As you draft your document by moving, deleting and inserting provisions the numbering of your document can get out of order and will need renumbering. By default, Lawmaker will auto-assign a number for provisions when they move around. However, there is an auto-renumber option which currently only works when inserting or deleting provisions (not through drag & drop). It does not include the management of any x-refs within the renumbered portion so make sure you tag any intended cross references before you renumber.
How to set Editor to ‘automatically renumber provisions’
Open up your selected document in the Editor
Select “Tools > Automatically renumber provision’ from the upper-tool bar
The system will now renumber lower-level provisions as you insert/delete them
Hints and tips
Whenever you open a document in the Editor, a green pop-up message will appear in the top right-hand corner of the screen letting you know what numbering mode Lawmaker is in
If you have enabled ‘Automatically renumber provisions’ only lower-level elements will be renumbered (subsections and below for bills; paragraphs and below for SI/SSIs and schedule sub-paragraphs for all documents’ schedules)
'Automatically renumber provisions' will remain enabled for all other documents that you edit (including after you log out and log back in again) until you choose to turn it off again.
You can prevent a number from being renumbered by locking it (see ‘Locking and unlocking numbers’)