Creating a new Church Measure project
To create a new Church Measures project, click the New button in the top-right of the Lawmaker dashboard, then select Church Measure from the ‘Type’ drop-down menu.
Select one of two possible Sub-types: Measure and Consolidation Measure.
Give your project a title and click ‘Create’ to create a new Church Measure project.
Creating working versions and using the Editor
Church Measures are extremely similar to UK Public Bills. Refer to the pages under Drafting and editing for help with drafting the provisions in your Measure, creating structure, and managing working versions.
Generating a PDF of a Measure with the stage name in the footer
To indicate the stage the Measure has reached in the General Synod, you may wish to add a note to the footer of any PDFs generated from your Measure document. You can generate a PDF from within the Editor, by clicking the ‘Document’ menu and selecting Generate PDF, or from the project page (refer to Generating and viewing a PDF for additional information on how to generate PDFs).
In the ‘Generate PDF’ modal, select ‘Insert footer note’ and specify the stage name in the text box, then click ‘Generate’ to generate a PDF of your Measure:
