Oregon Constitution

Article XI, § 2 — Formation of corporations; municipal charters; intoxicating liquor regulation

Oregon Const. art. XI, § 2

Oregon Const. art. XI, § 2 (Formation of corporations; municipal charters; intoxicating liquor regulation) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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Or. Const. art. XI, § 2.

Full Text

Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by the Legislative Assembly by special laws. The Legislative Assembly shall not enact, amend or repeal any charter or act of incorporation for any municipality, city or town. The legal voters of every city and town are hereby granted power to enact and amend their municipal charter, subject to the Constitution and criminal laws of the State of Oregon, and the exclusive power to license, regulate, control, or to suppress or prohibit, the sale of intoxicating liquors therein is vested in such municipality; but such municipality shall within its limits be subject to the provisions of the local option law of the State of Oregon.

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History

Constitution of 1859; Amendment proposed by initiative petition filed Dec.13, 1905, and adopted by the people June 4, 1906; Amendment proposed by initiative petition filed June 23, 1910, and adopted by the people Nov. 8, 1910