| Oklahoma
Constitution
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Preamble |
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§ Preamble. |
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Article 1 - Federal
Relations |
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§ Article 1 section 1. Supreme law of
land |
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§ Article 1 section 2. Religious
liberty - Polygamous or plural marriages |
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§ Article 1 section 3. Unappropriated
public lands - Indian lands - Jurisdiction of United
States |
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§ Article 1 section 4. Territorial
debts and liabilities |
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§ Article 1 section 5. Public schools
- Separate schools |
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§ Article 1 section 6. Right of
suffrage |
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Article 2 - Bill Of
Rights |
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§ Article 2 section 1. Political
power - Purpose of government - Alteration or reformation |
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§ Article 2 section 2. Inherent
rights |
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§ Article 2 section 3. Right of
Assembly and Petition |
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§ Article 2 section 4. Interference
with Right of Suffrage |
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§ Article 2 section 5. Public money
or property - Use for sectarian purposes |
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§ Article 2 section 6. Courts of
Justice open - Remedies for wrongs - Sale, denial or
delay |
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§ Article 2 section 7. Due process of
law |
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§ Article 2 section 8. Right to Bail
- Exceptions |
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§ Article 2 section 9. Excessive bail
or fines - Cruel or unusual punishment |
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§ Article 2 section 10. Habeas corpus
- Suspension |
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§ Article 2 section 11. Officers -
Personal attention to duties - Intoxication |
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§ Article 2 section 12. Officers of
United States or other states - Ineligibility to office |
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§ Article 2 section 12A. Candidacy as
United States Representative or Senator - Term Limits -
Write-ins |
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§ Article 2 section 13. Imprisonment
for debt |
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§ Article 2 section 14. Military
subordinate to civil authorities - Quartering without owner's
consent |
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§ Article 2 section 15. Bills of
attainder - Ex post facto laws - Obligation of contracts -
Forfeitures |
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§ Article 2 section 16.
Treason |
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§ Article 2 section 17. Indictment or
information - Preliminary examination - Prosecutions in courts not of
record |
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§ Article 2 section 18. Grand
jury |
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§ Article 2 section 19. Trial by
jury |
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§ Article 2 section 20. Rights of
accused in criminal cases |
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§ Article 2 section 21.
Self-incrimination - Double jeopardy |
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§ Article 2 section 22. Liberty of
speech and press - Truth as evidence in prosecution for
libel |
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§ Article 2 section 23. Private
property - Taking or damaging for private use |
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§ Article 2 section 24. Private
property - Public use - Character of use a judicial
question |
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§ Article 2 section 25. Contempt -
Definition - Jury trial - Hearing |
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§ Article 2 section 26. Bearing arms
- Carrying weapons |
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§ Article 2 section 27. Witnesses not
excused from testifying - Immunity from prosecution |
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§ Article 2 section 28. Corporate
Records, Books and Files |
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§ Article 2 section 29.
Transportation Out of State |
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§ Article 2 section 30. Unreasonable
Searches or Seizures - Warrants, Issuance of |
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§ Article 2 section 31. State -
Engagement in Occupation or Business |
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§ Article 2 section 32. Perpetuities
- Monopolies - Primogeniture - Entailments |
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§ Article 2 section 33. Effect of
Enumeration of Rights |
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§ Article 2 section 34. Rights of
Victims |
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§ Article 2 section 35. "Marriage" Defined - Marriage Between Persons of Same Gender Not Valid or Recognized |
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Article 3 -
Suffrage |
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§ Article 3 section 1. Qualifications
of electors |
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§ Article 3 section 2. State Election
Board - Creation - Membership |
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§ Article 3 section 3. Mandatory
primary system - Nomination of candidates |
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§ Article 3 section 4. Manner of
holding and conducting elections - Registration of
electors |
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§ Article 3 section 5. Free and equal
elections - Interference by civil or military power - Privilege from
arrest |
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Article 4 -
Distribution Of Powers |
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§ Article 4 section 1. Departments of
government - Separation and distinction |
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Article 5 -
Legislative Department |
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Initiative and
Referendum |
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§ Article 5 section 1. Legislature -
Authority and composition - Powers reserved to people |
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§ Article 5 section 2. Designation
and definition of reserved powers - Determination of
percentages |
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§ Article 5 section 3. Petitions -
Veto power - Elections - Time of taking effect - Style of bills - Duty of
legislature. |
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§ Article 5 section 4. Referendum
against part of act |
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§ Article 5 section 5. Reservation of
powers to voters of counties and districts - Manner of
exercising. |
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§ Article 5 section 5a. Township
organization or government - Abolition and restoration |
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§ Article 5 section 6. Subsequent
proposal of rejected measure |
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§ Article 5 section 7. Powers of
Legislature not affected |
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§ Article 5 section 8. Prevention of
corruption |
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The Senate |
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§ Article 5 section 9A. Senatorial
districts - Tenure |
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§ Article 5 section 9.
Repealed |
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§ Article 5 section 9(a).
Repealed |
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§ Article 5 section 9(b).
Repealed |
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The House of
Representatives |
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§ Article 5 section 10.
Repealed |
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§ Article 5 section 10A. House of
Representatives - Number of members - Formula - Tenure |
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Legislative
Apportionment |
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§ Article 5 section 11.
Repealed |
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§ Article 5 section 11A. Legislature
to apportion Legislature - Failure to make apportionment - Apportionment
Commission |
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§ Article 5 section 11B. Order of
apportionment rendered by Commission |
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§ Article 5 section 11C. Review of
apportionment orders - Failure to seek review |
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§ Article 5 section 11D.
Determination by Supreme Court |
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§ Article 5 section 11E. Compelling
Commission to act - Consolidation of proceedings |
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§ Article 5 section 12-16.
Repealed |
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Qualifications
and Rights of Members |
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§ Article 5 section 17. Age -
Qualified electors - Residents |
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§ Article 5 section 17A. Limitation
of time served in the Legislature |
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§ Article 5 section 18. Ineligibility
- Federal and state officers - Conviction of felony |
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§ Article 5 section 19. Expelled
member ineligible - Punishment not to bar indictment |
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§ Article 5 section 20.
Vacancies |
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§ Article 5 section 21. Conflict of
interests prohibited - Board on Legislative Compensation |
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§ Article 5 section 22. Privileges -
Arrest - Speeches or debates |
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§ Article 5 section 23. Ineligibility
to appointment to office - Interest in contracts |
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§ Article 5 section 24. Disclosure
of personal or private business |
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Legislative
Sessions |
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§ Article 5 section 25. Duration of
first session |
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§ Article 5 section 26. Regular
session |
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§ Article 5 section 27. Special
sessions |
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§ Article 5 section 27A. Methods of
calling special session |
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Leadership, Rules
and Organization |
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§ Article 5 section 28. Senate -
President pro tempore - Standing committees |
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§ Article 5 section 29. Speaker of
House of Representatives |
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§ Article 5 section 30. Judges of
election of members - Quorum - Rules - Disorderly behavior -
Journal |
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§ Article 5 section 31. Elections by
Legislature - Voting and entry in journal |
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§ Article 5 section 32. Special and
local laws - Notice of intended introduction. |
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§ Article 5 section 33. Revenue Bills
- Origination - Amendment - Limitations on passage - Effective date -
Submission to voters |
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§ Article 5 section 34. Reading and
passage of bills - Yeas and nays entered on journal |
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§ Article 5 section 35. Signing
bills and resolutions - Entry on journal |
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Legislative
Authority and Duties |
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§ Article 5 section 36. Extent of
legislative authority - Specific grants not limitations |
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§ Article 5 section 37. Printing
plant and state printer |
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§ Article 5 section 38. Geological
and Economic Survey |
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§ Article 5 section 39. Boards of
Health, Dentistry and Pharmacy - Pure food commission - Present
practitioners |
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§ Article 5 section 40.
Militia |
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§ Article 5 section 41. Firemen's
pensions |
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§ Article 5 section 42. Contempt,
disobedience of process and disorderly conduct |
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§ Article 5 section 43. Decennial
revision of laws |
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§ Article 5 section 44. Unlawful
restraints of trade |
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§ Article 5 section 45. Carrying
constitution into effect |
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Limitations on
Legislative Powers |
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§ Article 5 section 46. Local and
special laws on certain subjects prohibited |
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§ Article 5 section 47. Retirement of
officers |
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§ Article 5 section 48. Bureau of
immigration |
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§ Article 5 section 49. Legislative
employees - Number and emoluments |
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§ Article 5 section 50. Exemption of
property from taxation |
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§ Article 5 section 51. Exclusive
rights, privileges or immunities |
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§ Article 5 section 52. Revival of
rights or remedies - Taking away cause of action or
defense |
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§ Article 5 section 53. Release or
extinguishment of debts or liabilities to state, county or
municipality |
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Statutes, Bills,
Acts, and Laws |
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§ Article 5 section 54. Repeal of
statute - Effect |
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§ Article 5 section 55.
Appropriations - Necessity and requisites |
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§ Article 5 section 56. General
appropriation bills - Salaries - Separate appropriation
bills |
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§ Article 5 section 57. Subjects and
titles - Revival or amendment by reference - Extent of
invalidity |
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§ Article 5 section 58. Time of
taking effect of statutes - Emergency measures |
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§ Article 5 section 59. Uniform
operation of general laws - Special laws when general law
applicable |
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Other Legislative
Powers and Duties |
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§ Article 5 section 60. System of
checks and balances |
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§ Article 5 section 61. Pensions to
police officers |
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§ Article 5 section 62. Retirement
benefits for teachers and school employees |
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§ Article 5 section 63. Continuity of
governmental operations in periods of emergency |
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Article 6 -
Executive Department |
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General
Provisions |
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§ Article 6 section 1. Executive
officers enumerated - Offices and records - Duties |
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§ Article 6 section 2. Supreme power
vested in Governor |
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§ Article 6 section 3. Eligibility to
certain state offices |
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§ Article 6 section 4. Terms of
office - Succession |
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§ Article 6 section 5. Returns of
election - Tie votes |
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The Governor |
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§ Article 6 section 6.
Commander-in-Chief of militia - Calling out militia |
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§ Article 6 section 7. Extraordinary
sessions of Legislature |
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§ Article 6 section 8. Execution of
laws - Intercourse with other states and United States - Conservator of
peace |
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§ Article 6 section 9. Messages and
communications to Legislature |
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§ Article 6 section 10. Reprieves,
commutations, paroles and pardons |
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§ Article 6 section 11. Approval or
veto of bills - Passage over veto - Failure to return
bill |
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§ Article 6 section 12. Appropriation
bills - Approval or disapproval - Emergency bills |
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§ Article 6 section 13. Officers'
commissions - Vacancies |
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§ Article 6 section 14. Adjournment
of Legislature - Changing place of meeting |
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The Lieutenant
Governor |
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§ Article 6 section 15.
Qualifications - President of Senate - Impeachment, etc., during vacancy
in Governor's office |
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§ Article 6 section 16. Devolution of
powers and duties of Governor upon Lieutenant Governor |
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The Secretary of
State |
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§ Article 6 section 17. Duties
generally |
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§ Article 6 section 18. Custody and
use of seal - Designation |
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The State Auditor and
Inspector |
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§ Article 6 section 19.
Qualifications, powers and duties |
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The Commissioner of
Labor |
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§ Article 6 section 20. Department
created - Duties |
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§ Article 6 section 21. Board of
Arbitration and Conciliation |
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The Insurance
Commissioner |
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§ Article 6 section 22. Insurance
Department established - Function |
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§ Article 6 section 23. Commissioner
- Election - Term of office - Qualifications |
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§ Article 6 section 24. Bond of
commissioner - Additional duties and qualifications |
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Department of
Mines |
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§ Article 6 section 25. Creation of
office - Term and qualifications - Duties, oath and bond |
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§ Article 6 section 26.
Repealed |
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Commissioner of Charities and
Corrections |
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§ Article 6 section 27.
Repealed |
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§ Article 6 Section 28.
Repealed |
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§ Article 6 Section 29.
Repealed |
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§ Article 6 section 30.
Repealed |
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Board of
Agriculture |
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§ Article 6 section 31. Creation and
membership - Status authority and duties |
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§ Article 6 section 31a. Board of
Regents for agricultural and mechanical schools and colleges - Members -
Vacancies - Removal - Terms |
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Commissioners of the
Land Office |
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§ Article 6 section 32. Membership
and functions |
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§ Article 6 section 33. Accounts and
reports of officers and commissioners |
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§ Article 6 section 34. Compensation
of officers |
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The State Seal |
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§ Article 6 section 35. Description
of seal |
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Article 7 - Judicial
Department |
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§ Article 7 section 1. Courts in
which judicial power vested |
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§ Article 7 section 2. Supreme Court
Justices - Number - Terms - Vacancies - Qualifications - Chief Justice -
Vice Chief Justice |
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§ Article 7 section 3. Election of
Justices and Judges - Vacancies |
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§ Article 7 section 4. Jurisdiction
of Supreme Court - Writs |
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§ Article 7 section 5. Sessions -
Quorum - Intermediate appellate courts - Form of decisions - Clerk of
Supreme Court |
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§ Article 7 section 7. District
Courts - Jurisdiction - Courts abolished - Transfer of jurisdiction, files
etc. |
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§ Article 7 section 8. Classes of
District Court Judges - Selection - Terms - Jurisdiction -
Qualifications. |
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§ Article 7 section 9. Election of
District Judges and Associate District Judges |
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§ Article 7 section 10. Judicial
Administrative Districts |
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§ Article 7 section 11. Salaries and
expenses - Retirement |
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§ Article 7 section 12. Continuing
provisions |
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§ Article 7 section 13. Savings
clause |
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§ Article 7 section 14. Effective
dates - Implementing acts |
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§ Article 7 section 15. Jury trials -
Verdicts |
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§ Article 7 section 16.
Repealer |
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Article 7A - Court
On The Judiciary |
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§ Article 7A section 1. Removal of
judges from office - Compulsory retirement - Causes |
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§ Article 7A section 2. Creation of
Court on the Judiciary - Trial and Appellate Divisions - Jurisdiction -
Membership |
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§ Article 7A section 3. Presiding
judge - Rules - Meetings - Clerk - Powers |
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§ Article 7A section 4. Invoking
jurisdiction by petition - Hearing |
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§ Article 7A section 5. Appeal to
Appellate Division |
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§ Article 7A section 6. Established
rules to apply - Judge pro tem - Compensation |
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§ Article 7A section 7. Exclusive
jurisdiction |
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Article 7B
- Selection Of Justices And Judges |
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§ Article 7B section 1. Governing
provisions - Definitions |
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§ Article 7B section 2. Declaration
of candidacy - Election |
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§ Article 7B section 3. Judicial
Nominating Commission |
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§ Article 7B section 4. Vacancy in
Judicial Office - Filling |
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§ Article 7B section 5. Terms and
election |
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§ Article 7B section 6. Political
activity prohibited |
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§ Article 7B section 7. Effective
date |
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Article
8 - Impeachment And Removal From Office |
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§ Article 8 section 1. Officers
subject to impeachment - Grounds - Suspension from office upon felony
conviction - Reinstatement - Temporary judges |
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§ Article 8 section 2. Removal of
officers not subject to impeachment |
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§ Article 8 section 3. Presiding
officer in case of impeachment - Presentation of
impeachment |
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§ Article 8 section 4. Oath or
affirmation - Number concurring |
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§ Article 8 section 5. Judgment of
impeachment |
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§ Article 8 section 6. Necessary laws
to be passed |
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Article 9 -
Corporations |
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General |
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§ Article 9 section 1. Corporation -
Company - Charter - License |
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Railroad,
Transportation, Transmission and Public Service Corporations |
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§ Article 9 section 2. Rights as to
construction of lines |
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§ Article 9 section 3. Receipt of
cars, tonnage and passengers from other lines |
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§ Article 9 section 4. Oil pipe line
companies - Regulation - Duties |
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§ Article 9 section 5. Telegraph and
telephone companies - Transmission of messages - Physical connections to
lines |
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§ Article 9 section 6. Railroads as
public highways - Offices - Meetings - Reports -
Enforcement |
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§ Article 9 section 7. Movable
property as personal property - Liability of property to
execution |
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§ Article 9 section 8. Consolidation
of public service corporations - Common officer |
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§ Article 9 section 9. Sales and
leases - Additional restrictions on consolidation |
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§ Article 9 section 10. Street
railroads - Consent to construction and operation. |
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§ Article 9 section 11. Acceptance of
provisions of Constitution |
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§ Article 9 section 12.
Transportation of railroad's own commodities |
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§ Article 9 section 13. Free
transportation of passengers |
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§ Article 9 section 14.
Repealed |
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Corporation
Commission |
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§ Article 9 section 15. Creation -
Terms of office - Vacancies |
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§ Article 9 section 16.
Qualifications of commissioners |
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§ Article 9 section 17. Oath of
office - Additional oath |
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§ Article 9 section 18. Powers and
duties - Notice before taking action - Process for witnesses - Authority
of Legislature - Municipal powers |
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§ Article 9 section 18a. Organization
- Quorum - Necessary vote |
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§ Article 9 section 18b. Company
defined |
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§ Article 9 section 19. Powers of
court of record - Additional powers - Failure or refusal to obey
orders |
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§ Article 9 section 20. Appeals to
Supreme Court - Other courts to have no jurisdiction - Mandamus and
prohibition |
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§ Article 9 section 21. Supersedeas -
Security - Accounts - Refunds - Precedence of appeals |
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§ Article 9 section 22. Statement of
reasons for action - Cause heard on record - Certification of facts and
evidence - New or additional evidence |
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§ Article 9 Section 23.
Repealed |
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§ Article 9 section 24. Rights of
action not affected - Questioning action of Commission |
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§ Article 9 section 25. Reports and
recommendations |
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§ Article 9 section 26. Railway
depots and depot buildings |
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§ Article 9 section 27. Railroad
crossings at grade |
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§ Article 9 section 28. Inspection of
books and papers - Examination of officers and agents |
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§ Article 9 section 29. Record of
financial transactions |
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§ Article 9 section 30. Greater
charge for less distance |
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§ Article 9 section 31. Foreign
corporations - Eminent domain - Restrictions on exercise |
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§ Article 9 section 32. Through rates
- Investigation - Notice - Application to Interstate Commerce
Commission |
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§ Article 9 section 33. Switches to
mines, mills, elevators and industries |
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Construction of Laws - Power of
Legislature |
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§ Article 9 section 34. Definitions -
Avoidance of conflicts with U. S. Constitution |
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§ Article 9 section 35. Power of
Legislature |
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§ Article 9 section 36. Common law
doctrine abrogated - Liability for acts of receivers - Power of
Legislature |
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Fares |
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§ Article 9 section 37. Repealed |
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Private
Corporations |
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§ Article 9 section 38. Creation or
licensing - Necessity of general law |
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§ Article 9 section 39. Restrictions
on issuance of stock |
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§ Article 9 section 40. Influencing
elections or official duty |
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§ Article 9 section 41. Banks and
trust companies - Restriction on controlling other stock |
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§ Article 9 section 42. Arbitration
of differences with employees |
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§ Article 9 section 43. Foreign
corporations - Designation of resident agent - Service - Place of
suit |
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§ Article 9 section 44. Foreign
corporations subject to same restrictions and requirements as domestic
corporations |
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§ Article 9 section 45. Monopoly or
destruction of competition - Discrimination prohibited |
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§ Article 9 section 46. Grants of
special or exclusive privileges |
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§ Article 9 section 47. Power to
alter, amend or repeal charters or franchises |
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§ Article 9 section 48. Penalties and
regulations |
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Article 10 - Revenue
And Taxation |
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In General |
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§ Article 10 section 1. Fiscal
year |
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§ Article 10 section 2. Tax to defray
state expenses |
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§ Article 10 section 3. Tax to pay
deficiency |
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§ Article 10 section 4. Levy to pay
state debt |
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§ Article 10 section 5. Surrender of
power of taxation - Uniformity of taxes |
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§ Article 10 section 6. Property
exempt from taxation - Exemptions under territorial law - Storm shelters -
Exemption of certain property determined by special
election |
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§ Article 10 section 6A. Intangible
personal property exempt from ad valorem or other tax |
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§ Article 10 section 6A. Tangible
personal property moving through State - Situs |
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§ Article 10 section 6B. Qualifying
manufacturing concern--Ad valorem tax exemption |
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§ Article 10 section 6C. Tax relief
for historic preservation, reinvestment, or enterprise areas - Economic
stagnation or decline - Use of local taxes and fees for public investments
- Development or redevelopment of unproductive, etc.
areas |
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§ Article 10 section 7. Assessments
for local improvements |
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§ Article 10 section 8. Valuation of
property for taxation |
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§ Article 10 section 8A. Approval of
exemption of household goods of heads of families and livestock employed
in support of family - Adjusted millage rate - Computation procedure -
Maximum rate |
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§ Article 10 section 8B. Limit on
percentage of fair cash value of real property |
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§ Article 10 section 8C. Limit on
fair cash value on homestead |
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§ Article 10 section 8E. Homestead
Exemption - Military Service Disability |
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§ Article 10 section 9. Amount of ad
valorem tax |
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§ Article 10 section 9A. Additional
county ad valorem tax levy for department of health |
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§ Article 10 section 9B. Technology
center school districts for technology center schools - Tax
levies |
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§ Article 10 section 9C. Emergency
Medical Service Districts |
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§ Article 10 section 9D. Solid waste
management services |
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§ Article 10 section 10. Increased
rate for public buildings or for building fund for school districts -
Permanent levy |
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§ Article 10 section 10A. Tax levy
for cooperative county libraries and joint city-county
libraries |
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§ Article 10 section 10B.
Municipal-owned hospitals - Operation and maintenance - Tax
levy |
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§ Article 10 section 11. Officer
receiving interest, profit or perquisities |
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§ Article 10 section 12. Special
forms of taxation - Amounts - Reference to Federal
taxation |
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§ Article 10 section 12a. Common
school taxes on property of public service corporations |
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§ Article 10 section 13. Independence
of state taxation |
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§ Article 10 section 14. Levy and
collection by general laws and for public purposes - Assumption of
debts |
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§ Article 10 section 15. Pledge or
loan of credit - Donation - Exceptions |
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§ Article 10 section 16. Borrowing
money - Specification of purpose - Use. |
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§ Article 10 section 17. Aid to
corporations, etc., by counties, cities, towns, etc. |
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§ Article 10 section 18.
Repealed |
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§ Article 10 section 19.
Specification of purpose of tax - Devotion to another
purpose |
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§ Article 10 section 20. Taxes for
county, city, town or municipal purposes |
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|
§ Article 10 section 21. State Board
of Equalization - Assessment levels |
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§ Article 10 section 22.
Classification of property |
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Public
Indebtedness |
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|
§ Article 10 section 23. Balanced
budget - Procedures |
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|
§ Article 10 section 23a. Surplus
accruing to General Revenue Fund - Payment of bonded indebtedness -
Investments - Appropriation of surplus |
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|
§ Article 10 section 23b. Contracts
for incarceration of state inmates with counties and
municipalities |
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|
§ Article 10 section 24. Debts in
case of invasion, insurrection, or war |
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|
§ Article 10 section 25.
Authorization of debt - Annual tax - Submission to voters - Final
passage |
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|
§ Article 10 section 26. Indebtedness
of political subdivisions - Assent of voters - Limitation of amount -
Annual tax |
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|
§ Article 10 section 27. Indebtedness
for purchase, construction or repair of public utilities |
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|
§ Article 10 section 27A. Municipal
water and water facilities - Financing |
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|
§ Article 10 section 27B. Political
subdivisions - Public utilities financing - Indebtedness |
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§ Article 10 section 28. Revenue for
sinking fund - Uses to which applied |
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|
§ Article 10 section 29. Bonds and
evidence of indebtedness - Certificates as to compliance with
law |
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|
§ Article 10 section 30. System of
accounting |
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|
§ Article 10 section 31. Indebtedness
for construction, equipment, etc., of state buildings - Use of part of
cigarette tax for payment |
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|
§ Article 10 section 32. State public
common school building equalization fund |
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|
§ Article 10 section 33. Indebtedness
for construction of buildings and other capital improvements -
Restrictions - Term - Sources of payment |
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|
§ Article 10 section 33A. State
Industrial Finance Authority |
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|
§ Article 10 section 34. Indebtedness
for capital improvements to institutions of higher education - School and
hospital for mentally retarded children |
| |
|
§ Article 10 section 35. Municipal
and county levy for securing and developing industry |
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|
§ Article 10 section 36. Indebtedness
for capital improvements - University Medical Center |
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|
§ Article 10 section 37. Bond issue
for capital improvements at state institutions |
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|
§ Article 10 section 38. Indebtedness
for capital improvements at state institutions |
| |
|
§ Article 10 section 39. Water
resources and sewage treatment programs - Funding - State financial
assistance - State liability |
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|
§ Article 10 section 40. Tobacco
Settlement Endowment Trust Fund |
| |
|
§ Article 10 section 41. Oklahoma
Education Lottery Trust Fund |
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|
§ Article 10 section 42. Economic
development credit enhancement reserve fund - General obligation
bonds |
| |
|
§ Article 10 section 43. State
construction, remodeling or other capital improvements - Amount of
indebtedness - Payment and discharge of debt - Issuance of
bonds |
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Article 11 - State
And School Lands |
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|
§ Article 11 section 1. Acceptance of
grants and donations - Pledge of faith of state |
| |
|
§ Article 11 section 2. Permanent
school fund - How constituted - Use - Reimbursement for
losses |
| |
|
§ Article 11 section 3. Interest and
income - Use and apportionment |
| |
|
§ Article 11 section 4. Sale of lands
for charitable, penal, educational and public purposes |
| |
|
§ Article 11 section 5. University
and college lands - Control of institutions - Diversion of
funds |
| |
|
§ Article 11 section 6. Investment of
permanent common school and other educational funds |
| |
|
§ Article 11 section 7. Grants of
commercial and agricultural leases in trust property |
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Article 12 -
Homestead And Exemptions |
| |
|
§ Article 12 section 1. Extent and
value of homestead - Rights of Indians |
| |
|
§ Article 12 section 2. Exemption
from forced sale - Consent of spouse to sale - Mortgages |
| |
|
§ Article 12 section 3. Statutes
nullified - Exemption as to purchase price restricted - Incumbering
personal exemptions - Change or amendment of article |
| |
Article 12A - Homestead
Exemptions From Taxation |
| |
|
§ Article 12A section 1. Exemption
from ad valorem taxation authorized |
| |
|
§ Article 12A section 2. Duration of
exemption - Increase of homestead |
| |
Article 13 -
Education |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 1. Establishment
and maintenance of public schools |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 1a.
Appropriation and allocation of funds for support of common
schools |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 2. Institutions
for deaf, deaf and mute, or blind |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 3.
Repealed |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 4. Compulsory
school attendance |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 5. Board of
Education |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 6. Textbook
system for common schools - Official multiple textbook
lists |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 7. Instruction
in agriculture, horticulture, stock feeding and domestic
science |
| |
|
§ Article 13 section 8. Board of
Regents of University of Oklahoma |
| |
Article 13A -
Oklahoma State System Of Higher Education |
| |
|
§ Article 13A section 1. Oklahoma
State System of Higher Education |
| |
|
§ Article 13A section 2. Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education - Establishment - Membership -
Appointment - Terms - Vacancy - Powers as coordinating board of
control. |
| |
|
§ Article 13A section 3.
Appropriations - Allocation |
| |
|
§ Article 13A section 4.
Co-ordination of private, denominational and other institutions of higher
learning |
| |
Article 13B - Board Of
Regents Of Oklahoma Colleges |
| |
|
§ Article 13B section 1. Board of
Regents of Oklahoma Colleges - Creation, members, terms,
etc. |
| |
|
§ Article 13B section 2. Powers and
duties of Board - Officers, supervisors, etc. |
| |
|
§ Article 13B section 3. Successor to
existing governing boards - Records, papers, etc. |
| |
|
§ Article 13B section 4. Salaries and
expenses - Allocation of funds for payment |
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Article 14 - Banks And
Banking |
| |
|
§ Article 14 section 1. Banking
department |
| |
|
§ Article 14 section 2.
Classification of loans and lenders - Licenses - Maximum rates of
interest |
| |
|
§ Article 14 section 3. Excessive
rate - Forfeiture of interest - Recovery of double
interest |
| |
Article 15 - Oath of
Office |
| |
|
§ Article 15 section 1. Officers
required to take oath or affirmation - Form |
| |
|
§ Article 15 section 2.
Administration and filing of oath - Refusal to take - False
swearing |
| |
Article 16 - Public
Roads |
| |
|
§ Article 16 section 1. Powers of
Legislature respecting highways |
| |
|
§ Article 16 section 2. Acceptance of
lands granted or reserved for highway |
| |
|
§ Article 16 section 3. System of
levees, drains, and ditches and irrigation |
| |
Article 17 -
Counties |
| |
|
Counties and
Townships |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 1. Counties to
be bodies politic and corporate |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 2. County and
township offices |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 3. Provision for
persons in need |
| |
|
Creation and
Alteration of Counties |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 4. Legislature
to provide for creation or alteration - Submission to vote - Area,
population and taxable wealth |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 5.
Disorganization of county |
| |
|
Removal of County
Seat |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 6. Procedure for
removal of county seat |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 7.
Bribery. |
| |
|
County Seats and
Counties |
| |
|
§ Article 17 section 8. Description
of counties - Designation of county seats |
| |
Article 18 -
Municipal Corporations |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 1. Creation -
General or special laws - Classification |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 2. Existing
municipal corporations continued - Rights and powers |
| |
|
City Charters |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 3(a). Framing
and adoption of charter - Approval by Governor - Effect - Record -
Amendment |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 3(b). Election
of board of freeholders |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 4(a).
Reservation of powers |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 4(b). Petition -
Signatures - Filing |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 4(c).
Presentation of petition to legislative body - Submission to
voters |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 4(d). Submission
to referendum vote |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 4(e). Submission
of amendment to charter |
| |
|
Franchises |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 5(a). Grant,
extension or renewal - Approval by voters - Term |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 5(b). Petition -
Calling election - Result of election |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 6. Right to
engage in business or enterprise |
| |
|
§ Article 18 section 7. Control and
regulation not divested - Surrender of powers - Exclusive
franchises |
| |
Article 19 -
Insurance |
| |
|
§ Article 19 section 1. Foreign
insurance companies - Conditions of doing business |
| |
|
§ Article 19 section 2. Entrance fees
- Annual tax |
| |
|
§ Article 19 section 3. Non-profit
insurance organizations |
| |
|
§ Article 19 section 4. Fees paid to
State Treasurer |
| |
Article 20 -
Manufacture And Commerce |
| |
|
§ Article 20 section 1. Manufacture
or sale of denaturized alcohol |
| |
|
§ Article 20 section 2. Flash test
and specific gravity test for kerosene oil |
| |
Article 21 - Public
Institutions |
| |
|
§ Article 21 section 1. Establishment
and support |
| |
Article 22 - Alien And
Corporate Ownership Of Lands |
| |
|
§ Article 22 section 1. Aliens -
Ownership of land prohibited - Disposal of lands acquired |
| |
|
§ Article 22 section 2. Corporations
- Buying, acquiring or dealing in real estate |
| |
Article 23 -
Miscellaneous |
| |
|
Labor |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 1. Hours of
labor on public work |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 1A.
Participation in labor organization as condition of employment
prohibited |
| |
|
Convict Labor |
| |
|
§ Aricle 23 section 2. Contracting
prohibited |
| |
|
Child Labor |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 3. Children
under fifteen |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 4. Employment
underground in mines - Hours of labor underground |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 5. Health and
safety of employees |
| |
|
Contributory
Negligence |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 6. Contributory
negligence - Assumption of risk - Questions for jury |
| |
|
Personal Injuries |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 7. Right of
action - Amount of recovery - Exclusiveness of remedy under Workers'
Compensation Law |
| |
|
Waiver of Rights |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 8. Contracts
waiving benefits of constitution invalid |
| |
|
Salary or
Emoluments of Public Officials |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 9. Stipulation
for notice or demand |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 10. Change of
salary during term - Extension of term - Continuance until qualification
of successor |
| |
|
Races Defined |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 11. Repealed |
| |
|
State Agency
Retirement Systems |
| |
|
§ Article 23 section 12. State
Administered Retirement Systems - Limitation on Use of
Monies |
| |
Article 24 -
Constitutional Amendments |
| |
|
§ Article 24 section 1. Amendments
proposed by Legislature - Submission to vote |
| |
|
§ Article 24 section 2.
Constitutional convention to propose amendments or new
constitution |
| |
|
§ Article 24 section 3. Right of
amendment by initiative petition not impaired |
| |
Article 25 - Social
Security |
| |
|
§ Article 25 section 1. Relief and
care of needy aged and disabled persons - Co-operation with Federal
Plan |
| |
|
§ Article 25 section 2. Department of
Public Welfare |
| |
|
§ Article 25 section 3. Oklahoma
Public Welfare Commission |
| |
|
§ Artice 25 section 4. Director of
Public Welfare |
| |
|
§ Article 25 section 5. Force and
effect of legislation contemporaneously adopted |
| |
Article 26 - Department Of
Wildlife Conservation |
| |
|
§ Article 26 section 1. Creation of
Department - Wildlife Conservation Commission - Membership - Appointment -
Tenure - Vacancies - Oath and Bonds |
| |
|
§ Article 26 section 2. Game and fish
laws not repealed - Acquisition of property |
| |
|
§ Article 26 section 3. Director of
Wildlife Conservation |
| |
|
§ Article 26 section 4. Disposition
of funds |
| |
Article 27
- Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board [REPEALED] |
| |
|
§ Article 27 sections 1-11.
Repealed |
| |
Article 28 - Alcoholic
Beverage Laws And Enforcement |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 1. Creation of
Commission - Appointment - Membership - Powers - Tenure |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 1A. Transition
from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the Alcoholic Beverage Laws
Enforcement Commission |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 2. Exclusion of
beer or cereal malt beverages containing not more than 3.2% of alcohol by
weight |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 3. Enactment of
laws by Legislature - Nondiscrimination in sales to licensed wholesale
distributiors - Sales by winemakers |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 4. Retail sales
by package stores and by the individual drink |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 5. Prohibition
of sales to certain persons - Limitation on advertising -
Penalties |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 6. Prohibition
of sales on certain days - Penalties |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 7. Taxation and
licensing - Distribution of funds |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 8. State and
political subdivisions prohibited from engaging in business -
Exceptions |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 9. Occupation
Tax |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 10. Restrictions
on issuance of licenses |
| |
|
§ Article 28 section 11.
Repealer |
| |
Article 29 - Ethics
Commission |
| |
|
§ Article 29 section 1. Ethics
Commission - Appointments - Qualifications - Terms - Vacancies -
Quorum |
| |
|
§ Article 29 section 2. Appropriation
- Compensation - Staff |
| |
|
§ Article 29 section 3. Ethics
Rules |
| |
|
§ Article 29 section 4. Investigation
- Decision - Subpoena Power |
| |
|
§ Article 29 section 5. Ethics
Interpretations |
| |
|
§ Article 29 section 6. Criminal
Penalties |
| |
|
§ Article 29 section 7.
Removal |
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Schedule |
| |
|
§ Preamble. |
| |
|
§ 1. Existing rights, actions,
proceedings, contracts, claims, and processes |
| |
|
§ 2. Laws of the Territory of
Oklahoma – extended and to remain in force |
| |
|
§ 3. Debts, fines, penalties and
forfeitures accruing to theTerritory of Oklahoma |
| |
|
§ 4. Constitution takes effect and
force - when |
| |
|
§ 5. Notaries public - Continuation
of duties of office |
| |
|
§ 6. Female persons as notaries -
Females eligible to office of County Superintendent of Public
Instruction |
| |
|
§ 7. Property, credits, claims, and
choses in action belonging to Territory of Oklahoma |
| |
|
§ 8. Judgments and property records
in Indian Territory and Osage Reservation effectual to impart
notice |
| |
|
§ 9. Judgments and property records
of Oklahoma Territory effectual to impart notice |
| |
|
§ 10. Continued corporate existence
of cities and towns - Officers - Ordinances |
| |
|
§ 11. Taxes assessed or due in
incorporated cities and towns |
| |
|
§ 12. Local improvements and public
buildings being made or constructed in Indian Territory |
| |
|
§ 13. Congressional acts concerning
mining - Chief Mine Inspector to perform duties of Oil
Inspector |
| |
|
§ 14. Licensure of dental
surgeons |
| |
|
§ 15. Compensation of certain state
officers |
| |
|
§ 16. Salaries of Supreme Court
Justices and judges of District Court |
| |
|
§ 17. Compensation of other State
officers |
| |
|
§ 18. Terms, duties, powers,
qualifications, and compensation of county and township
officers |
| |
|
§ 19. Boards of Regents of certain
colleges, schools, and universities |
| |
|
§ 20. Division of property, assets
and liabilities among existing and new counties |
| |
|
§ 21. Property, credits, claims,
choses in action, and liabilities of Day County |
| |
|
§ 22. Procurement, sufficiency, and
necessity of official seals |
| |
|
§ 23. Transfer of books, records,
papers of county probate courts |
| |
|
§ 24. Seal of probate courts and
county courts |
| |
|
§ 25. Indebtedness of county, city,
or other municipality |
| |
|
§ 26. Transfer of papers, records,
proceedings, and seal to Supreme Court of State |
| |
|
§ 27. Transfer of cases from
District Court of the Territory to District Courts of the
State |
| |
|
§ 28. Transfer of cases from
District Court of the Territory to District Courts of the
State |
| |
|
§ 29. Eligibility to be elected
judge of District Court |
| |
|
§ 30. Eligibility to be elected to
State office |
| |
|
§ 31. Osage County - Taxation -
Assessments, tax books, records, collections |
| |
|
§ 32. New and existing school
districts – Equitable division of property, assets and
liabilities |
| |
|
§ 33. Licensed attorneys -
Eligibility to practice without examination |
| |
|
§ 34. Newspapers entitled to publish
legal notices, advertisements, etc. |
| |
|
§ 35. Debts of Constitutional
Convention - Expenses of holding ratification election |
| |
|
§ 36. Ordinance of Constitutional
Convention - Ratification and validity |
| |
|
§ 37. Illegal or invalid
indebtedness not legalized or made valid |
| |
|
§ 38. Jurisdiction to make equitable
division of county property, assets, and liabilities |
| |
|
§ 39. Superintendents of public
instruction in Indian Territory and Osage Reservation |
| |
|
§ 40. Terms of officers of State
government |
| |
|
§ 41. Qualification of
Constitutional officers - Oath and bond |
| |
|
§ 42. Officers elected at time of
adoption of Constitution - Official bonds |
| |
|
§ 43. Filing and preservation of
Constitution - Secretary of State |
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§ Attestations. |
