Article II: Declaration of Rights
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article II (Declaration of Rights) |
Art. II §1 | Fundamental Principles; Recurrence to |
Art. II §2 | Political Power; Purpose of Government |
Art. II §3 | Supreme Law of the Land; Authority to Exercise Sovereign Authority against Federal Action; Use of Government Personnel and Financial Resources |
Art. II §4 | Due Process of Law |
Art. II §5 | Right of Petition and of Assembly |
Art. II §6 | Freedom of Speech and Press |
Art. II §7 | Oaths and Affirmations |
Art. II §8 | Right to Privacy |
Art. II §9 | Irrevocable Grants of Privileges, Franchises or Immunities |
Art. II §10 | Self-Incrimination; Double Jeopardy |
Art. II §11 | Administration of Justice |
Art. II §12 | Liberty of Conscience; Appropriations for Religious Purposes Prohibited; Religious Freedom |
Art. II §13 | Equal Privileges and Immunities |
Art. II §14 | Habeas Corpus |
Art. II §15 | Excessive Bail; Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
Art. II §16 | Corruption of Blood; Forfeiture of Estate |
Art. II §17 | Eminent Domain; Just Compensation for Private Property Taken; Public Use as Judicial Question |
Art. II §18 | Imprisonment for Debt |
Art. II §19 | Bribery or Illegal Rebating; Witnesses; Self-Incrimination No Defense |
Art. II §20 | Military Power Subordinate to Civil Power |
Art. II §21 | Free and Equal Elections |
Art. II §22 | Bailable Offenses |
Art. II §23 | Trial by Jury; Number of Jurors Specified by Law |
Art. II §24 | Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions |
Art. II §25 | Bills of Attainder; Ex Post Facto Laws; Impairment of Contract Obligations |
Art. II §26 | Bearing Arms |
Art. II §27 | Standing Army; Quartering Soldiers |
Art. II §28 | Treason |
Art. II §29 | Hereditary Emoluments, Privileges or Powers; Perpetuities or Entailments |
Art. II §30 | Indictment or Information; Preliminary Examination |
Art. II §31 | Damages for Death or Personal Injuries |
Art. II §32 | Constitutional Provisions Mandatory |
Art. II §33 | Reservation of Rights |
Art. II §34 | Industrial Pursuits by State and Municipal Corporations |
Art. II §35 | Actions by Illegal Aliens Prohibited |
Art. II §36 | Preferential Treatment or Discrimination Prohibited; Exceptions; Definition |
Art. II §37 | Right to Secret Ballot; Employee Representation |
Article V: Executive Department
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article V (Executive Department) |
Art. V §1 | Executive Department; State Officers; Terms; Election; Residence and Office at Seat of Government; Duties |
Art. V §1 (1) | Term Limits on Executive Department and State Officers; Term Lengths; Election; Residence and Office at Seat of Government; Duties |
Art. V §2 | Eligibility to State Offices |
Art. V §3 | Governor, Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces |
Art. V §4 | Governor; Powers and Duties; Special Sessions of Legislature; Message and Recommendations |
Art. V §5 | Reprieves, Commutations and Pardons |
Art. V §6 | Death, Resignation, Removal or Disability of Governor or Lieutenant Governor; Succession to Office; Impeachment, Absence from State or Temporary Disability |
Art. V §7 | Presentation of Bills to Governor; Approval; Veto; Filing with Secretary of State; Veto of Items in Appropriation Bills; Inapplication of Veto Power to Referred Bills |
Art. V §8 | Vacancies in Office |
Art. V §9 | Powers and Duties of State Officers |
Art. V §10 | Canvass of Election Returns for State Officers; Certificates of Election |
Art. V §11 | Commissions |
Art. V §12 | Compensation of Elective State Officers; Commission on Salaries for Elective State Officers |
Article VI: Judicial Department
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article VI (Judicial Department) |
Art. VI §1 | Judicial Power; Courts |
Art. VI §2 | Supreme Court; Composition; Divisions; Decisions, Transaction of Business |
Art. VI §3 | Supreme Court; Administrative Supervision; Chief Justice |
Art. VI §4 | Supreme Court; Term of Office |
Art. VI §5 | Supreme Court; Jurisdiction; Writs; Rules; Habeas Corpus |
Art. VI §6 | Supreme Court; Qualifications of Justices |
Art. VI §7 | Supreme Court; Clerk and Assistants; Administrative Director and Staff |
Art. VI §8 | Supreme Court; Publication of Opinions |
Art. VI §9 | Intermediate Appellate Courts |
Art. VI §10 | Superior Court; Number of Judges |
Art. VI §11 | Superior Court; Presiding Judges; Duties |
Art. VI §12 | Superior Court; Term of Office |
Art. VI §13 | Superior Court; Composition; Salaries; Judgments and Proceedings; Process |
Art. VI §14 | Superior Court; Original Jurisdiction |
Art. VI §15 | Jurisdiction and Authority in Juvenile Proceedings |
Art. VI §16 | Superior Court; Appellate Jurisdiction |
Art. VI §17 | Superior Court; Conduct of Business; Trial Juries; Jury Trial; Grand Juries |
Art. VI §18 | Superior Court; Writs |
Art. VI §19 | Superior Court; Service of Judge in Another County |
Art. VI §20 | Retirement and Service of Retired Justices and Judges |
Art. VI §21 | Superior Court; Speedy Decisions |
Art. VI §22 | Superior and Other Courts; Qualifications of Judges |
Art. VI §23 | Superior Court; Clerk |
Art. VI §24 | Superior Court; Court Commissioners, Masters and Referees |
Art. VI §25 | Style of Process; Conduct of Prosecutions in Name of State |
Art. VI §26 | Oath of Office |
Art. VI §27 | Charge to Juries; Reversal of Causes for Technical Error |
Art. VI §28 | Justices and Judges; Dual Office Holding; Political Activity; Practice of Law |
Art. VI §30 | Courts of Record |
Art. VI §31 | Judges Pro Tempore |
Art. VI §32 | Justices of the Peace and Inferior Courts; Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties; Terms of Office; Salaries |
Art. VI §33 | Change by Legislature in Number of Justices or Judges; Reduction of Salary during Term of Office |
Art. VI §34 | Absence of Judicial Officer from State |
Art. VI §35 | Continuance in Office; Continued Existence of Offices; Application of Prior Statute and Rules |
Art. VI §36 | Commission on Appellate Court Appointments and Terms, Appointments and Vacancies on Commission |
Art. VI §37 | Judicial Vacancies and Appointments; Initial Terms; Residence; Age |
Art. VI §38 | Declaration of Candidacy; Form of Judicial Ballot, Rejection and Retention; Failure to File Declaration |
Art. VI §39 | Retirement of Justices and Judges; Vacancies |
Art. VI §40 | Option for Counties with Less than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Persons |
Art. VI §41 | Superior Court Divisions; Commission on Trial Court Appointments; Membership; Terms |
Art. VI §42 | Retention Evaluation of Justices and Judges |
Article IX: Public Debt, Revenue, and Taxation
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article IX (Public Debt, Revenue, and Taxation) |
Art. IX §1 | Surrender of Power of Taxation; Uniformity of Taxes |
Art. IX §2 | Property Subject to Taxation; Exemptions |
Art. IX §3 | Annual Tax; Purposes; Amount; Tax Laws; Payment of Taxes into State Treasury |
Art. IX §4 | Fiscal Year; Annual Statement of Receipts and Expenditures; Deficit |
Art. IX §5 | Power of State to Contract Debts; Purposes; Limit; Restrictions |
Art. IX §6 | Local Assessments and Taxes |
Art. IX §7 | Gift or Loan of Credit; Subsidies; Stock Ownership; Joint Ownership |
Art. IX §8 | Local Debt Limits; Assent of Taxpayers |
Art. IX §8.1 | Unified School District Debt Limit |
Art. IX §9.1 | Statement of Tax and Objects |
Art. IX §10.1 | Aid of Church, Private or Sectarian School, or Public Service Corporation |
Art. IX §11.1 | Taxing Procedure; License Tax on Registered Vehicles |
Art. IX §12.1 | Authority to Provide for Levy and Collection of License and Other Taxes |
Art. IX §12.1 | Temporary Taxes; Repeal from and After May 31, 2013 |
Art. IX §13.1 | Inventory, Materials and Products of Manufacturers; Production Livestock and Animals; Tax Exemption |
Art. IX §14.1 | Use and Distribution of Vehicle, User, and Gasoline and Diesel Tax Receipts |
Art. IX §15.1 | License Tax on Aircraft |
Art. IX §16.1 | Exemption of Watercraft from Ad Valorem Property Taxes |
Art. IX §17.1 | Economic Estimates Commission; Appropriation Limitation; Powers and Duties of Commission |
Art. IX §18.1 | Residential Ad Valorem Tax Limits; Limit on Increase in Values; Definitions |
Art. IX §19.1 | Limitation on Annual Increases in Local Ad Valorem Tax Levies; Exceptions |
Art. IX §20.1 | Expenditure Limitation; Adjustments; Reporting |
Art. IX §21.1 | Expenditure Limitations for School Districts and Community College Districts |
Art. IX §22.1 | Vote Required to Increase State Revenues; Application; Exceptions |
Art. IX §23.1 | Expenditures Required by Initiative or Referendum; Funding Source |
Art. IX §24.1 | Prohibition of New Real Property Sale or Transfer Taxes |
Art. IX §25.1 | Prohibition of New or Increased Taxes on Services |
Article X: State and School Lands
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article X (State and School Lands) |
Art. X §1 | Acceptance and Holding of Lands by State in Trust |
Art. X §2 | Unauthorized Disposition of Land or Proceeds as Breach of Trust |
Art. X §3 | Mortgage or Other Encumbrance; Sale or Lease at Public Auction |
Art. X §4 | Sale or Other Disposal; Appraisal; Minimum Price; Credit; Passing of Title |
Art. X §5 | Minimum Price; Relinquishment of Lands to United States |
Art. X §6 | Lands Reserved by United States for Development of Water Power |
Art. X §7 | Establishment of Permanent Funds; Segregation, Investment and Distribution of Monies; Exception; Resolution of Litigation |
Art. X §8 | Conformity of Contracts with Enabling Act |
Art. X §9 | Sale or Lease; Conditions; Limitations; Lease Prior to Adoption of Constitution |
Art. X §10 | Laws for Sale or Lease of State Lands; Protection of Residents and Lessees |
Art. X §11 | Maximum Acreage Allowed Single Purchaser |
Art. X §12 | Land Exchanges; Purposes; Notice; Hearings; Submission to the Voters |
Article XI: Education
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article XI (Education) |
Art. XI §1 | Public School System; Education of Pupils who are Hearing and Vision Impaired |
Art. XI §2 | Conduct and Supervision of School System |
Art. XI §3 | State Board of Education; Composition; Powers and Duties; Compensation |
Art. XI §4 | State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Board Membership; Powers and Duties |
Art. XI §5 | Regents of University and Other Governing Boards; Appointments by Governor; Membership of Governor on Board of Regents |
Art. XI §6 | Admission of Students of Both Sexes to State Educational Institutions; Tuition; Common School System |
Art. XI §7 | Sectarian Instruction; Religious or Political Test or Qualification |
Art. XI §8 | Permanent State School Fund; Source; Apportionment of State Funds |
Art. XI §9 | County School Fund; Size of Fund; Free Schools |
Art. XI §10 | Source of Revenue for Maintenance of State Educational Institutions |
Art. XI §11 | Schools; Inflation Adjustments; Exceptions; Definitions |
Article XIV: Corporations other than Municipal
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article XIV (Corporations other than Municipal) |
Art. XIV §1 | Corporation Defined; Right to Sue and Suability |
Art. XIV §2 | Formation under General Laws; Change of Laws; Regulation |
Art. XIV §3 | Existing Charters |
Art. XIV §4 | Restriction to Business Authorized by Charter or Law |
Art. XIV §5 | Foreign Corporations; Transaction of Business |
Art. XIV §6 | Stocks; Bonds |
Art. XIV §7 | Lease or Alienation of Franchise |
Art. XIV §8 | Filing of Articles of Incorporation; Place of Business; Agent for Service of Process; Venue |
Art. XIV §9 | Eminent Domain; Taking Corporate Property and Franchises for Public Use |
Art. XIV §10 | Elections for Directors or Managers |
Art. XIV §11 | Liability of Stockholders |
Art. XIV §12 | Officers of Banking Institutions; Individual Responsibility |
Art. XIV §13 | Want of Legal Organization as a Defense |
Art. XIV §14 | Legislative Power to Impose Conditions |
Art. XIV §15 | Monopolies and Trusts |
Art. XIV §16 | Records, Books, and Files; Visitorial and Inquisitorial Powers of State |
Art. XIV §17 | Fees; Reports; Licensing of Foreign Corporations |
Art. XIV §18 | Contributions to Influence Elections or Official Action |
Art. XIV §19 | Penalties for Violation of Article |
Article XV: The Corporation Commission
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article XV (The Corporation Commission) |
Art. XV §1 | Term limits on Corporation Commission; Composition; Election; Office Vacancies; Qualifications |
Art. XV §2 | Public Service Corporations Defined |
Art. XV §3 | Power of Commission as to Classifications, Rates and Charges, Rules, Contracts, and Accounts; Local Regulation |
Art. XV §4 | Power to Inspect and Investigate |
Art. XV §5 | Power to Issue Certificates of Incorporation and Licenses |
Art. XV §6 | Enlargement of Powers by Legislature; Rules and Regulations |
Art. XV §7 | Connecting and Intersecting Lines of Transportation and Communications Corporations |
Art. XV §8 | Transportation by Connecting Carriers |
Art. XV §9 | Transmission of Messages by Connecting Carriers |
Art. XV §10 | Railways as Public Highways; Other Corporations as Common Carriers |
Art. XV §11 | Movable Property as Personal Property; Liability of Property to Attachment, Execution and Sale |
Art. XV §12 | Charges for Service; Discrimination; Free or Reduced Rate Transportation |
Art. XV §13 | Reports to Commission |
Art. XV §14 | Value of Property of Public Service Corporations |
Art. XV §15 | Acceptance of Constitutional Provisions by Existing Corporations |
Art. XV §16 | Forfeitures for Violations |
Art. XV §17 | Appeal to Courts |
Art. XV §19 | Power to Impose Fines |
Article XXII: Schedule And Miscellaneous
Passage | Title |
Entire Article | Article XXII (Schedule And Miscellaneous) |
Art. XXII §1 | Existing Rights, Actions, Suits, Proceedings, Contracts, Claims, or Demands; Process |
Art. XXII §2 | Territorial Laws |
Art. XXII §3 | Debts, Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures |
Art. XXII §4 | Recognizances; Bonds; Estate; Judgments; Choses in Action |
Art. XXII §5 | Criminal Prosecutions and Penal Actions; Offenses; Penalties; Actions and Suits |
Art. XXII §6 | Territorial, District, County, and Precinct Officers |
Art. XXII §7 | Causes Pending in District Courts of Territory; Records, Papers, and Property |
Art. XXII §8 | Probate Records and Proceedings |
Art. XXII §9 | Causes Pending in Supreme Court of Territory; Records, Papers, and Property |
Art. XXII §10 | Seals of Supreme Court, Superior Courts, Municipalities, and County Officers |
Art. XXII §11 | Effective Date of Constitution |
Art. XXII §12 | Election of Representative in Congress |
Art. XXII §13 | Continuation in Office Until Qualification of Successor |
Art. XXII §14 | Initiative |
Art. XXII §15 | Public Institutions |
Art. XXII §16 | Confinement of Minor Offenders |
Art. XXII §17 | Compensation of Public Officers |
Art. XXII §18 | Nomination of Incumbent Public Officers to Other Offices |
Art. XXII §19 | Lobbying |
Art. XXII §20 | Design of State Seal |
Art. XXII §21 | Enactment of Laws to Carry Constitution into Effect |
Art. XXII §22 | Judgments of Death |