Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 4, Chapter 16 and Title 66, Chapter 6.

The Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983 has been the sole system recognized and utilized in Tennessee for the purposes of defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within Tennessee since December 31, 1992. Effective January 1, 2022, this bill replaces the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983 with the Tennessee Plane Coordinate System.<br /> <br /> The full text of this bill describes the technical aspects of the Tennessee Plane Coordinate System. Among the differences between the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983 and the Tennessee Plane Coordinate System are the following:<br /> <br /> (1) Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983 utilizes the metric system to identify geographic points. The Tennessee Plane Coordinate System allows for utilization of meters or feet; and<br /> (2) The Tennessee Plane Coordinate System allows for GPS methods of establishing coordinates.<br /> <br /> ON MARCH 25, 2019, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 699, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 renames the system to be the "Tennessee State Plan Coordinate System". This amendment adds that the any use prior to December 31, 2022, may continue to use the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983; and authorizes the expressing of distances in either U.S. survey feet and decimals of a foot or meters when using the 1983 system. This amendment also changes from 10 kilometers to 5 kilometers the required distance from a horizontal control monument that position of a point on a land boundary must be in ordered to be recorded.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 8, 2019, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 699 FOR SENATE BILL 997, AND RESET HOUSE BILL 997.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 22, 2019, THE SENATE FURTHER CONSIDERED HOUSE BILL 699, AS AMENDED, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 699, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br />