Introduction
Lawmaker will allow any user to select one or more amendment to apply to a copy of the bill. You can either create a new bill version or apply amendments to an existing working version. The amendments do not have to be derived either traditional or inline documents.
How to apply amendments to a bill version
From the 'Amendment Manager' tab, select one or more amendments you wish to apply using the check boxes down the left-hand side
Select 'Apply Amendments' from the 'Amendment Actions' drop-down menu in the top right of the screen
Either:
Create a new Bill version (select or specify a folder and a unique version description)
Add to an existing Bill version (select the working version to apply the selection to)
Click on the 'Create' button
A message indicating they have been successfully applied will appear, however see hints and tips below.
You will be taken to the project tab
Hints and tips
Lawmaker will attempt to apply all selected amendments. To check, open the document in the Editor:
All successfully applied amendments will be listed on the "Inline Amendments" right-hand panel
Any amendments that couldn't be applied will be listed on the 'Review' right-hand panel. The reasons could be:
the location information (clause/schedule, page or line) was invalid or incorrect, or
another amendment overlapped with the location of another amendment
an amendment's instruction wasn't recognised (get in touch with the project team as this may be something that can be refined in future)
The 'Review' panel will also point to comments left on amendments that were successfully applied but users are advised to check their insert location. This is used when there is more than one amendment being inserted in the same location e.g. two or more amendments inserting some paragraphs to the same provision.
Clicking on a card on the 'Inline Amendment' right-hand panel will jump to the location in the document where that amendment appears
You can use the 'X' button the inline amendment's card to remove it from the bill if you no longer want it applied
If you want to apply the amendments (remove the tracked changes) then you should click on the 'Accept All' button at the top of the Inline Amendments right-hand panel
In some cases, you might need to add some printing changes (non-substantive changes to the text) in and around the amendments. You can do this using tracked changes. Make sure you remove the tracked change mode when you use "Accept All" otherwise the results will look very strange. If you had used tracked changes for the printing point changes, using "Accept All" will not change these so you can share this 'clean' version of the document with Counsel if you like and they can verify the printing changes easily.