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Senate advances S 154 to update Vermont State Plane Coordinate System
Summary
The Vermont Senate advanced S 154, which updates the state's statutory reference for the State Plane Coordinate System to the National Geodetic Survey standard and clarifies measurement units; the transportation committee recommended the bill after technical testimony.
Senator Perschley, reporting for the Senate Committee on Transportation, urged passage of S 154, an act to update the Vermont State Plane Coordinate System by referencing the National Geodetic Survey’s current datum standard and clarifying that distances be measured in meters or international feet.
The committee’s report, delivered on the floor by Perschley, said the change aligns Vermont statute with the National Geodetic Survey’s updated datum so future federal or international adjustments will not require repeated legislative amendments. Perschley described…
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