Bill: Rejected Codification Act

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A
BILL
TO

Codify the Constitution​

The people of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Codification Act.”
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) Authored by Rep. xEndeavour
(4) Co-Sponsored by Rep. Reaperay

2 - Reasons
(1) This bill seeks to make it easier to amend, read, and reference the constitution

3 - Amendments
(1) The following changes will be made to the formatting of the constitution:
a. ‘Sections’ will become ‘Parts.’
b. Blue titles will become numbered in numerical order from the beginning to the end of the constitution. These will be called ‘Sections.’
c. Any lists within sections will become ‘sub-sections’ (a-z).

4 - Example

Current:

Section > Title > Dot Points
Reference: Legislative Power (second sentence)

Section 1 - The Congress

Legislative Power
Legislative power is vested in the Congress, consisting of two equal chambers, hereinafter called The Senate and The House of Representatives.

• Dot Point 1
• Dot Point 2

Proposed:

Part > Section > Sub-section
Reference: Section 1(a)

Part 1 - The Congress

1. Legislative Power
Legislative power is vested in the Congress, consisting of two equal chambers, hereinafter called The Senate and The House of Representatives.

a. Dot Point 1​

b. Dot Point 2​

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