Institutional Afftliatie of Kmerican 6ongress on Surveying and ... - CLSA
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House Panel Rejects Cash<br />
Accounting Limit for<br />
Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al Firms<br />
The House Ways <strong>and</strong> Means<br />
Committee voted <strong>on</strong> November 7,<br />
1985 to kill a provisi<strong>on</strong> in President<br />
Reagan's tax reform proposal to require<br />
certain firms, including many<br />
in surveying <strong>and</strong> mapping, to use<br />
the accrual method <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> accounting.<br />
The practical effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the change<br />
would have been that surveyors,<br />
architects, engineers <strong>and</strong> other pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>als<br />
pay taxes <strong>on</strong> m<strong>on</strong>ey they<br />
have not received by forcing payment<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> taxes <strong>on</strong> fees biUed rather<br />
than those actually collected. Under<br />
the reform plan approved by the<br />
Ways <strong>and</strong> Means Committee, businesses<br />
under $5 miUi<strong>on</strong> may still use<br />
the cash method <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> accounting even<br />
if they file financial statements <strong>and</strong><br />
reports under another method. The<br />
exempti<strong>on</strong> from accrual accounting<br />
includes individuals, pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
service corporati<strong>on</strong>s, partnerships<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> individuals or pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al corporati<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
<strong>and</strong> subchapter S corporati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
_ lea<br />
ACSM's WiUiam G. **Bill" Wallace,<br />
Jr. Named COFPAES Chairman<br />
William G. Wallace, Jr., PLS. has<br />
been inducted as Chairman <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />
Committee <strong>on</strong> Federal Procurement<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Architectural/Engineering Services<br />
(COFPAES). Up<strong>on</strong> taking <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fice<br />
at the group's November 14,<br />
1985 meeting, Wallace became the<br />
first ACSM member <strong>and</strong> the first<br />
surveyor to chair the A/E procurement<br />
panel. Wallace is a member <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
the ACSM Board <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Directi<strong>on</strong>, has<br />
served as the society's delegate to<br />
COFPAES since ACSM was first<br />
admittee as a member in 1981, is<br />
chairman <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the ACSM/NSPS Pohtical<br />
Acti<strong>on</strong> Committee <strong>and</strong> past<br />
chairman <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the ACSM Government<br />
Affairs Committee. ACSM<br />
Assistant Executive Director for<br />
Pubhc Affairs John M. Palatiello<br />
was elected COFPAES Secretary at<br />
the same meeting. ACSM's P.<br />
Porcher "Shay" Gregg, PE, LS.<br />
moved from the society's COF<br />
PAES alternate to delegate. COF<br />
PAES is a coaliti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Nati<strong>on</strong>'s<br />
leading design associati<strong>on</strong>s. Its purse<br />
is to promote the selecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
'architects, engineers <strong>and</strong> surveyors<br />
<strong>on</strong> the basis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> their dem<strong>on</strong>strated<br />
competence <strong>and</strong> qualificati<strong>on</strong>s, as<br />
embodied in the federal "Brooks<br />
Law" <strong>and</strong> the American Bar Associati<strong>on</strong>'s<br />
model procurement code<br />
for state <strong>and</strong> local government.<br />
Al<strong>on</strong>g with ACSM. other COF<br />
PAES members are the American<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sulting Engineers Council, The<br />
American Institute <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Architects,<br />
American Road <strong>and</strong> Transportati<strong>on</strong><br />
Builders Associati<strong>on</strong> (Planning <strong>and</strong><br />
Design Divisi<strong>on</strong>), American Society<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Civil Engineers, <strong>and</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Society <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al Engineers,<br />
ACSM 'As-Built' Survey<br />
Specificati<strong>on</strong> Published.<br />
The American C<strong>on</strong>gress <strong>on</strong> <strong>Surveying</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Mapping has published<br />
an " 'As-Built' Survey Specificati<strong>on</strong><br />
(A Post C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> Survey)." The<br />
specificati<strong>on</strong> provides surveyors<br />
<strong>and</strong> their clients with guidelines for<br />
surveys that will c<strong>on</strong>sistently <strong>and</strong><br />
properly identify the size, shape, locati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> other relevant features <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
roads, pipelines, buildings <strong>and</strong> other<br />
structures. The document is available<br />
by sending a $5 check for " 'As-<br />
Built' Survey Specificati<strong>on</strong>" to<br />
ACSM, 210 Little Falls Street, Falls<br />
Church, VA 22046.<br />
House Small Business Panel<br />
Queries FS Licensing Law Snub<br />
The House Small Business Committee<br />
is investigating a Forest Service<br />
practice <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> permitting n<strong>on</strong>licensed<br />
entities to compete for <strong>and</strong><br />
win some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the agency's surveying<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts. Committee Chairman<br />
Rep. Barren Mitchell (D-MD) asked<br />
the Forest Service to explain why it<br />
does not follow Federal Acquisiti<strong>on</strong><br />
Regulati<strong>on</strong> provisi<strong>on</strong>s requiring use<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> licensed pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>als for A-E<br />
<strong>and</strong> related services. The Forest Service,<br />
in a resp<strong>on</strong>se to the C<strong>on</strong>gressman,<br />
claimed a soUcitati<strong>on</strong> provisi<strong>on</strong><br />
requiring Ucensed surveyors<br />
may be unduly restrictive <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> competiti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The Forest Service's counsel<br />
stated,' 'while licensed surveyors<br />
are capable <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> performing the subject<br />
surveying services, other firms<br />
or individuals also may be capable<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> satisfactory performance <strong>on</strong> an<br />
individual project!' In a letter to<br />
ACSM asking for further background<br />
<strong>on</strong> the matter. Rep. Mitchell<br />
noted the Forest Service reply<br />
raises the additi<strong>on</strong>al issue <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> what<br />
definitive st<strong>and</strong>ards the Forest Service<br />
uses to evaluate the resp<strong>on</strong>sibility<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the "other firms or individuals"<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fering to perform surveying<br />
services. . . (<strong>and</strong>)... it does<br />
seem inc<strong>on</strong>sistent to me for the Department<br />
to claim effectively that<br />
licensed surveyors may exceed its<br />
needs, when it has never articulated<br />
a minimum st<strong>and</strong>ard <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>sibility."<br />
ACSM wUl c<strong>on</strong>tinue to work<br />
with Chairman Mitchell to encourage<br />
the Forest Service to improve<br />
its evaluati<strong>on</strong> criteria <strong>and</strong> require<br />
the use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ucensed surveyors<br />
for all surveying c<strong>on</strong>tracts.<br />
Brooks Act for DMA <strong>Surveying</strong>,<br />
Mapping Becomes Law<br />
President Reagan <strong>on</strong> December 19,<br />
1985 signed into law a 1986 funding<br />
bill (Public Law 99-190) that m-<br />
cludes a provisi<strong>on</strong> requiring use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Brooks Act procedures for surveying<br />
<strong>and</strong> mapping c<strong>on</strong>tracts by the<br />
Defense Mapping Agency (DMA).<br />
The provisi<strong>on</strong> authored by Rep. Bob<br />
Livingst<strong>on</strong> (R-LA) in c<strong>on</strong>juncti<strong>on</strong><br />
with the ACSM-ASPRS, was first<br />
cleared by a House-Senate Defense<br />
panel chaired by Sen. Ted Stevens<br />
(R-AK).<br />
a<br />
by Clifford A. Robins<strong>on</strong>,<br />
Chief, Branch <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cadastral<br />
Acting<br />
Survey<br />
The following is a list <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficial<br />
surveys in Cahfornia which have<br />
been accepted in the first quarter <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
FY 86 (Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 1985). These<br />
surveys are now <strong>on</strong> file in the Survey<br />
Records Office, Bureau <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> L<strong>and</strong><br />
Management, CaUfornia State Office,<br />
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,<br />
CA 95825.<br />
The accepted surveys are Usted<br />
by township, range, meridian, <strong>and</strong><br />
acceptance date.<br />
Township & Range Meridian Date<br />
T.1S.,R.10E. San Bernardino 10-02-85<br />
T.7N.,R.13E. Mount Diablo 10-02-85<br />
T.33N..R.12E. Mount Diablo 10-02-85<br />
T.34N.,R.12E. Mount Diablo 10-02-85<br />
T.1S..R.3W. San Bernardino 10-03-85<br />
T.8N..R.12E. Mount Diablo 10-21-85<br />
T.8N..R.13E. MountDiablo 10-31-85<br />
T.22N.,R.4E. MountDiablo 12-20-85<br />
T.16N..R.9W. MountDiablo 12-20-85<br />
T.16N.,R.8W. MountDiablo 12-23-85<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong>, supplemented plats<br />
in the following townships were accepted<br />
during the first quarter.<br />
Township & Range Meridian Date<br />
T.6N.,R.13E, MountDiablo 10-31-85<br />
T.3S.,R.27E. MountDiablo 12-12-85<br />
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