Ethics, Professional Conduct and Ethical Dilemmas

Presented by: Gary Kent, PS - Meridian Land Consulting, LLC
2 PDHs
Surveyors often have questions related to their desire to conduct their practice in an ethical manner. Whether related to potential conflicts of interest, complaints about other surveyors’ professional conduct, interactions with clients and agencies, or one of the many other routine challenges, there are statutes and administrative rules (including the Standards of Professional Conduct and even the Minimum Standards of Practice) that provide mandatory guidelines for keeping your practice on the straight and narrow. In this program we will explore many of the Illinois ethics and professional conduct requirements, and some examples of ethical dilemmas, to help provide surveyors context and guidance in their everyday practice.
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Statutes & Standards

Presented by: Dick Bales, Senior Underwriting Consultant and Counsel - Proper Title
4 PDHs
Statutes and Standards Topics: - Public Use of the DuPage River - Working with the Developer of Riparian Land - Attorney Comments: Adding Survey Notes to a Plat of Survey - The Plat of Consolidation - Who Owns a Driveway? - Appellate Court Cases and Illinois Supreme Court Cases Concerning -Encroachments and Building Line Violations - Title Company Encroachment Endorsements and Building Line Violation Endorsements - “Risky” Encroachments - Covenants, Conditions, & Restrictions: A New Look at an Old Subject - The Reserved Future Right-of-Way - Certificates of Correction - Justice Cooley and Property Lines in Illinois - The Conflict between the Plat Act and Subdivision Control Ordinances - Vacating Plats, Easements, Roads, and Building Lines - More Survey-Related Title Policy Endorsements - “As Shown on the Plat of Survey” v. “And Shown on the Plat of Survey” - Illinois Mechanics Lien Law for the Land Surveyor - Urbaitis v. Commonwealth Edison, 143 Ill. 2nd 458, 575 N.E. 548 (1991)

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Easements and Rights of Way

Presented by: Gary Kent, PS - Meridian Land Consulting, LLC
5 PDHs
Surveyors deal with easements almost every day, and they are the subject of a tremendous amount of litigation, so they are of great interest to the surveying community. The program covers virtually all aspects of easements from their creation (both written and unwritten), through interference, maintenance, overburdening, how they differ from licenses, the importance of recordation, reversionary rights, and the many ways in which they can be terminated or extinguished. The program is tailored to the laws and court decisions of the state in which the program is presented.

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The Art of Retracement

Presented by: Gary Kent, PS - Meridian Land Consulting, LLC
7 PDHs
Every professional surveyor across the United States knows the phrase “Follow in the Footsteps” as it relates to conducting a boundary retracement survey. But what does it really mean and what is the basis for following those footsteps? Surveyors also know that what is written in the conveyancing document is considered by the courts to be the highest and best expression of the parties’ intentions. But what happens when the evidence of the footsteps on the ground conflicts with the written title? In this program, we will explore the concept of retracement, how it relates to and is dependent on the document of conveyance, and what controls when conflicts are inevitably encountered. When armed with a full understanding of the concept of retracement, surveyors will be much better equipped to help steer their clients (and their affected neighbors) away from the pain and cost of litigation, and towards an amicable solution based on well-placed confidence and understanding of their respective roles and responsibilities.

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On Friday Aug. 6, Gov. Pritzker signed SB 1079 into law making it Public Act 102-0308. The bill removes the PDH requirement for sexual harassment prevention training (SHPT), but still requires licensed personnel to show proof of SHPT when they renew their license. 

Following a series of high profile sexual harassment cases both nationally and in the state, a 2019 law required licensed personnel to have 1 PDH of SHPT in order to renew their license and required all Illinois employers to provide SHPT to their employees annually. Gov. Pritzker's signature of SB 1079 eliminates the duplicative requirement and now allows licensed professionals to show participation in an employer’s annual sexual harassment prevention training as proof of training when renewing a license with IDFPR.  

Retired licensees will still need to obtain SHPT elsewhere in order to renew their licenses. ​

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​Members: Free
Non-Members: $55

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IPLSA offers a 1-hour training course to meet the SHPT requirement for license renewal. 
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This training provides an overview of sexual harassment in and out of the workplace. It identifies four main objectives: 
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1. Define sexual harassment, including its forms and types; 
2. Identify how to respond if you experience or witness unwelcome sexual harassment; 
3. Identify how to report sexual harassment within your place of employment and to outside entities such as the Illinois Department of Human Rights; and 
4. Understand whistleblower protections. 

A post-assessment will follow this training. Approximate time to complete the training course is 1 hour. Approximate time needed to complete the post-test is 10 minutes. 

Instructor: Elizabeth Vogt, MA – FrontlineCo