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Utah's land surveying law would be updated to adopt the National Geodetic Survey's 2022 State Plane Coordinate System as the official standard for describing property locations and boundaries, replacing the outdated 1927 and 1983 Utah Coordinate Systems, though older coordinate references would remain valid for historical documents already on record. Surveyors would be required to use the measurement units and technical standards set by the National Geodetic Survey and the Federal Geodetic Control Committee, while still being allowed to use other coordinate systems as long as they clearly document which system they used. Separately, the bill would create additional ways for someone to become a licensed professional land surveyor: in addition to the existing associate degree plus six years of experience path, applicants could qualify with a bachelor's degree and four years of experience, a high school diploma and ten years of experience, or an existing land surveying license from another U.S. state combined with at least one year of professional practice. The bill also makes various technical wording updates throughout the licensing statutes for engineers and land surveyors without changing their substantive requirements.