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The federal statute seen here (Image 1) was enacted by this public law.
What is Pub. L. 101-336?
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This Act enacted the state statute seen here (Image 2).
What is 1712 (2) 543?
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In a federal regulation, the authority note refers to this.
What is the enabling legislation/statutory authority that empowers the agency to write the regulation(s)?
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The state regulation seen here (Image 4) was first published here.
What is Volume 26, Issue No. 6, Part 2 of the S.C. State Register?
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These are two main types of sources found in the Citing References tab.
What are cases and secondary sources?
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This is the best way to find an Act and the statutes it contains in a state or federal code when all you know is what the Act is commonly called.
What is the Popular Name Table or Short Title Index?
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This Act first amended the state statute seen here (Image 2).
What is 1760 (4) 309?
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The federal regulation seen here (Image 3) was originally published here.
What is page 34729 of volume 38 of the Federal Register?
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This is the enabling legislation for the state regulation seen here (Image 4).
What is § 59-150-70 of the S.C. Code Ann.?
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True or false: A yellow flag means that a regulation has been amended.
False. A yellow flag means there is a proposed amendment to the regulation.
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The federal statute seen here (Image 1) was last amended by this public law.
What is Pub. L. 110-325?
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The most recent amendment to the state statute seen here (Image 2) took effect on this date.
What is June 13, 2013?
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The Code of Federal Regulations is updated on this schedule.
What is annually, on a staggered, quarterly basis?
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In the case seen here (Image 5), this is the West topic and key number(s) for headnote 3.
What is Homicide k1450?
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True or false: You can tell that a case is still good law because it is cited in several recent cases.
What is false?
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The federal statute seen here was last amended on this date.
What is September 25, 2008?
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State laws are first published in chronological order in this publication.
What is the South Carolina Acts & Joint Resolutions?
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To determine whether a federal regulation has been affected since its publication in the most recent CFR, you would look at these two print sources.
What is the LSA and the Federal Register's List of CFR Parts Affected?
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In the case seen here (Image 5), the numbers in front of the headnotes refer to this.
What is the place in the case where that issue is discussed?
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True or false: You know that a case is no longer good law on your issue if there is a red flag.
What is false?
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This is the proper way to cite the federal statute seen here (Image 1).
What is 42 U.S.C. § 12102 (2012)?
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This is the proper citation for the state statute seen here (Image 2).
What is S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-180 (Supp. 2016)?
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This is the proper citation to the definitions section of the federal regulation seen here (Image 3).
What is 16 C.F.R. § 1750.1 (2016)?
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This is the proper parallel citation for the case seen here (Image 5).
What is State v. Smith, 363 S.C. 111, 609 S.E.2d 528 (Ct. App. 2005)?
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These are the two purposes for using a citator.
What is updating/making sure the source is still good law and finding other resources that cite the original source?
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