8715.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8715.1.

8715.1.  Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be appointed by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each committee shall be composed of no more than five members.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 9.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8715.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8715.2.

8715.2.  Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be licensed under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 10.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8715.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8715.3.

8715.3.  All members of each technical advisory committee shall serve without compensation but shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 11.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8715.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 8715.4.

8715.4.  Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be granted the same immunity as is granted to a public employee pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 820) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 12.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8720 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees|Section 8720.

8720.  The board, when it deems necessary, may establish land surveyors review committees to hear all matters assigned by the board, including, but not limited to, any contested case which is assigned by the board. Each committee shall exist so long as the board deems that it is necessary.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8720.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees|Section 8720.1.

8720.1.  Each review committee shall consist of no fewer than three licensed land surveyors appointed by the board. Each member of a committee shall have the same qualifications and shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as if he were a member of the board.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8720.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees|Section 8720.2.

8720.2.  Each member of a committee shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8720.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees|Section 8720.3.

8720.3.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, all hearings which are conducted by a committee shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.If a contested case is heard by a committee, the hearing officer who presided at the hearing shall be present during the committee’s consideration of the case and, if requested, shall assist and advise the committee.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1013, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8720.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees|Section 8720.4.

8720.4.  At the conclusion of any hearing which is conducted by a committee, the committee shall prepare a proposed decision, in such form that it may be adopted by the board as the decision in the case, and shall transmit it to the board. The proposed decision shall be subject to the same procedure as the proposed decision of a hearing officer under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 11517 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1036.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8720.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees|Section 8720.5.

8720.5.  The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code, rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1013, Sec. 65. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8720.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 2.3 - Land Surveyors Review Committees|Section 8720.6.

8720.6.  Each member of a land surveyors review committee or other board-appointed committee and any board-appointed representative of the board shall be granted the same immunity as is granted to a public employee pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 820) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 229, Sec. 13.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8725 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8725.

8725.  Any person practicing, or offering to practice, land surveying in this state shall submit evidence that he or she is qualified to practice and shall be licensed under this chapter.It is unlawful for any person to practice, offer to practice, or represent himself or herself, as a land surveyor in this state, or to set, reset, replace, or remove any survey monument on land in which he or she has no legal interest, unless he or she has been licensed or specifically exempted from licensing under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 805, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8725.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8725.1.

8725.1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the licensure requirements that are imposed upon private sector professional land surveyors and land surveying partnerships, firms, or corporations shall be imposed upon the state and any city, county, city and county, district, and special district that shall adhere to those requirements. Therefore, for the purposes of Section 8725 and this chapter, at least one person authorized to practice land surveying shall be designated the person in responsible charge of professional land surveying work practiced in any department or agency of the state, city, county, city and county, district, or special district.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 400, Sec. 15. (SB 1467) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8726.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8726.1.

8726.1.  Any licensed land surveyor may offer to practice, procure, and offer to procure civil engineering work incidental to his or her land surveying practice, even though he or she is not authorized to perform such work, provided all such civil engineering work is performed by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer. Further, any licensed land surveyor may manage or conduct as manager, proprietor, or agent, a land surveying practice which offers to practice, procure, and offers to procure, such incidental civil engineering work.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 760, Sec. 5.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8726.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8726.2.

8726.2.  A licensed land surveyor may also perform land planning in connection with the land surveying activities authorized by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 817, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8727 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8727.

8727.  Surveys made exclusively for geological purposes performed by a person authorized to practice geology under Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) or exclusively for landscaping purposes performed by a person authorized to practice landscape architecture pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 5615), that do not involve the determination of any property line do not constitute surveying within the meaning of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 630, Sec. 13. (AB 1522) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8728 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8728.

8728.  Surveys authorized under this chapter do not include the design, either in whole or in part, of any structure or fixed works embraced within the practice of civil engineering.(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 834.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8730.

8730.  The following persons are not required to be licensed under this chapter:(a) Officers and employees of the United States of America, practicing solely as those officers or employees, except when surveying the exterior boundaries of federal lands in this state.(b) Insofar as he or she acts in the following capacity:(1) Any state, county, city, city and county, or district employee directly responsible to a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer.(2) Any subordinate to a land surveyor or civil engineer licensed or registered as required by the laws of this state insofar as he or she acts as a subordinate.(c) Any officer or employee of an electric, gas, or telephone corporation, as defined in Sections 218, 222, and 234, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code, with annual revenues of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) or more, whenever he or she prepares a legal description of an easement for utility distribution lines and service facilities, provided the following conditions are met:(1) Each description identifies the corporation that prepared the description and states that it was prepared pursuant to this exemption.(2) Each corporation has in its employ, or on contract, an individual authorized to practice land surveying who shall be responsible for establishing criteria for determining the qualifications of technical specialists preparing those legal descriptions, specifying the format and information to be shown on maps or documents containing those descriptions, and capable of answering questions regarding the preparation of those descriptions.(d) Any state, county, city, or city and county public safety employee investigating any crime or infraction for the purpose of determining or prosecuting a crime or infraction. This exemption shall not permit a public safety employee to offer or perform land surveying as defined in Section 8726 for any purpose other than determining or prosecuting a crime or infraction.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 125, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8731 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter|Section 8731.

8731.  A licensed civil engineer and a civil engineer exempt from licensure under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) are exempt from licensing under this chapter and may engage in the practice of land surveying with the same rights and privileges and the same duties and responsibilities as a licensed land surveyor, provided that for civil engineers who become licensed after January 1, 1982, they shall obtain a license as a land surveyor under the provisions of this chapter, before practicing land surveying as defined in this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 22. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License|Section 8740.

8740.  (a) An application for a certificate as a land surveyor-in-training or for a license as a land surveyor shall be made to the board on the form prescribed by it, with all statements therein made under oath, and shall be accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter.(b) The board may authorize an organization specified by the board pursuant to Section 8745 to receive directly from applicants payment of the examination fees charged by that organization as payment for examination materials and services.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 23. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 8741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 15 - Land Surveyors|ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of License|Section 8741.

8741.  (a) An applicant for certification as a land surveyor-in-training shall comply with all of the following:(1) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.(2) Successfully pass the first division of the examination.(3) Satisfactorily complete two years or more of postsecondary education in land surveying, two years or more of experience in land surveying, or a combination of postsecondary education and experience in land surveying.(b) The board need not verify the applicant’s eligibility for certification as a land surveyor-in-training other than to require the applicant to sign a statement of eligibility on the application form.(c) The board may prescribe by regulation reasonable educational or experience requirements for an applicant to meet the requirements in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).(d) An applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall comply with all of the following:(1) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.(2) Furnish evidence that he or she meets the requirements of Section 8742.(3) Successfully passed the second division of the examination.(4) Be certified as a land surveyor-in-training in this state, be certified as a land surveyor-in-training or surveyor intern in another state or territory of the United States, or be exempt therefrom. An applicant licensed by the board as a civil engineer is exempt from the requirement of this paragraph.(5) Be thoroughly familiar with (A) the procedure and rules governing the survey of public lands as set forth in Manual of Surveying Instructions (2009), published by the federal Bureau of Land Management, and (B) the principles of real property relating to boundaries and conveyancing.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 24. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)