Illinois

Sec. 0.01. Short title.

Sec. 1. It is the finding of the General Assembly that there exists a substantial problem of loss and deterioration of land survey monuments with the attendant uncertai.

Sec. 2. It is the purpose of this Act to establish a program of monumentation and preservation and restoration of existing monuments in order to protect and preserve th.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

Sec. 3.01. "Examining Committee" means the examining committee established in Section 3 of "An Act to afford protection to the public by prescribing and regulating the pra.

Sec. 3.02. "Monument Record" means a written and illustrated document describing the physical appearance of a survey monument and its accessories.

Sec. 3.03. "Public land survey monument" means any land boundary monument or position thereof established on the ground by a cadastral survey of the United States Governme.

Sec. 3.04. "Accessory" means any physical evidence in the vicinity of a survey monument or position thereof, the relative position of which is of public record and which i.

Sec. 3.05. "Aliquot corner" means any corner in the public land survey system created by subdividing a section of land according to the rules of procedure set forth in the.

Sec. 3.06. "Control Corner" means any land survey monument whose position controls the location of the boundaries of a tract or parcel of land.

Sec. 4. An entry book shall be provided by the recorder or Registrar of Deeds for the recordation of a monument record by Illinois Registered Land Surveyors for public.

Sec. 5. The charge for indexing and recording the monument record shall be the same as for the recording of a miscellaneous document.

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the examining committee to prescribe the form in which such monument record shall be presented and recorded, and time limits within whic.

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of any land surveyor who conducts a survey which uses as a control corner any public land survey monument, to record with the recorder or R.

Sec. 8. No monument record shall be recorded unless the same is signed by an Illinois Registered Land Surveyor and impressed with his seal.

Sec. 9. When a monument record is recorded pursuant to this Act, it shall be the duty of the land surveyor to reconstruct or rehabilitate the corner monument and access.

Sec. 10. No monument record need be recorded when a monument record exists and the monument is found as described in the existing record.

Sec. 11. Any land surveyor, or any person, including the responsible official of any agency of state, county, or local government who shall willfully and knowingly viola.