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§ Preamble
Preamble
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Statement of rights
Art.
I
§ 2
Slavery prohibited
Art.
I
§ 3
Due process of law; equal protection
Art.
I
§ 4
Religious freedom
Art.
I
§ 5
Freedom of speech and press
Art.
I
§ 6
Trial by jury
Art.
I
§ 7
Search and seizure
Art.
I
§ 8
Habeas corpus
Art.
I
§ 9
Bail; fines; imprisonment; cruel and unusual punishment
Art.
I
§ 10
Presentment or indictment by grand jury; information
Art.
I
§ 11
Rights of Accused
Art.
I
§ 12
Evidence against self; double jeopardy
Art.
I
§ 13
Justice administered without delay; Legislature; authorization to enforce mediation and arbitration
Art.
I
§ 14
Treason
Art.
I
§ 15
Penalties; corruption of blood; transporting out of state prohibited
Art.
I
§ 16
Bill of attainder; retroactive laws; contracts; special privileges
Art.
I
§ 17
Military subordinate
Art.
I
§ 18
Soldiers quarters
Art.
I
§ 19
Right of peaceable assembly and to petition government
Art.
I
§ 20
Imprisonment for debt prohibited
Art.
I
§ 21
Private property compensated for
Art.
I
§ 22
Elections to be free; identification required
Art.
I
§ 23
Capital cases; right of direct appeal; effect; other cases; right of appeal
Art.
I
§ 24
Art.
I
§ 25
Rights of property; no discrimination; aliens
Art.
I
§ 26
Powers retained by people
Art.
I
§ 27
English language to be official
Art.
I
§ 28
Crime victims; rights enumerated; effect; Legislature; duties
Art.
I
§ 29
Marriage; same-sex relationships not valid or recognized
Art.
I
§ 30
Discrimination or grant of preferential treatment prohibited; public employment, public education, or public contracting; section, how construed; remedies
Art.
I
§ 31
Unborn children; protection from abortion; exceptions
Art.
I
§ 1
Legislative, executive, judicial
Art.
II
§ 1
Legislative authority; how vested; power of initiative; power of referendum
Art.
III
§ 2
First power reserved; initiative
Art.
III
§ 3
Second power reserved; referendum
Art.
III
§ 4
Initiative or referendum; signatures required; veto; election returns; constitutional amendments; non-partisan ballot
Art.
III
§ 5
Legislative districts; apportionment; redistricting, when required
Art.
III
§ 6
Legislature; number of members; annual sessions
Art.
III
§ 7
Legislators; terms; effect of redistricting; election; salary; expenses; mileage
Art.
III
§ 8
Legislators; qualifications; one-year residence in district; removal from district, effect
Art.
III
§ 9
Legislators; disqualifications; election to other office; resignation required
Art.
III
§ 10
Legislative sessions; time; quorum; rules of procedure; expulsion of members; disrespectful behavior, penalty
Art.
III
§ 11
Legislative journal; vote viva voce; open doors; committee votes
Art.
III
§ 12
Legislators; terms; limitation
Art.
III
§ 13
Style of bills; majority necessary to passage; yeas and nays entered on journal
Art.
III
§ 14
Bills and resolutions read by title; printing; vote for final passage; bills to contain one subject; amended section to be set forth; signing of bills
Art.
III
§ 15
Members privileged from arrest
Art.
III
§ 16
Members of the Legislature and state officers; conflicts of interest; standards for
Art.
III
§ 17
Impeachment; procedure
Art.
III
§ 18
Local or special laws prohibited
Art.
III
§ 19
Compensation; increase when; extra compensation to public officers and contractors prohibited; retirement benefits; adjustment
Art.
III
§ 20
Salt springs, coal, oil, minerals; alienation prohibited
Art.
III
§ 21
Donation of state lands prohibited; when
Art.
III
§ 22
Appropriations for state; deficiencies; bills for pay of members and officials
Art.
III
§ 23
Art.
III
§ 24
Games of chance, lotteries, and gift enterprises; restrictions; use of state lottery proceeds; parimutuel wagering on horseraces; bingo games; laws relating to games of chance, applicability
Art.
III
§ 25
Incidental expenses of state officers; specific appropriations always necessary; warrants for money
Art.
III
§ 26
Privilege of members
Art.
III
§ 27
Acts take effect after three months; emergency bills; session laws
Art.
III
§ 28
Art.
III
§ 29
Legislative authority in emergencies due to enemy attack upon United States
Art.
III
§ 30
Legislature to pass necessary laws
Art.
III
§ 1
Executive departments; officers; when elected; terms; eligibility; books to be kept at seat of government; residence of officers; heads of departments; appointments
Art.
IV
§ 2
Governor; Lieutenant Governor; eligibility; qualifications; appointive officers, ineligible for other office
Art.
IV
§ 3
Treasurer; ineligibility
Art.
IV
§ 4
Election returns; canvass by Legislature; conduct of election contests
Art.
IV
§ 5
Impeachment
Art.
IV
§ 6
Supreme executive power
Art.
IV
§ 7
Message by Governor; budget; contents; budget bill; preparation; appropriations not to be in excess of budget; exception; excess subject to veto
Art.
IV
§ 8
Special sessions
Art.
IV
§ 9
Art.
IV
§ 10
Governor to appoint officers; removal
Art.
IV
§ 11
Elected state officer; vacation of office; Governor fill by appointment; term
Art.
IV
§ 12
Nonelective state officers; vacation; Governor; fill the office by appointment; approval by Legislature
Art.
IV
§ 13
Board of parole; members; powers; reprieves; proceedings; power to pardon; limitations
Art.
IV
§ 14
Governor to be commander-in-chief of militia
Art.
IV
§ 15
Bills to be presented to Governor; approval; procedure; disapproval or reduction of items of appropriation; passage despite disapproval or reduction
Art.
IV
§ 16
Order of succession to become Governor; Lieutenant Governor; duties
Art.
IV
§ 17
Art.
IV
§ 18
Art.
IV
§ 19
State institutions; management, control, and government; determination by Legislature
Art.
IV
§ 20
Public Service Commission; membership; terms; powers
Art.
IV
§ 21
Art.
IV
§ 22
Executive officials to keep accounts; reports; false reports, penalty
Art.
IV
§ 23
Executive officials and heads of institutions; reports to Legislature; information from expending agencies
Art.
IV
§ 24
Great seal
Art.
IV
§ 25
Salaries of officials; fees
Art.
IV
§ 26
Officials to give bonds
Art.
IV
§ 27
Executive offices; creation of
Art.
IV
§ 28
Tax Equalization and Review Commission; members; powers; Tax Commissioner; powers
Art.
IV
§ 1
Power vested in courts; Chief Justice; powers
Art.
V
§ 2
Supreme Court; number of judges; quorum; jurisdiction; retired judges, temporary duty; court divisions; assignments by Chief Justice
Art.
V
§ 3
Terms of Supreme Court
Art.
V
§ 4
Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court; selection; residence; location of offices
Art.
V
§ 5
Supreme Court judicial districts; redistricting; when
Art.
V
§ 6
Chief Justice to preside
Art.
V
§ 7
Chief Justice; Associate Justices; qualifications
Art.
V
§ 8
Supreme Court appoint staff; budget; copyright of state reports
Art.
V
§ 9
District courts; jurisdiction; felons may plead guilty; sentence
Art.
V
§ 10
District court judicial districts
Art.
V
§ 11
District court judges; change of number; boundaries
Art.
V
§ 12
District court judges may hold court for each other; retired judges, temporary duty
Art.
V
§ 13
Supreme and district judges; salaries
Art.
V
§ 14
Supreme and district judges not to act as attorneys; judge not to practice law, when
Art.
V
§ 15
Art.
V
§ 16
Art.
V
§ 17
Art.
V
§ 18
Art.
V
§ 19
Practice of all courts to be uniform
Art.
V
§ 20
Officers in this Article; tenure; residence; duties; compensation
Art.
V
§ 21
Merit plan for selection of judges; terms of office; filling of vacancies; procedure; voting for nominee
Art.
V
§ 22
State may sue and be sued
Art.
V
§ 23
Jurisdiction of judges at chambers
Art.
V
§ 24
Style of process
Art.
V
§ 25
Supreme Court to promulgate rules of practice; to make recommendations to Legislature
Art.
V
§ 26
Proviso as to effect of amendment
Art.
V
§ 27
Juvenile courts; authorization
Art.
V
§ 28
Commission on Judicial Qualifications; appointment; composition; qualifications
Art.
V
§ 29
Commission on Judicial Qualifications; vote of majority required for action
Art.
V
§ 30
Judges; discipline; removal from office; grounds; procedure
Art.
V
§ 31
Judges; procedure for removal from office cumulative
Art.
V
§ 1
Qualifications of electors
Art.
VI
§ 2
Who disqualified
Art.
VI
§ 3
Military or naval service; place and manner of voting
Art.
VI
§ 4
Art.
VI
§ 5
Electors; privileged from arrest
Art.
VI
§ 6
Votes, how cast
Art.
VI
§ 1
Legislature; free instruction in common schools; provide
Art.
VII
§ 2
State Department of Education; general supervision of school system
Art.
VII
§ 3
State Board of Education; members; election; manner of election; term of office
Art.
VII
§ 4
State Board of Education; Commissioner of Education; appointment; powers; duties
Art.
VII
§ 5
Fines, penalties, and license money; allocation; use of forfeited conveyances
Art.
VII
§ 6
Educational lands; management; Board of Educational Lands and Funds; members; appointment; sale of lands
Art.
VII
§ 7
Perpetual funds enumerated
Art.
VII
§ 8
Trust funds belong to state for educational purposes; use; investment
Art.
VII
§ 9
Educational funds; trust funds; use; early childhood education endowment fund; created; use; early childhood education, defined
Art.
VII
§ 10
University of Nebraska; government; Board of Regents; election; student membership; terms
Art.
VII
§ 11
Appropriation of public funds; handicapped children; sectarian instruction; religious test of teacher or student
Art.
VII
§ 12
Education and reform of minors
Art.
VII
§ 13
State colleges; government; board; name; selection; duties; compensation
Art.
VII
§ 14
Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education; membership; powers and duties; coordination, defined
Art.
VII
§ 15
Art.
VII
§ 16
Art.
VII
§ 17
Art.
VII
§ 1
Revenue; raised by taxation; legislative powers
Art.
VIII
§ 1A
Levy of property tax for state purposes; prohibition
Art.
VIII
§ 1B
Income tax; may be based upon the laws of the United States
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Exemption of property from taxation; classification
Art.
VIII
§ 2A
Exemption of personal property in transit in licensed warehouses or storage areas
Art.
VIII
§ 3
Redemption from sales of real estate for taxes
Art.
VIII
§ 4
Legislature has no power to remit taxes; exception; cancellation of taxes on land acquired by the state
Art.
VIII
§ 5
County taxes; limitation
Art.
VIII
§ 6
Local improvements of cities, towns and villages
Art.
VIII
§ 7
Private property not liable for corporate debts; municipalities and inhabitants exempt for corporate purposes
Art.
VIII
§ 8
Funding indebtedness; warrants
Art.
VIII
§ 9
Claims upon treasury; adjustment; approval; appeal
Art.
VIII
§ 10
Taxation of grain and seed; alternative basis permitted
Art.
VIII
§ 11
Public corporations and political subdivisions providing electricity; payment in lieu of taxes
Art.
VIII
§ 12
Cities or villages; redevelopment project; substandard and blighted property; incur indebtedness; taxes; how treated
Art.
VIII
§ 13
Revenue laws and legislative acts; how construed
Art.
VIII
§ 1
Area
Art.
IX
§ 2
Division of county; decision of question
Art.
IX
§ 3
County added to another; prior indebtedness; county stricken off; liabilities
Art.
IX
§ 4
County and township officers
Art.
IX
§ 5
Township organization
Art.
IX
§ 1
Reports under oath
Art.
X
§ 2
Property liable to sale on execution
Art.
X
§ 3
Consolidation of stock or property
Art.
X
§ 4
Railways declared public highways; maximum rates; liability not limited
Art.
X
§ 5
Capital stock; dividends
Art.
X
§ 6
Eminent domain
Art.
X
§ 7
Unjust discrimination and extortion
Art.
X
§ 8
Eminent domain for depot or other uses
Art.
X
§ 1
Subscription to stock prohibited; exception
Art.
XI
§ 2
City of 5,000 may frame charter; procedure
Art.
XI
§ 3
Rejection of charter; effect; procedure to frame new charter
Art.
XI
§ 4
Charter; amendment; charter convention
Art.
XI
§ 5
Charter of city of 100,000; home rule charter authorized
Art.
XI
§ 1
Legislature to provide for organization, regulation, and supervision of corporations and associations; limitation; elections for directors or managers; voting rights of stockholders
Art.
XII
§ 2
Art.
XII
§ 3
Art.
XII
§ 4
Art.
XII
§ 5
Art.
XII
§ 6
Art.
XII
§ 7
Art.
XII
§ 8
Corporation acquiring an interest in real estate used for farming or ranching or engaging in farming or ranching; restrictions; Secretary of State, Attorney General; duties; Legislature; powers
Art.
XII
§ 1
State may contract debts; limitation; exceptions
Art.
XIII
§ 2
Industrial and economic development; powers of counties and municipalities
Art.
XIII
§ 3
Credit of state; exception
Art.
XIII
§ 4
Nonprofit enterprise development; powers of counties and municipalities
Art.
XIII
§ 1
Personnel; organization; discipline
Art.
XIV
§ 1
Official oath; refusal; disqualification
Art.
XV
§ 2
Official in default as collector and custodian of public money or property; disqualification; felon disqualified
Art.
XV
§ 3
Art.
XV
§ 4
Water a public necessity
Art.
XV
§ 5
Use of water dedicated to people
Art.
XV
§ 6
Right to divert unappropriated waters
Art.
XV
§ 7
Use of water for power purposes
Art.
XV
§ 8
Employment of women and children; minimum wage
Art.
XV
§ 9
Controversies between employers and employees; industrial commission; appeals
Art.
XV
§ 10
Art.
XV
§ 11
Art.
XV
§ 12
Removal of state capital
Art.
XV
§ 13
Labor organizations; no denial of employment; closed shop not permitted
Art.
XV
§ 14
Labor organization; definition
Art.
XV
§ 15
Labor organizations; amendment self-executing; laws to facilitate operation permitted
Art.
XV
§ 16
Art.
XV
§ 17
Retirement and pension funds; investment
Art.
XV
§ 18
Governmental powers and functions; intergovernmental cooperation; Legislature may limit; merger or consolidation of counties or other local governments authorized
Art.
XV
§ 19
Liquor licenses; municipalities and counties; powers
Art.
XV
§ 20
Art.
XV
§ 21
Art.
XV
§ 22
Art.
XV
§ 23
Art.
XV
§ 24
Art.
XV
§ 25
Right to hunt, to fish, and to harvest wildlife; public hunting, fishing, and harvesting of wildlife; preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife
Art.
XV
§ 26
Political subdivision; revenues; commercial passenger air service
Art.
XV
§ 1
How Proposed
Art.
XVI
§ 2
Convention
Art.
XVI
§ 1
Terms; reference to members of the Legislature to include appointed and elected members
Art.
XVII
§ 2
Art.
XVII
§ 3
Art.
XVII
§ 4
General election of state
Art.
XVII
§ 5
Terms of office of all elected officers
Art.
XVII
§ 6
Art.
XVII
§ 7
Art.
XVII
§ 8
Art.
XVII
§ 9
Art.
XVII
§ 10
Art.
XVII
§ 11
Art.
XVII
§ 1
Statement of intent
Art.
XVIII
§ 2
Instruction to members of congressional delegation; ballot notation; when
Art.
XVIII
§ 3
Nonincumbent candidates; Term Limits Pledge; ballot notation; when
Art.
XVIII
§ 4
Instruction to members of the Legislature; ballot notation; when
Art.
XVIII
§ 5
Ballot notation; Secretary of State; duties; appeal
Art.
XVIII
§ 6
Automatic repeal; when
Art.
XVIII
§ 7
Legal challenge; jurisdiction
Art.
XVIII
§ 8
Severability
Art.
XVIII