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Affecting a particular or
specific area or region
or any subdivision of
the state.
Applies to a particular
locality or place.
Ex: Ordinance
As to Persons Affected:
o Public
Affects the persons or
things within a
jurisdiction, concerns
the public and not
merely private
interests.
o Private
Affects particular
individuals, specifically
enumerates the
persons, classes of
persons or things that
will be affected in a
particular manner.
According to Effectivity
o Prospective
One which anticipates
the regulation of future
conduct or acts done
and transactions
occurring after it takes
effect.
o Retrospective
One which effects acts
already committed and
operates on acts that
will be committed.
According to Force/Effect
o Mandatory
Renders the
proceedings to which it
relates null and void for
non-compliance.
Must; Shall
o Directory
Does not invalidate the
proceedings to which it
relates for noncompliance.
May
According to Nature
o Original
Independent of existing
statutory provision.
o Amendatory
Expressly adds to or
supplement an original
law.
o Repealing
Revokes either
expressly or impliedly
another statute.
Other
o Remedial
Grants a remedy or
improves or facilitates
existing remedies.
o Curative
Cures defects in a prior
law or validates legal or
administrative
proceedings.
o Penal
Imposes a penalty or
punishment for
violation.
Other
o Adopted
Wholly or partly
adopted from another
state.
o Re-enacted
Pre-existing statute
passed by the same
legislation which
originally enacted it for
the same purpose.
Other
o Permissive
Allows certain acts or
omissions, especially
those injurious to the
rights of others.
o Prohibitive
Forbids the doing or not
doing of certain things.
o Preceptive
Commands the doing
of certain things and at
the same time provides
for