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3.1 - FORM OF BILLS.



        3.1  FORM OF BILLS.
         1.  Bills designed to amend, revise, enact, codify, or repeal a
      law:
         a.  Shall refer to the numbers of the sections or chapters of
      the Code or Code Supplement to be amended or repealed, but it is not
      necessary to refer to the sections or chapters in the title.
         b.  Shall refer to the session of the general assembly and the
      sections and chapters of the Acts to be amended if the bill relates
      to a section or sections of an Act not appearing in the Code or
      codified in a supplement to the Code.
         c.  Shall express all references to statutes in numerals.
         2.  The title to a bill shall contain a brief statement of the
      purpose of the bill, however all detail matters properly connected
      with the subject so expressed may be omitted from the title.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C73, § 38; C97, § 41; S13, § 41-a, -b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §
      47; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 3.1]
       &nb Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1067, § 2; 90 Acts, ch 1168, § 2; 2004 Acts, ch 1101,
      § 2; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §4
         Publication of bills, § 2.9