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Board adopts modified SOAH recommendation, imposes 4‑year probated suspension and $13,500 penalty for surveyor Xavier Chapa
Summary
The Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors adopted staff-recommended changes to a State Office of Administrative Hearings proposal and ordered a 4‑year probated suspension and $13,500 administrative penalty for registered professional land surveyor Xavier Chapa after finding multiple rule violations across four complaints.
At its meeting, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors voted to adopt a modified version of a State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) proposal for decision in the case against registered professional land surveyor Xavier Chapa. The board approved a 4‑year probated suspension of Chapa’s RPLS and an administrative penalty of $13,500.
Board staff told members the record showed repeated deficiencies across four separate complaints over more than a decade, including incomplete or inaccurate surveys, omitted record‑instrument references, failure to monument lines used for directional control, failure to connect or establish…
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