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§ 1
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Name and Boundaries
Art.
I
§ 1
Supreme law of the land
Art.
II
§ 2
Popular sovereignty
Art.
II
§ 3
Right of self-government
Art.
II
§ 4
Inherent rights
Art.
II
§ 5
Rights under Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo preserved
Art.
II
§ 6
Right to bear arms
Art.
II
§ 7
Habeas corpus
Art.
II
§ 8
Freedom of elections
Art.
II
§ 9
Military power subordinate; quartering of soldiers
Art.
II
§ 10
Searches and seizures
Art.
II
§ 11
Freedom of religion
Art.
II
§ 12
Trial by jury; less than unanimous verdicts in civil cases
Art.
II
§ 13
Bail; excessive fines; cruel and unusual punishment
Art.
II
§ 14
Indictment and information; grand juries; rights of accused
Art.
II
§ 15
Self-incrimination; double jeopardy
Art.
II
§ 16
Treason
Art.
II
§ 17
Freedom of speech and press; libel
Art.
II
§ 18
Due process; equal protection; sex discrimination
Art.
II
§ 19
Retroactive laws; bills of attainder; impairment of contracts
Art.
II
§ 20
Eminent domain
Art.
II
§ 21
Imprisonment for debt
Art.
II
§ 23
Reserved rights
Art.
II
§ 24
Victim's rights
Art.
II
§ 1
Separation of departments; establishment of workers compensation body
Art.
III
§ 1
Vesting of legislative power; location of sessions; referendum on legislation
Art.
IV
§ 2
Powers generally; disaster emergency procedure
Art.
IV
§ 3
Number and qualifications of members; single-member districts; reapportionment
Art.
IV
§ 4
Terms of office of members; time of election; filling of vacancies
Art.
IV
§ 5
Time and length of sessions; items considered in even-numbered years
Art.
IV
§ 6
Special session; extraordinary session
Art.
IV
§ 7
Judge of election and qualification of members; quorum
Art.
IV
§ 8
Call to order; presiding officers
Art.
IV
§ 9
Selection and compensation of officers and employees
Art.
IV
§ 10
Compensation of members
Art.
IV
§ 11
Rules of procedure; contempt or disorderly conduct; expulsion of members
Art.
IV
§ 12
Public sessions; journals
Art.
IV
§ 13
Privileges and immunities
Art.
IV
§ 14
Adjournment
Art.
IV
§ 15
Laws to be passed by bill; alteration of bill; enacting clause; printing and reading of bill
Art.
IV
§ 16
Subject of bill in title; appropriation bills
Art.
IV
§ 17
Passage of bills
Art.
IV
§ 18
Amendment of statutes
Art.
IV
§ 19
Introduction of bills
Art.
IV
§ 20
Enrollment, engrossment and signing of bills
Art.
IV
§ 21
Alteration or theft of bill
Art.
IV
§ 22
Governor's approval or veto of bills
Art.
IV
§ 23
Effective date of law; emergency acts
Art.
IV
§ 24
Local or special laws
Art.
IV
§ 25
Validating unauthorized official acts; fines against officers, etc
Art.
IV
§ 26
Grant of franchise or privilege
Art.
IV
§ 27
Extra or increased compensation for officers, contractors, etc
Art.
IV
§ 28
Appointment of present and former legislators to office; interest of legislators in contracts
Art.
IV
§ 29
Laws creating debts
Art.
IV
§ 30
Payments from treasury to be upon appropriations and warrant
Art.
IV
§ 31
Appropriations for charitable, educational, etc., purposes
Art.
IV
§ 32
Remission of debts due state or municipalities
Art.
IV
§ 33
Prosecutions under repealed laws
Art.
IV
§ 34
Change of rights or procedure in pending cases
Art.
IV
§ 35
Power and procedure for impeachment and trial
Art.
IV
§ 36
Officers subject to impeachment
Art.
IV
§ 37
Railroad passes
Art.
IV
§ 38
Monopolies
Art.
IV
§ 39
"Bribery" and "solicitation" defined
Art.
IV
§ 40
Penalty for bribery
Art.
IV
§ 41
Compelling testimony in bribery cases
Art.
IV
§ 42
Hearings on confirmation of gubernatorial appointments
Art.
IV
§ 1
Composition of department; terms of office of members; residing and maintaining records at seat of government
Art.
V
§ 2
Canvass of elections; tie votes
Art.
V
§ 3
Qualifications of executive officers
Art.
V
§ 4
Governor's executive power; commander of militia
Art.
V
§ 5
Governor's appointive and removal power; interim appointees
Art.
V
§ 6
Governor's power to pardon and reprieve
Art.
V
§ 7
Succession to governorship
Art.
V
§ 8
Lieutenant governor to be president of senate
Art.
V
§ 9
Public accounts and reports
Art.
V
§ 10
State seal
Art.
V
§ 11
Commissions
Art.
V
§ 12
Compensation of executive officers
Art.
V
§ 13
Residence of public officers; election from equal districts
Art.
V
§ 14
State transportation commission
Art.
V
§ 15
Confirmation of cabinet secretaries
Art.
V
§ 16
Vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor
Art.
V
§ 17
State ethics commission
Art.
V
§ 1
Judicial power vested
Art.
VI
§ 2
Supreme court; appellate jurisdiction
Art.
VI
§ 3
Supreme court; original jurisdiction; supervisory control; extraordinary writs
Art.
VI
§ 4
Supreme court; selection of chief justice
Art.
VI
§ 5
Supreme court; quorum; majority concurring in judgments
Art.
VI
§ 6
Supreme court; absent or disqualified justice
Art.
VI
§ 7
Supreme court; terms, sessions and recesses
Art.
VI
§ 8
Supreme court; qualifications of justices
Art.
VI
§ 9
Supreme court; officers
Art.
VI
§ 10
Supreme court; additional justices
Art.
VI
§ 11
Supreme court; salary of justices
Art.
VI
§ 12
Judicial districts; district judges
Art.
VI
§ 13
District court; jurisdiction and terms
Art.
VI
§ 14
District court; qualifications and residence requirement of judges
Art.
VI
§ 15
District court; judges pro tempore
Art.
VI
§ 16
District court; additional judges; redistricting
Art.
VI
§ 17
District court; judges' compensation
Art.
VI
§ 18
Disqualification of judges or magistrates
Art.
VI
§ 19
Ineligibility of justices or judges for nonjudicial offices
Art.
VI
§ 20
Style of writs and processes
Art.
VI
§ 21
Judges as conservators of the peace; preliminary examinations in criminal cases
Art.
VI
§ 22
County clerk as district and probate court clerk
Art.
VI
§ 23
Probate court
Art.
VI
§ 24
District attorneys
Art.
VI
§ 26
Magistrate court
Art.
VI
§ 27
Appeals from probate courts and other inferior courts
Art.
VI
§ 28
Court of appeals; number, qualifications, compensation; quorum; majority concurring in judgment; power of chief justice to select acting justices
Art.
VI
§ 29
Court of appeals; jurisdiction; issuance of writs
Art.
VI
§ 30
Fees collected by judiciary paid to state treasury
Art.
VI
§ 31
Justices of the peace abolished
Art.
VI
§ 32
Judicial standards commission
Art.
VI
§ 33
Retention or rejection at general election
Art.
VI
§ 34
Vacancies in office; date for filing declaration of candidacy
Art.
VI
§ 35
Appellate judges nominating commission
Art.
VI
§ 36
District court judges nominating committee
Art.
VI
§ 37
Metropolitan court judges nominating committee
Art.
VI
§ 38
Chief judge of district and metropolitan court districts
Art.
VI
§ 39
Creation of public defender department and public defender commission
Art.
VI
§ 1
Qualifications of voters; absentee voting; school elections; registration
Art.
VII
§ 2
Qualifications for holding office
Art.
VII
§ 3
Religious and racial equality protected; restrictions on amendments
Art.
VII
§ 4
Residence
Art.
VII
§ 5
Election by ballot; plurality elects candidate
Art.
VII
§ 1
Levy to be proportionate to value; uniform and equal taxes; percentage of value taxed; limitation on annual valuation increases
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Property tax limits; exception
Art.
VIII
§ 3
Tax-exempt property
Art.
VIII
§ 4
Misuse and deposit of public money
Art.
VIII
§ 5
Head of family and veteran exemptions
Art.
VIII
§ 6
Assessment of lands
Art.
VIII
§ 7
Judgments against local officials
Art.
VIII
§ 8
Exemption of certain personalty in transit through the state
Art.
VIII
§ 9
Elected governing authority prerequisite to levy of tax
Art.
VIII
§ 10
Severance tax permanent fund
Art.
VIII
§ 15
Property tax exemption for disabled veterans
Art.
VIII
§ 16
Property tax exemption for property of veterans' organization chartered by United States congress
Art.
VIII
§ 1
Debts of territory and its counties assumed
Art.
IX
§ 2
Payment of county debts by another county
Art.
IX
§ 3
State refunding bonds for assumed debts
Art.
IX
§ 4
Sale of lands for certain bond payments
Art.
IX
§ 5
Remission of county debts to state prohibited
Art.
IX
§ 6
Militia warrants
Art.
IX
§ 7
State indebtedness; purposes
Art.
IX
§ 8
State indebtedness; restrictions
Art.
IX
§ 9
Use of borrowed funds
Art.
IX
§ 10
County indebtedness; restrictions
Art.
IX
§ 11
School district indebtedness; restrictions
Art.
IX
§ 12
Municipal indebtedness; restrictions
Art.
IX
§ 13
County and municipal debt limit; exceptions
Art.
IX
§ 14
Aid to private enterprise; veterans' scholarship programs; student loans; job opportunities; affordable housing
Art.
IX
§ 15
State and local refunding bonds
Art.
IX
§ 16
State highway bonds
Art.
IX
§ 1
Classification of counties; salaries and fees of county officers
Art.
X
§ 2
Terms of county officers
Art.
X
§ 3
Removal of county seats
Art.
X
§ 4
Combined city and county corporations
Art.
X
§ 5
Incorporated counties
Art.
X
§ 6
Municipal home rule
Art.
X
§ 7
Five-member boards of county commissioners
Art.
X
§ 8
New activity or service mandated by state rule or regulation
Art.
X
§ 9
Recall of elected county officials
Art.
X
§ 10
Urban counties
Art.
X
§ 11
Single urban governments
Art.
X
§ 1
Creation and composition of public regulation commission
Art.
XI
§ 2
Responsibilities of public regulation commission
Art.
XI
§ 13
General corporation laws
Art.
XI
§ 14
Corporations subject to police power
Art.
XI
§ 18
Eminent domain of corporate property
Art.
XI
§ 19
Chartering corporations
Art.
XI
§ 20
Creation of office of superintendent of insurance
Art.
XI
§ 1
Free public schools
Art.
XII
§ 2
Permanent school fund
Art.
XII
§ 3
Control of constitutional educational institutions; use of state land proceeds and other educational funds
Art.
XII
§ 4
Current school fund
Art.
XII
§ 5
Compulsory school attendance
Art.
XII
§ 6
Public education department; public education commission
Art.
XII
§ 7
Investment of permanent school fund
Art.
XII
§ 8
Teachers to learn English and Spanish
Art.
XII
§ 9
Religious tests in schools
Art.
XII
§ 10
Educational rights of children of Spanish descent
Art.
XII
§ 11
State educational institutions
Art.
XII
§ 12
Acceptance and use of Enabling Act educational grants
Art.
XII
§ 13
Board of regents for educational institutions
Art.
XII
§ 14
Recall of local school board members
Art.
XII
§ 15
Local school boards having seven single-member districts
Art.
XII
§ 1
Disposition of state lands
Art.
XIII
§ 2
Duties of land commissioner
Art.
XIII
§ 3
Patents for public lands
Art.
XIII
§ 1
State institutions
Art.
XIV
§ 2
Federal land grants and donations
Art.
XIV
§ 3
Control and management
Art.
XIV
§ 1
Department of agriculture
Art.
XV
§ 2
Forest fire prevention
Art.
XV
§ 1
Existing water rights confirmed
Art.
XVI
§ 2
Appropriation of water
Art.
XVI
§ 3
Beneficial use of water
Art.
XVI
§ 4
Drainage districts and systems
Art.
XVI
§ 5
Appeals in matters relating to water rights
Art.
XVI
§ 6
Water trust fund
Art.
XVI
§ 1
Inspector of mines
Art.
XVII
§ 2
Mining regulations; employment of children under fourteen
Art.
XVII
§ 1
Composition, name and commander in chief of militia
Art.
XVIII
§ 2
Organization, discipline and equipment of militia
Art.
XVIII
§ 1
Proposing and ratifying amendments
Art.
XIX
§ 2
Constitutional conventions
Art.
XIX
§ 3
Initiative restricted
Art.
XIX
§ 4
Amendment of compact with United States
Art.
XIX
§ 1
Oath of officer
Art.
XX
§ 2
Tenure of office
Art.
XX
§ 3
Date terms of office begin
Art.
XX
§ 4
Vacancies in offices of district attorney or county commissioner
Art.
XX
§ 5
Interim appointments
Art.
XX
§ 6
Date of general elections
Art.
XX
§ 7
Canvass of returns for officers elected by more than one county
Art.
XX
§ 8
First national election
Art.
XX
§ 9
State officers limited to salaries
Art.
XX
§ 10
Child labor
Art.
XX
§ 11
Women as public officers
Art.
XX
§ 12
Publication of laws in English and Spanish
Art.
XX
§ 13
Sacramental wines
Art.
XX
§ 14
Public officers barred from using railroad passes
Art.
XX
§ 15
Penitentiary to be reformatory and industrial school; labor by inmates
Art.
XX
§ 16
Railroad's liability to employees
Art.
XX
§ 18
Leasing of convict labor prohibited
Art.
XX
§ 19
Eight-hour day in public employment
Art.
XX
§ 20
Waiver of indictment; proceedings on information
Art.
XX
§ 21
Pollution control
Art.
XX
§ 22
Public employees and educational retirement systems trust funds; expenditures and encumbrances prohibited; administration; vesting of property rights
Art.
XX
§ 1
Religious toleration; polygamy
Art.
XXI
§ 2
Control of unappropriated or Indian lands; taxation of federal government, nonresident and Indian property
Art.
XXI
§ 3
Assumption of territorial debts
Art.
XXI
§ 4
Public schools
Art.
XXI
§ 5
Suffrage
Art.
XXI
§ 6
Capital
Art.
XXI
§ 7
Reclamation projects
Art.
XXI
§ 8
Allotted Indian lands subject to federal liquor control
Art.
XXI
§ 9
Consent to Enabling Act provisions
Art.
XXI
§ 10
Compact irrevocable
Art.
XXI
§ 11
Consent to exchange of lands
Art.
XXI
§ 1
Effective date of constitution
Art.
XXII
§ 2
Federal Employers' Liability Act
Art.
XXII
§ 3
Federal Mining Inspection Act
Art.
XXII
§ 4
Territorial laws
Art.
XXII
§ 5
Pardons for violation of territorial laws
Art.
XXII
§ 6
Territorial property vested in state
Art.
XXII
§ 7
Obligations due territory or subdivision
Art.
XXII
§ 8
Territorial judicial process and proceedings
Art.
XXII
§ 9
Territorial courts and officers; seals
Art.
XXII
§ 10
Pending actions
Art.
XXII
§ 11
Execution and deposit of constitution
Art.
XXII
§ 12
Territorial obligations; names of political subdivisions
Art.
XXII
§ 13
Election to ratify constitution
Art.
XXII
§ 14
Ballots for ratifying constitution
Art.
XXII
§ 15
Canvass of ratification election returns
Art.
XXII
§ 16
Submission of constitution to president and congress
Art.
XXII
§ 17
Proclamation for first election of officers
Art.
XXII
§ 18
Conduct of first state election; certification of results to president
Art.
XXII
§ 19
First state officers
Art.
XXII
§ 20
First legislative session; oaths of members; election of United States senators
Art.
XXII
§ 21
Supplementary legislation
Art.
XXII
§ 22
Terms of first officers
Art.
XXII
§ 1
Contracts for the development and production of minerals or development and operation of geothermal steam and waters on state lands
Art.
XXIV