Land use: other; coordinate systems; update. Amends secs. 1, 1a, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9 of 1964 PA 9 (MCL 54.231 et seq.) & repeals secs. 2, 5 & 5a of 1964 PA 9 (MCL 54.232 et seq.).
What changed between versions
New definitions were added for 'Coordinates', 'FGCC', 'Metadata', 'Michigan plane coordinate system', 'NOAA/NGS', 'NSRS', and 'Zone' to clarify technical terms used in land surveying.
New requirements mandate that recorded land surveys must include an estimated standard deviation of positional accuracy and a description of the nearest geodetic control monument used.
New rules require that if a land tract crosses coordinate zones, the specific zone used for reference must be named in the description and identified in the metadata.
The law was modified to state that coordinate descriptions are supplemental to traditional public land survey descriptions, with the traditional survey descriptions prevailing in case of conflict.
A timeline was established prohibiting the use of the Michigan Coordinate System of 1927 after December 31, 1989, designating the 1983 system as the sole system thereafter.
Outdated text and formatting artifacts from the original introduction were removed to streamline the legislation.
