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Element Name: non–statutory–material
Description: Used to contain non-statutory material. Non-statutory material examples are poems, song stanzas, newspaper articles, and book passages.
Bills DTD Content Model: (para | graphic)+
Attributes:
Name: non-statutory-material-type
Description: Used to describe the nature of the non-statutory-material. It is defined as #CDATA .
Value(s): CDATA
Default Value: #IMPLIED
Parent Elements:
  • amendment-block
  • clause
  • item
  • paragraph
  • quoted-block
  • section
  • subclause
  • subitem
  • subparagraph
  • subsection