Constitution of the State of Nebraska, 1875 (as Amended to November 5, 2024) (Nebraska)
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- Preamble
- Main Text
- Art.I Bill of Rights
- I-1 Statement of rights.
- I-2 Slavery prohibited.
- I-3 Due process of law; equal protection.
- I-4 Religious freedom.
- I-5 Freedom of speech and press.
- I-6 Trial by jury.
- I-7 Search and seizure.
- I-8 Habeas corpus.
- I-9 Bail; fines; imprisonment; cruel and unusual punishment.
- I-10 Presentment or indictment by grand jury; information.
- I-11 Rights of Accused.
- I-12 Evidence against self; double jeopardy.
- I-13 Justice administered without delay; Legislature; authorization to enforce mediation and arbitration.
- I-14 Treason.
- I-15 Penalties; corruption of blood; transporting out of state prohibited.
- I-16 Bill of attainder; retroactive laws; contracts; special privileges.
- I-17 Military subordinate.
- I-18 Soldiers quarters.
- I-19 Right of peaceable assembly and to petition government.
- I-20 Imprisonment for debt prohibited.
- I-21 Private property compensated for.
- I-22 Elections to be free.
- I-23 Capital cases; right of direct appeal; effect; other cases; right of appeal.
- I-24 Repealed 1990. Laws 1990, LR 8, sec. 1.
- I-25 Rights of property; no discrimination; aliens.
- I-26 Powers retained by people.
- I-27 English language to be official.
- I-28 Crime victims; rights enumerated; effect; Legislature; duties.
- I-29 Marriage; same-sex relationships not valid or recognized.
- I-30 Discrimination or grant of preferential treatment prohibited; public employment, public education, or public contracting; section, how construed; remedies.
- I-31 Unborn children; protection from abortion; exception.
- Art.II Distribution of Powers
- Art.III Legislative Power
- III-1 Legislative authority; how vested; power of initiative; power of referendum.
- III-2 First power reserved; initiative.
- III-3 Second power reserved; referendum.
- III-4 Initiative or referendum; signatures required; veto; election returns; constitutional amendments; non-partisan ballot.
- III-5 Legislative districts; apportionment; redistricting, when required.
- III-6 Legislature; number of members; annual sessions.
- III-7 Legislators; terms; effect of redistricting; election; salary; expenses; mileage.
- III-8 Legislators; qualifications; one-year residence in district; removal from district, effect.
- III-9 Legislators; disqualifications; election to other office; resignation required.
- III-10 Legislative sessions; time; quorum; rules of procedure; expulsion of members; disrespectful behavior, penalty.
- III-11 Legislative journal; vote viva voce; open doors; committee votes.
- III-12 Legislators; terms; limitation.
- III-13 Style of bills; majority necessary to passage; yeas and nays entered on journal.
- 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.
- III-15 Members privileged from arrest.
- III-16 Members of the Legislature and state officers; conflicts of interest; standards for.
- III-17 Impeachment; procedure.
- III-18 Local or special laws prohibited.
- III-19 Compensation; increase when; extra compensation to public officers and contractors prohibited; retirement benefits; adjustment.
- III-20 Salt springs, coal, oil, minerals; alienation prohibited.
- III-21 Donation of state lands prohibited; when.
- III-22 Appropriations for state; deficiencies; bills for pay of members and officials.
- III-23 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1.
- 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.
- III-25 Incidental expenses of state officers; specific appropriations always necessary; warrants for money.
- III-26 Privilege of members.
- III-27 Acts take effect after three months; emergency bills; session laws.
- III-28 Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330.
- III-29 Legislative authority in emergencies due to enemy attack upon United States.
- III-30 Legislature to pass necessary laws.
- Art.IV Executive
- IV-1 Executive departments; officers; when elected; terms; eligibility; books to be kept at seat of government; residence of officers; heads of departments; appointments.
- IV-2 Governor; Lieutenant Governor; eligibility; qualifications; appointive officers, ineligible for other office.
- IV-3 Treasurer; ineligibility.
- IV-4 Election returns; canvass by Legislature; conduct of election contests.
- IV-5 Impeachment.
- IV-6 Supreme executive power.
- IV-7 Message by Governor; budget; contents; budget bill; preparation; appropriations not to be in excess of budget; exception; excess subject to veto.
- IV-8 Special sessions.
- IV-9 Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330.
- IV-10 Governor to appoint officers; removal.
- IV-11 Elected state officer; vacation of office; Governor fill by appointment; term.
- IV-12 Nonelective state officers; vacation; Governor; fill the office by appointment; approval by Legislature.
- IV-13 Board of parole; members; powers; reprieves; proceedings; power to pardon; limitations.
- IV-14 Governor to be commander-in-chief of militia.
- IV-15 Bills to be presented to Governor; approval; procedure; disapproval or reduction of items of appropriation; passage despite disapproval or reduction.
- IV-16 Order of succession to become Governor; Lieutenant Governor; duties.
- IV-17 Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330.
- IV-18 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1.
- IV-19 State institutions; management, control, and government; determination by Legislature.
- IV-20 Public Service Commission; membership; terms; powers.
- IV-21 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1.
- IV-22 Executive officials to keep accounts; reports; false reports, penalty.
- IV-23 Executive officials and heads of institutions; reports to Legislature; information from expending agencies.
- IV-24 Great seal.
- IV-25 Salaries of officials; fees.
- IV-26 Officials to give bonds.
- IV-27 Executive offices; creation of.
- IV-28 Tax Equalization and Review Commission; members; powers; Tax Commissioner; powers.
- Art.V Judicial
- V-1 Power vested in courts; Chief Justice; powers.
- V-2 Supreme Court; number of judges; quorum; jurisdiction; retired judges, temporary duty; court divisions; assignments by Chief Justice.
- V-3 Terms of Supreme Court.
- V-4 Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court; selection; residence; location of offices.
- V-5 Supreme Court judicial districts; redistricting; when.
- V-6 Chief Justice to preside.
- V-7 Chief Justice; Associate Justices; qualifications.
- V-8 Supreme Court appoint staff; budget; copyright of state reports.
- V-9 District courts; jurisdiction; felons may plead guilty; sentence.
- V-10 District court judicial districts.
- V-11 District court judges; change of number; boundaries.
- V-12 District court judges may hold court for each other; retired judges, temporary duty.
- V-13 Supreme and district judges; salaries.
- V-14 Supreme and district judges not to act as attorneys; judge not to practice law, when.
- V-15 Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432.
- V-16 Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432.
- V-17 Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432.
- V-18 Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432.
- V-19 Practice of all courts to be uniform.
- V-20 Officers in this Article; tenure; residence; duties; compensation.
- V-21 Merit plan for selection of judges; terms of office; filling of vacancies; procedure; voting for nominee.
- V-22 State may sue and be sued.
- V-23 Jurisdiction of judges at chambers.
- V-24 Style of process.
- V-25 Supreme Court to promulgate rules of practice; to make recommendations to Legislature.
- V-26 Proviso as to effect of amendment.
- V-27 Juvenile courts; authorization.
- V-28 Commission on Judicial Qualifications; appointment; composition; qualifications.
- V-29 Commission on Judicial Qualifications; vote of majority required for action.
- V-30 Judges; discipline; removal from office; grounds; procedure.
- V-31 Judges; procedure for removal from office cumulative.
- Art.VI Suffrage
- Art.VII Education
- VII-1 Legislature; free instruction in common schools; provide.
- VII-2 State Department of Education; general supervision of school system.
- VII-3 State Board of Education; members; election; manner of election; term of office.
- VII-4 State Board of Education; Commissioner of Education; appointment; powers; duties.
- VII-5 Fines, penalties, and license money; allocation; use of forfeited conveyances.
- VII-6 Educational lands; management; Board of Educational Lands and Funds; members; appointment; sale of lands.
- VII-7 Perpetual funds enumerated.
- VII-8 Trust funds belong to state for educational purposes; use; investment.
- VII-9 Educational funds; trust funds; use; early childhood education endowment fund; created; use; early childhood education, defined.
- VII-10 University of Nebraska; government; Board of Regents; election; student membership; terms.
- VII-11 Appropriation of public funds; handicapped children; sectarian instruction; religious test of teacher or student.
- VII-12 Education and reform of minors.
- VII-13 State colleges; government; board; name; selection; duties; compensation.
- VII-14 Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education; membership; powers and duties; coordination, defined.
- VII-15 Omitted.
- VII-16 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 1023, sec. 1.
- VII-17 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 1023, sec. 1.
- Art.VIII Revenue
- VIII-1 Revenue; raised by taxation; legislative powers.
- VIII-1A Levy of property tax for state purposes; prohibition.
- VIII-1B Income tax; may be based upon the laws of the United States.
- VIII-2 Exemption of property from taxation; classification.
- VIII-2A Exemption of personal property in transit in licensed warehouses or storage areas.
- VIII-3 Redemption from sales of real estate for taxes.
- VIII-4 Legislature has no power to remit taxes; exception; cancellation of taxes on land acquired by the state.
- VIII-5 County taxes; limitation.
- VIII-6 Local improvements of cities, towns and villages.
- VIII-7 Private property not liable for corporate debts; municipalities and inhabitants exempt for corporate purposes.
- VIII-8 Funding indebtedness; warrants.
- VIII-9 Claims upon treasury; adjustment; approval; appeal.
- VIII-10 Taxation of grain and seed; alternative basis permitted.
- VIII-11 Public corporations and political subdivisions providing electricity; payment in lieu of taxes.
- VIII-12 Cities or villages; redevelopment project; substandard and blighted property; incur indebtedness; taxes; how treated.
- VIII-13 Revenue laws and legislative acts; how construed.
- Art.IX Counties
- Art.X Public Service Corporations
- X-1 Reports under oath.
- X-2 Property liable to sale on execution.
- X-3 Consolidation of stock or property.
- X-4 Railways declared public highways; maximum rates; liability not limited.
- X-5 Capital stock; dividends.
- X-6 Eminent domain.
- X-7 Unjust discrimination and extortion.
- X-8 Eminent domain for depot or other uses.
- Art.XI Municipal Corporations
- Art.XII Miscellaneous Corporations
- XII-1 Legislature to provide for organization, regulation, and supervision of corporations and associations; limitation; elections for directors or managers; voting rights of stockholders.
- XII-2 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1.
- XII-3 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1.
- XII-4 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1.
- XII-5 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1.
- XII-6 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1.
- XII-7 Repealed 1938. Laws 1937, c. 18, sec. 1, p. 124.
- 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.XIII State, County, and Municipal Indebtedness
- Art.XIV Militia
- Art.XV Miscellaneous Provisions
- XV-1 Official oath; refusal; disqualification.
- XV-2 Official in default as collector and custodian of public money or property; disqualification; felon disqualified.
- XV-3 Repealed 1986. Laws 1986, LR 318, sec. 1.
- XV-4 Water a public necessity.
- XV-5 Use of water dedicated to people.
- XV-6 Right to divert unappropriated waters.
- XV-7 Use of water for power purposes.
- XV-8 Employment of women and children; minimum wage.
- XV-9 Controversies between employers and employees; industrial commission; appeals.
- XV-10 Repealed 1934. Laws 1933, c. 94, sec. 1, p. 376.
- XV-11 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 502, sec. 1.
- XV-12 Removal of state capital.
- XV-13 Labor organizations; no denial of employment; closed shop not permitted.
- XV-14 Labor organization; definition.
- XV-15 Labor organizations; amendment self-executing; laws to facilitate operation permitted.
- XV-16 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 688, sec. 1.
- XV-17 Retirement and pension funds; investment.
- XV-18 Governmental powers and functions; intergovernmental cooperation; Legislature may limit; merger or consolidation of counties or other local governments authorized.
- XV-19 Liquor licenses; municipalities and counties; powers.
- XV-20 Omitted.
- XV-21 Omitted.
- XV-22 Omitted.
- XV-23 Omitted.
- XV-24 Omitted.
- 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.XVI Amendments
- Art.XVII Schedule
- XVII-1 Terms; reference to members of the Legislature to include appointed and elected members.
- XVII-2 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1.
- XVII-3 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1.
- XVII-4 General election of state.
- XVII-5 Terms of office of all elected officers.
- XVII-6 Transferred to Article III, section 30, Constitution of Nebraska.
- XVII-7 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1.
- XVII-8 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1.
- XVII-9 Repealed 1998. Laws 1997, LR 17CA, sec. 3.
- XVII-10 Sec. 10. (Failed to carry at election.)
- XVII-11 Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1.
- Art.XVIII Term Limits on Congress
- XVIII-1 Statement of intent.
- XVIII-2 Instruction to members of congressional delegation; ballot notation; when.
- XVIII-3 Nonincumbent candidates; Term Limits Pledge; ballot notation; when.
- XVIII-4 Instruction to members of the Legislature; ballot notation; when.
- XVIII-5 Ballot notation; Secretary of State; duties; appeal.
- XVIII-6 Automatic repeal; when.
- XVIII-7 Legal challenge; jurisdiction.
- XVIII-8 Severability.
- Art.I Bill of Rights
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