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Senate File 59 on reestablishing historic boundary monuments laid on table after testimony about survey errors
Summary
Senate File 59, a bill that would provide a process to reestablish historic land monuments and reduce survey-related boundary disputes, was laid on the table after testimony from landowners, a county resident and the Minnesota State Bar Association; authors will work with bar counsel on statutory language.
Senate File 59, a bill proposing a remedy for property-boundary disputes by reestablishing historic monuments, was presented to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on Feb. 12 and was laid on the table for further work after committee counsel and stakeholders identified legal drafting issues.
Sponsor Senator Green said the measure responds to constituent complaints that modern surveys and GIS mapping have shifted property lines away from monuments set in the 19th and early 20th centuries. "What this bill is doing is... to have those monuments reestablished and avoid what I think people have been bringing to me, which is to say…
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