CORNER RECORDATION ACT AMENDMENTS - S.B. 803 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 803 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Joanne G. Emmons
Committee: Local, Urban and State Affairs
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Corner Recordation Act to allow the installation of reference monuments when access to a corner would be unsafe; require monuments to have specific measurements; revise the requirements for setting a monument in a public roadway and on other property; and increase the penalty to up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 180 days for destroying a corner.
The bill also would repeal Section 9, which allows corner records to be filed concerning corners established, reestablished, or restored before the Act's effective date; and Section 11, which allows the county board of commissioners of a county to authorize the county to furnish monuments for use within that county to registered land surveyors free of charge.
"Corner record" would mean a written record on a form, approved by the Board of Professional Surveyors, of a corner established, reestablished, monumented, remonumented, restored, rehabilitated, perpetuated, or used as a control in a survey.
MCL 54.202 et al. - Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata
FISCAL IMPACT
Senate Bill 803 (S-1) would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on local government.
The bill would increase misdemeanor penalties for defacing, destroying, altering, or removing a corner monument or reference monument from 60 days' incarceration and/or a $500 fine to 180 days' and/or $1,000. Local units of government would incur the cost of incarceration and/or receive the fine revenue. There are no available data to indicate how many offenders may be convicted of this misdemeanor each year, and costs of incarceration vary among the counties.
Date Completed: 11-12-99 - Fiscal Analyst: R. Ross
- K. Firestone
floor\sb803 (S-1) - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.