(a)Each section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph,
indented clause or other subdivision of every bill for any act,
memorial or resolution which may be introduced in either house
of the legislature shall be appropriately and systematically
identified and designated by number or letter before the bill is
introduced. The legislative service office shall select and
insert the identification and designation numbers and letters,
whenever needed. In arranging and furnishing copies of the laws
passed at each session of the legislature for the printer of the
session laws or the Wyoming statutes, the legislative service
office shall select and insert the appropriate and systematic
identification and designation numbers and letters.
(b)If any bill is for amendment of a prior enactment in
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(a) Each section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph,
indented clause or other subdivision of every bill for any act,
memorial or resolution which may be introduced in either house
of the legislature shall be appropriately and systematically
identified and designated by number or letter before the bill is
introduced. The legislative service office shall select and
insert the identification and designation numbers and letters,
whenever needed. In arranging and furnishing copies of the laws
passed at each session of the legislature for the printer of the
session laws or the Wyoming statutes, the legislative service
office shall select and insert the appropriate and systematic
identification and designation numbers and letters.
(b) If any bill is for amendment of a prior enactment in
which sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs and other
subdivisions are appropriately identified and designated
according to a consistent pattern or system, the identification
and designation of portions of the bill may conform to that
pattern or system, but otherwise shall be accomplished in
accordance with the following rules, as nearly as practicable:
(i) The first or only section in a bill shall be
identified as section 1, and any following sections shall be
identified by Arabic numerals in sequence;
(ii) Statute sections within a bill shall be
identified by the appropriate title, chapter and section number
as: 8-1-105;
(iii) Subsections (divisions of sections) shall be
identified by lower case letters in parentheses as: (a), (b),
(c), etc.;
(iv) Paragraphs (divisions of subsections) shall be
identified by lower case Roman numerals in parentheses, as: (i),
(ii), (iii), etc.;
(v) Subparagraphs (divisions of paragraphs) shall be
identified by upper case letters in parentheses, as: (A), (B),
(C), etc.;
(vi) Subdivisions of subparagraphs shall be
identified by upper case Roman numerals in parentheses, and any
smaller subdivisions shall be identified in accordance with the
pattern and system established by this subsection, again
starting with Arabic numerals.
(c) The legislative service office may also insert
appropriate statute section numbers and section headnotes in a
bill for an act. However, statute numbers and headnotes are for
reference, identification, and to facilitate preparation of copy
for printing only, and do not constitute any part of the
substantive law of the enactment. The legislative service office
may change statute section numbers or headnotes before or after
passage of the act as necessary to correct errors or conform
statute numbers or headnotes to reflect amendments made by the
legislature to the text of the bill.