The Code Commissioner shall:
- (1) Compile the public statutes of the State.
- (2) Prepare indices and cross-indices to such codification, and provide such to be published in the appropriate volumes as hereinafter provided.
- (3) Note by annotation decisions of the Supreme Court and the court of appeals of this State under the appropriate sections of the statutes codified and also of the Constitution of 1895 of the State and the rules of court.
- (4) Annually prepare for publication, to be printed by the Office of Legislative Printing and Information Technology Resources (LPITR), the statutes and joint resolutions passed at the preceding session.
- (5) Place analysis lines at the beginning of each section in every act and joint resolution, except state appropriation measures.
- (6) Make references, by act number and year in which the act is published, to each act and joint resolution of a previous session when amended or repealed.
- (7) Divide the acts and joint resolutions into such as may be of a general permanent kind and such as may be local or of a temporary nature, with indices and cross-indices.
- (8) Arrange all local enactments according to counties in alphabetical order.
- (9) Regularly review and examine all the general statute laws of the State.
- (10) Correct typographical and clerical errors.
- (11) Change or substitute names, titles, and other designations to make them conform to new laws enacted by the General Assembly or new rules, regulations, or orders having the force and effect of law.