SECTION 1. Section 40 of chapter 82 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 37 by inserting after the word “length” the following:-

"Professional Land Surveyor", a professional specialist in the technique of measuring land, educated in the basic principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence and all requisite to the surveying of real property and engaged in the practice of land surveying.

SECTION 2. Section 40A of said chapter 82, as so appearing, is hereby amended in line 13 by inserting after the word “occur” the following:-

Any Professional Land Surveyor working on a preliminary design for a new facility or renovation where excavation shall be necessary shall premark the proposed excavation and give initial notice to the system.

SECTION 3. Section 40B of said chapter 82, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting in line 11 after the "excavator" the following:- or Professional Land Surveyor.