Article IV: The Legislative Branch
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article IV (The Legislative Branch) |
| Art. IV Part 1 §1 | Legislative Department; Style of Acts |
| Art. IV Part 1 §2 | Number of Representatives; Biennial Terms; Division of the State into Districts for House of Representatives |
| Art. IV Part 1 §3 | Submission of Reapportionment Plan to Clerk of House; Legislature’s Action on Commission’s Plan |
| Art. IV Part 1 §4 | Qualifications; Residency Requirement |
| Art. IV Part 1 §5 | Election of Representatives; Lists of Votes Delivered Forthwith; Lists of Votes Examined by Governor; Summons of Persons Who Appear to be Elected; Lists Shall be Laid Before the House |
| Art. IV Part 1 §6 | Vacancies |
| Art. IV Part 1 §7 | To Choose Own Officers |
| Art. IV Part 1 §8 | Power of Impeachment |
| Art. IV Part 2 §1 | Number of Senators |
| Art. IV Part 2 §2 | Submission of Reapportionment Plan to Secretary of Senate; Legislature’s Action on Commission’s Plan; Division of State into Senatorial Districts; Division by Supreme Judicial Court |
| Art. IV Part 2 §3 | Election of Senators; Lists of Votes Delivered Forthwith |
| Art. IV Part 2 §4 | Lists of Votes Examined by Governor; Summons to Persons Who Appear to be Elected |
| Art. IV Part 2 §5 | Determination of Senators Elected; Procedure for Filling Vacancies |
| Art. IV Part 2 §6 | Qualifications |
| Art. IV Part 2 §7 | To Try Impeachments; Limitation of Judgment of Impeachment; Party Liable to be Tried and Punished in Court |
| Art. IV Part 2 §8 | To Choose Own Officers |
| Art. IV Part 3 §1 | To Meet Annually; Power of Legislature to Convene Itself at Other Times; Extent of Legislative Power |
| Art. IV Part 3 §1A | Legislature to Establish Apportionment Commission; Number of Quorum; Compensation of Commission Members; Commission’s Budget; Division Among Political Parties |
| Art. IV Part 3 §2 | Bills to be Signed by the Governor; Proceedings, in Case the Governor Disapproves; Allowing the Governor 10 Days to Act on Legislation |
| Art. IV Part 3 §2A | Line-Item Veto of Dollar Amounts Appearing in Appropriation or Allocation Sections of Legislative Documents |
| Art. IV Part 3 §3 | Each House the Judge of Its Elections; Majority, A Quorum |
| Art. IV Part 3 §4 | May Punish and Expel Members |
| Art. IV Part 3 §5 | Shall Keep A Journal; Yeas and Nays |
| Art. IV Part 3 §6 | May Punish for Contempt |
| Art. IV Part 3 §7 | Compensation; Traveling Expenses |
| Art. IV Part 3 §8 | Members Exempt from Arrest; Freedom of Debate |
| Art. IV Part 3 §9 | Either House May Originate Bills; Revenue Bills |
| Art. IV Part 3 §10 | Members Not to be Appointed to Certain Offices |
| Art. IV Part 3 §11 | Persons Disqualified to be Members |
| Art. IV Part 3 §12 | Adjournments |
| Art. IV Part 3 §13 | Special Legislation |
| Art. IV Part 3 §14 | Corporations, Formed Under General Laws |
| Art. IV Part 3 §15 | Constitutional Conventions |
| Art. IV Part 3 §16 | Acts Become Effective in 90 Days After Recess; Exception; Emergency Bill Defined |
| Art. IV Part 3 §17 | Proceedings for People’s Veto |
| Art. IV Part 3 §18 | Direct Initiative of Legislation |
| Art. IV Part 3 §19 | Effective Date of Measures Approved by People; Veto Power Limited |
| Art. IV Part 3 §20 | Meaning of Words "Electors," "People," "Recess of Legislature," "Statewide Election," "Measure," "Circulator," and "Written Petition"; Written Petitions for People’s Veto; Written Petitions for Direct Initiative |
| Art. IV Part 3 §21 | City Council of Any City May Establish Direct Initiative and People’s Veto |
| Art. IV Part 3 §22 | Election Officers and Officials, How Governed |
| Art. IV Part 3 §23 | Municipalities Reimbursed Annually |
Article IX: General Provisions
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article IX (General Provisions) |
| Art. IX §1 | Oaths and Subscriptions |
| Art. IX §2 | Offices Incompatible with Each Other; Election to Congress Disqualifies |
| Art. IX §3 | Commissions |
| Art. IX §4 | Elections on the First Wednesday After First Tuesday of January May be Adjourned from Day to Day |
| Art. IX §5 | Removal by Impeachment or Address |
| Art. IX §6 | Tenure of Office |
| Art. IX §7 | Valuation |
| Art. IX §8 | Taxation |
| Art. IX §9 | Power of Taxation |
| Art. IX §10 | Tenure of Sheriffs |
| Art. IX §11 | Attorney General |
| Art. IX §12 | Voting Districts |
| Art. IX §13 | Bribery at Elections |
| Art. IX §14 | Authority and Procedure for Issuance of Bonds |
| Art. IX §14A | Authority to Insure Industrial, Manufacturing, Fishing, and Agricultural Mortgage Loans |
| Art. IX §14B | Authority to Insure Revenue Bonds of the Maine School Building Authority |
| Art. IX §14C | Authority to Insure Mortgage Loans for Indian Housing |
| Art. IX §14D | Authority to Insure Maine Veterans' Mortgage Loans, and to Appropriate Moneys and Issue Bonds for the Payment of Same |
| Art. IX §15 | Municipal Borrowing Regulated by Legislature Through General Law |
| Art. IX §16 | Seat of Government |
| Art. IX §17 | Continuity of Government in Case of Enemy Attack |
| Art. IX §18 | Limitation on Use of Funds of Maine State Retirement System |
| Art. IX §18A | Funding of Retirement Benefits Under the Maine State Retirement System |
| Art. IX §18B | Payment of Unfunded Liabilities of the Maine State Retirement System |
| Art. IX §19 | Limitation on Expenditure of Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Fuel Revenues |
| Art. IX §20 | Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund |
| Art. IX §21 | State Mandates |
| Art. IX §22 | Revenues Generated by Fisheries and Wildlife Management |
| Art. IX §23 | State Park Land |
| Art. IX §24 | Reapportionment |
| Art. IX §25 | Apportionment of County Commissioner Districts |
Article X: Additional Provisions
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article X (Additional Provisions) |
| Art. X §1 | Meeting of First Legislature; Elections for 1820; Senators Apportioned; and Representatives; York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, Washington, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset, Penobscot; Powers and Duties of Secretary of State Pro Tem in Relation to the Votes |
| Art. X §2 | Duration of the First Legislature |
| Art. X §3 | Laws Now in Force Continue Until Repealed |
| Art. X §4 | Amendments to Constitution |
| Art. X §5 | Persons in Office to Continue to Hold Their Offices; Part of A Law of Massachusetts Made A Part of the Constitution |
| Art. X §6 | Constitution to be Arranged by Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court; Constitution to be Enrolled and Printed with Laws; Supreme Law of the State |
| Art. X §7 | Original Sections 1, 2, 5, of Article X Not to be Printed; Section 5 in Full Force |
