Signature of Chapter 100 Reform Bill 2005

100.1 CODIFICATION All Federal laws are to be compiled in the Federal Code, except as otherwise provided by law.

100.2 CONTENTS The Commonwealth website must include the Constitution, the Federal Code, treaties, legislative acts, executive orders, and regulations made under a legislative act.

100.3 ACT NUMBERS Every legislative act must be numbered according to the year and order in which it is enacted.

Example: Act 2005.14 is the fourteenth act passed in 2005.

100.4 TITLE NUMBERS The Federal Code is to be arranged by subject within nine titles, each composed of a number or numerically-designated chapters, as follows:
Title I (100-199) - General
Title II (200-299) - The Executive Branch
Title III (300-399) - The Legislative Branch
Title IV (400-499) - The Judicial Branch
Title V (500-599) - Federal Agencies, Programs and Activities
Title VI (600-699) - General Statutes
Title VII (700-799) - Electoral Code
Title VIII (800-899) - Finance
Title IX (900-999) - Criminal Code

100.5 CHAPTER NUMBERS Each chapter of the Federal Code is to be numbered by a decimal arrangement carried out three decimal places.

Example: Title 2 begins with Chapter 200.

100.5 SECTION NUMBERS Each section of a chapter of the Federal Code is to be numbered by a decimal arrangement carried out to two or three decimal places. The first decimal place is to represent the section. The second decimal place is to represent the subsection. The third decimal place is to represent a paragraph.

Example: Chapter 152 beings with section 152.1 and potential subsection 152.11. If the Chapter has more than 9 sections it beings with Section 152.01.

(2) Title V is renamed: Federal Agencies, Programs and Activities

signed this day by Jack Santucci, President