Guide
How to read a record
Every record on Enacted carries a glyph and a label. The glyph marks what the government document states. The shape carries the meaning, never the color alone.
Zoning records
One horizon. Five statuses.
A small sun sits on a line. Where it sits shows the provision’s life stage.
Pending
Adopted, but the effective date is still ahead. Not yet law.
Took effect
A new provision is in force as of the date shown.
Amended
The text changed. Deletions are struck, additions underscored.
Sunsets soon
Its own clause sets an expiry, and that date is near.
Repealed
Removed or expired. The old text stays on the record.
Water records
One drop. Four statements.
A drop marks what the agency’s report states about a result.
Violation reported
The report or the regulator states a violation. The sentence that states it is quoted on the record.
No violation reported
The report prints “Violation: No”. A statement about the report, not about the water.
Limit not yet in force
The report prints “Violation: N/A”. The compliance date is still ahead and is shown.
Not stated
The report gives no determination. Enacted does not supply one.
Each water record also prints four figures side by side: the value as reported, the state limit, the federal limit and the federal health goal. Each keeps the unit and basis the source printed. Enacted does not compare them.
Publication dates
Where a report prints a publication date, the record displays it. Where a report does not print a publication date, the record shows the report title, the date the file was last saved, and the fetch date. This report does not print a publication date. ‘File last saved’ is the date stored inside the file the agency posted. It may differ from the day the report was published.
Every record, three things
What changed
The text or the result, quoted from the government document.
What’s current
The dates, the limits and their status, as the source states them.
Who to ask
The office or water system named on the record, with the contact it publishes.
How records are made
Each record quotes the text word for word from the government's own page or PDF, with the section and page it came from.
The source file's SHA-256 fingerprint is saved with the record, so the quote can be checked against the original.
Every change is reviewed before it is published. The full history of each record is public in the state repositories, under a CC0 dedication; the code is MIT.
Errors in the government text itself are for the office named on the record. Errors in an Enacted record can be reported through the Social page.
Not legal advice.