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HB 295

Invest in Wyoming act.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Bill Allemand and 3 co-sponsors

NCDOT must install durable property corner markers after completing projects that acquire right‑of‑way or permanent easements, tying them to State Plane coordinates.

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Bill Summary · HB 295

Summary — HB 295: Require DOT to Install Property Corner Markers

Status: Introduced (referred to Transportation, 3/6/2025).
Subject: Transportation; Property; Surveying.

Main purpose

HB 295 amends G.S. 136‑19.4A to require the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to (1) include specific, localized surveying information in right‑of‑way / permanent‑easement acquisition plans and (2) physically install durable property corner markers along right‑of‑way and permanent easements the Department acquires — after project completion.

Key provisions

  • Surveying information required in acquisition plans:
    • Plans for acquiring right‑of‑way or permanent easements must include drawings that identify:
    • design alignments and baseline control points,
    • found (existing) property corner markers,
    • new right‑of‑way and permanent easement corner markers.
    • Localized coordinates for each major control point must be documented and tied to the North Carolina State Plane Coordinate System; localization metadata must be included.
    • Each property corner marker (found or new) must be tied to the design alignment or State Plane coordinates (by bearings & distances or station & offset) in accordance with standard surveying practices.
    • “New right‑of‑way and permanent easement corner markers” is defined to include all property boundary intersections along the acquired right‑of‑way or permanent easements.
  • Installation requirement:
    • After completion of a project for which right‑of‑way or permanent easements were acquired, NCDOT must survey and install new corner markers.
    • Markers must be metal stakes or materials of comparable permanence and installed according to general surveying standards and procedures.
  • Applicability / effective date:
    • The act is effective upon enactment and applies to NCDOT projects initiated on or after that date that require right‑of‑way or permanent easement acquisition.

Who is affected

  • NCDOT — must include more detailed surveying data in acquisition plans and perform post‑construction marker installation.
  • Licensed surveyors and engineering staff — must produce and record the required coordinate and marker information following State Plane standards.
  • Property owners adjacent to DOT acquisitions — will receive a more precise, physical delineation of new boundaries and easements.
  • Local governments, title companies, and future land survey professionals — benefit from clearer recordation and easier locating of boundaries.

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Improves post‑project boundary clarity and may reduce property line disputes by providing permanent, recorded markers tied to State Plane coordinates.
  • Creates additional surveying and installation tasks for NCDOT after project completion; the statute does not provide funding or itemized fiscal estimates. Implementing these tasks could have modest operational costs (survey time, materials, recordation) that NCDOT would need to absorb or budget for.
  • Maintenance and disturbance of stakes (e.g., by construction, landscaping, utilities) may require future re‑establishment or protection measures; the law does not specify maintenance responsibilities beyond initial installation.

Legislative/technical note

HB 295 updates and expands the existing statutory requirements for surveying information in G.S. 136‑19.4A and adds an affirmative duty for NCDOT to install permanent corner markers on newly acquired right‑of‑way and permanent easements.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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