Representative Roger Rivard and Senator Dale Schultz are preparing to introduce a bill requested by WSLS to create the Surveying Modernization Act .

We need members of the WSLS to contact their State Representative and State Senator and encourage them to sign onto the bill as a co-sponsor.

These calls or emails need to be made between now and next Friday, February 3rd (The end of the day on Friday is the cut-off for legislators to have their name added).

Who to call or email

Call or email the office of your representative and senator. The email and phone directory for each house is linked below. You most likely will talk to a staff person. Also feel free to call legislators who do not represent you with whom you have a relationship.

Assembly email and phone directory:

http://legis.wisconsin.gov/W3asp/contact/EmailDirectory.aspx?house=assembly

Senate email and phone directory:

http://legis.wisconsin.gov/W3asp/contact/EmailDirectory.aspx?house=senate

If you don't know who your legislators are, go to this link and click on "Who Represents Me?"

http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/contact/legislatorslist.aspx?house=assembly

What to ask for

            Ask them to please co-sponsor LRB 2110 -- the bill from Rep. Rivard and Sen. Schultz to modernize the state's surveying statutes.

            Note: Many legislators will not co-sponsor bills even if they support them. So don't be offended if they say they won't sign on or if they are non-committal. The most common answer you're going to get is going to be "We'll certainly take a look at that bill and consider it."

This bill:

 Synchronizes terminology used in the statutes that relates to land surveying;

 Resolves challenges to land platting that have arisen in recent years due to changing technology;

 Modernizes the statutes to reflect the new technology used in this field.

This bill does not:

 Fence out other professions;

 Threaten or impede on property rights and economic development. In fact, we’ve worked closely with the Wisconsin Realtors Association and the Wisconsin Builders Association to address any issues they may have had.

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