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AGM Report

AGM Report is a summary of motions debated at the Annual General Meeting.

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ALS News

The Alberta Land Surveyors' Association publishes ALS News quarterly.

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Continuing Competency Review

CCR Framework - Phase 3
CCR Procedures Policy - Phase 3
CCR Framework - Phase 2
CCR Procedures Policy - Phase 2
CCR Flowcharts
CCR Questionnaire - Phase 3
CCR Questionnaire - Phase 2
Checklist - Condominiums
Checklist - Descriptive Plans
Checklist - Disposition Plans
Checklist - Right-of-Way/Road
Checklist - RPR
Checklist - Strata
Checklist - Subdivision
Checklist - Wellsite - Surveyed Territory
Checklist - Wellsite - Unsurveyed Territory
Education/Training/Involvement/Activities Annual Tracking Spreadsheet
Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Program Outline

Council Report

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2020	December 8	November 5/November 24	September 22 & October 6	August 27 & September 9	June 16 & July 21	May 11 & 27	March 3 & April 6	January 30
2019	December 5	November 7	October 3	August 29	June 27	May 30	March 5	January 31
2018	December 6	November 8	September 27	August 30	June 28	May 23	March 6	February 1
2017	December 7	November 9	September 28	August 31	June 29	May 30 & 31	March 9	February 2
2016	December 8	November 2 & 3	October 6	August 25	June 28 & 29	May 17 & 18	March 8	January 26

Land Surveyors Act

Land Surveyors Act
Code of Ethics Regulation
Discipline Regulation
Examination & Training Regulation
Professional Practice Regulation
Bylaws

1910 to 1981

Bill 28 (1981)
Act Assented to 1981.06.02
RSA 1970
RSA 1965
Amendment Assented to 1957.04.11
RSA 1955
Amendment Assented to 1954.03.30
Bill 106 of 1953
Amendment Assented to 1953.04.02
Bill 58 of 1952
Amendment Assented to 1952.04.10
Amendment Assented to 1949.03.29
RSA 1922
Amendment Assented to 1910.12.16
Assented to 1910.03.19

Land Titles Act

Land Titles Act
Forms Regulation
Metric Conversion Regulation
Name Search Regulation
Tariff of Fees Regulation
Land Titles Office Procedures Manual
Bill 31 (1906)

Library

A History of Rec/T Plans
Andriet v. County of Strathcona No. 20, 2005
Andriet v. County of Strathcona No. 20, 2008
Andriet v. County of Strathcona No. 20, 2010
Books & Videos
Edmonton Block Corner Offsets (CB Atkins, ALS)
Calibration of Survey Equipment
Calling Card
Calling Card 2
Consent to Registration of Dormant Right-of-Way Plan Statutory Declaration
Commission Dates and Plan Signing
Commitment to Property Damage Mitigation (Urban)
Commitment to Property Damage Mitigation (Rural)
Digging for Pre-1912 Posts
Document Retention for Digitally Registered Documents
Dykes v. Arnold
Final Consent to Register
Historical Monuments
History of Re-establishing from Road Plans (1942 Surveys Act)
Hybrid Cadastre Database Position Paper (March 6 2018)
Hybrid Cadastre Standards version 2 (July 31 2017)
Hybrid Cadastre Standards for Public Land Disposition Surveys (April 1 2016)
Introduction to Final Consent to Register
Introduction to Six Key Reasons
Johnson v. Alberta (Public Works Supply and Services), 2002
Johnson v. Alberta, 2001
Key v. Latsky, 2006
Law & Practice of Land Surveying in Alberta
Mason v. Partridge, 2005
Mazurek v. Bakker, 2001
Ontario Inc. v. Ramsay, 2005
PLA Disposition Renewal (Supplementary Information for Recommendation #1 at the 2017 AGM)
Principles of Evidence
Protocol for Entry onto Property
Replacing a Re-establishment Coordinate with a Physical Monument (December 2017)
Restoration of a Survey Monument Form
Robertson v. Wallace, 2000
S.J.M. Properties Ltd. v. Kasper, 1999
Six Key Reasons
Strata and Condominium Surveys
Taking the Mystery out of Spiral Curves
Technical Reports
Townships Abutting a Correction Line in Unsurveyed Territory
Water Boundaries in Canada: That Fuzzy Shadowland
Water Boundary and Feature Ownership Enquiries (May 3, 2016)
Wetlands: Professional Responsibilities in Completion & Assurance of Wetland Science Design & Engineering Work in Alberta (May 1, 2017)
United Parishes of St. George and St. Patrick v. Guy, 2005

Manuals of Standard Practice

Manual of Standard Practice

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Good Practice Resolutions

History of Changes Made
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Manual of Good Practice

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Miscellaneous Acts

Boundary Surveys Act
Bulletin 38
Bulletin 38 (1871 - 1917)
Condominium Property Act
Condominium Property Regulation
Dominion Re-surveys Act
Energy Resources Conservation Board (Regulations and Directives)
General Instructions for Surveyors (1908) Indian Reserves
General Instructions (1883) for the Survey of Indian Reserves
Manual of Instructions
Municipal Government Act Subdivision & Development Forms Regulation
Subdivision & Development Regulation
Public Lands Act
Public Works Act

Oil & Gas

Oil & Gas Conservation Act
Oil & Gas Conservation Rules
85/2009
152/2007

Position Papers

Adverse Possession: Land Grab or Quieting of Title?
Adverse Possession Succinct Report
Discussion Paper: Considering Boundary Definition by Authoritative Coordinates
Dormant Plans Position Paper
Governance and Leadership for the Land Surveying Profession in Alberta: Roles, Responsibility and Regulation for the Future

PRB Interpretations

10-2017:Plan Corrections where a Monument Needs to be Placed, Moved or Removed on a Plan Registered at Alberta Land Titles
9-2012: Back-Dating Surveys to Cover the Time When Governing Evidence was Found and Surveyed
8-2011: Retracement of Adjacent Subdivision Boundary
7-2003: Non-monumented Survey Plans (Delayed Posting) Revised
6-2002: Intersections with Quarter Lines
5-2002: Re-Establishing Part 2 Monuments
3/4-1999: Manual of Standard Practice Part D, Section 5
2-1996: Researching the Extent of Title
1-1995: Position of North Quarter-Section on Blind Line

Report of Proceedings

2020	111th AGM
2019	110th AGM
2018	109th AGM
2017	108th AGM
2016	107th AGM
2015	106th AGM
2014	105th AGM
2013	104th AGM
2012	103rd AGM
2011	102nd AGM
2010	101st AGM
2009	100th AGM
2008	99th AGM
2007	98th AGM
2006	97th AGM
2005	96th AGM
2004	95th AGM
2003	94th AGM
2002	93rd AGM
2001	92nd AGM
2000	91st AGM
1999	90th AGM
1998	89th AGM
1997	88th AGM
1996	87th AGM

Surveys Act

Surveys Act

1912 to 1987

Bill 17 (1987)
RSA 1980
RSA 1970
Bill 76 (1970)
Bill 56 (1965)
Bill 42 (1960)
Bill 41 (1951)
RSA 1931
Amendment (1930)
RSA 1922
Assented to 1912.02.16