Texas Governor Looks to Save Money by Suspending Funding for Board of Professional Land Surveying
The proposed cuts announced by Gov. Rick Perry in his State of the State address on Tuesday include suspending budgets for the Texas Historical Commission, the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Board of Professional Geoscientists, too. The Board of Professional Land Surveying (TBPLS) oversees licensing requirements for people in those professions. PBLS and the Board of Professional Geoscientists received about $2.4 million to spend in the current budget. The plan also calls for consolidation for many other agencies. All totaled the cuts would save about $50 million, just a bit of the multi-billion dollar gap.
The Texas Society of Professional Surveyors is working on a response plan.
- TSPS
A post at Land Surveyors United offers an explanation for the move.
- LSU
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