Washington Revised Code Title 1. General Provisions § 1.08.015. Codification and revision of laws--Scope of revision

(a) Make capitalization uniform with that followed generally in the revised code.

(b) Make chapter or section division and subdivision designations uniform with that followed in the revised code.

(c) Substitute for the term “this act,” where necessary, the term “section,” “part,” “code,” “chapter,” or “title,” or reference to specific section or chapter numbers, as the case may require.

(d) Substitute for reference to a section of an “act,” the proper code section number reference.

(e) Substitute for “as provided in the preceding section” and other phrases of similar import, the proper code section number references.

(f) Substitute the proper calendar date for “effective date of this act,” “date of passage of this act,” and other phrases of similar import.

(g) Strike out figures where merely a repetition of written words, and substitute, where deemed advisable for uniformity, written words for figures.

(h) Rearrange any misplaced statutory material, incorporate any omitted statutory material as well as correct manifest errors in spelling, and manifest clerical or typographical errors, or errors by way of additions or omissions.

(i) Correct manifest errors in references, by chapter or section number, to other laws.

(j) Correct manifest errors or omissions in numbering or renumbering sections of the revised code.

(k) Rearrange the order of sections to conform to such logical arrangement of subject matter as may most generally be followed in the revised code, and alphabetize definition sections, when to do so will not change the meaning or effect of such sections.

(l) Change the wording of section captions, if any, and provide captions to new chapters and sections.

(m) Strike provisions manifestly obsolete.