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SB 1173

Virginia coordinate systems; updates several references in Code.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by David Suetterlein

SB 1173 updates Virginia legal code references to modernize land surveying coordinate systems, affecting property records and geographic data accuracy.

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)
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Bill Summary · SB 1173

Legislative bill overview

SB 1173 updates Virginia's legal code to modernize references to coordinate systems used for land surveying and mapping. The bill makes technical amendments to existing statutes to align with current surveying standards and practices.

Why is this important

Coordinate system references are foundational to property surveys, land records, and geographic information systems that affect real estate transactions, infrastructure projects, and emergency services. Outdated references can create confusion in legal documents and complications in land disputes or development projects.

Potential points of contention

  • Technical complexity: Most constituents are unaware of coordinate system standards, limiting public debate despite the bill's technical importance to property rights
  • Implementation timing: Effective date provisions may create transitional periods where old and new systems coexist, potentially causing administrative confusion
  • Cost to surveyors and counties: Updating equipment, software, and training to comply with new coordinate system references may impose unfunded mandates on local governments and private surveying firms

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

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