How to Number New Condominium Rules

[Ken]

Fabio, your explanation as to how deleted rules are handled was very helpful. Now I have the opposite question: how do you handle new rules?

To illustrate, suppose there are 100 articles that are numbered sequentially 1-100. The articles are divided into 5 sections of 20 articles each. 1-20 are about the assembly, 21-40 are about the administrator, etc.

Suppose in the future we wanted to add an article on the administrator. There is already a 41 on another subject. Where would the new article be put and how would it be numbered?

[Escott]

Comon Ken. new one is 101.

[Ken]

Are you Fabio?

I know the next rule is probably 101, but what, if anything, can be done to make it part of the appropriate section.

[Escott]

Use 21a, then 21b etc. to keep it in the same section.

[Ken]

Thought of that, but need to be certain it is done right. The condominium rules (Spanish version) is a significant legal document and I want to be certain it is in the proper form.

[Escott]

No problem. Anything else I can help you with?

[mkohn]

Most word processing programs have an outline feature that will do most of the numbering for you.
1.0
1.1
1.1.1 etc.
Most technical documents are done this way.
mk

[Ken]

Thanks, mkohn, but that isn't going to work in this case. The condominium rules are already in existence. The rules are numbered sequentially, and divided into different topic areas. For example, rules 1-20 pertain to topic A, 21-40 pertain to topic B, etc. My question is what do we do if we want to add another rule to the topic A section. I know we can't renumber, changing present rule #21 to #22 so that we can have 21 rules in the topic A section. We could, if there were 100 rules, make the new rule 101. But that would seem to put it in a section where it doesn't belong.

If it were left to me, I could come up with a solution. However, since the condo rules is a significant legal document, it is important that the addition of rules to the original document be done in the way that is consistent with other legal documents in the DR.

[ricktoronto]

You have 100 rules initially

5 Sections if you will A - E

For A Use 1-30 (initially 1-20 will be used)
For B 31-60 (initially 31-50 will be used)

etc.

Use 150 # for 100 rules leaves 10 free numbers per section for later use. If you think there are a lot, use 1-200 initially, 40 for A, B, C, etc.

[Ken]

No, it isn't simple. The set of rules being added to has been in existence since 1985. The creation of sections, assignment of rules to sections, and the numbering arrangement was decided on then. There are no blank spots for new rules in the various sections.