An Act Amending Title 76 (Weights, Measures and Standards) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for Pennsylvania State Coordinate System, for notation requirements and for duties of State Geospatial Coordinating Board; and making a repeal.
What changed between versions
Added a new Chapter 11 to Title 76 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to formally codify the Pennsylvania State Coordinate System.
Added a construction clause stating that the act does not prohibit the appropriate use of other datums and geodetic reference networks.
Changed the description of the coordinate system from mandatory two layers to optional layers, allowing for either a single statewide zone or smaller regional zones.
Removed specific duties requiring the State Geospatial Coordinating Board to transmit a notice to the Legislative Reference Bureau upon the release of the State Plane Coordinate System 2022.
Changed the effective date of the act from 'upon publication of a notice' to a fixed 30 days.
Added a provision recognizing previous versions of the coordinate system (1927 and 1983) as valid for distances tied to those earlier versions.