NEBRASKA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE III
LEGISLATIVE
Art. III §1 | LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY; HOW VESTED; POWER OF INITIATIVE; POWER OF REFERENDUM
Art. III §2 | FIRST POWER RESERVED; INITIATIVE
Art. III §3 | SECOND POWER RESERVED; REFERENDUM
When the referendum is invoked as to any act or part of act, other than emergency acts or those for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, by petition signed by not less than ten percent of the registered voters of the state distributed as aforesaid, it shall suspend the taking effect of such act or part of act until the same has been approved by the electors of the state.
Art. III §4 | INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM; SIGNATURES REQUIRED; VETO; ELECTION RETURNS; CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS; NON-PARTISAN BALLOT
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Art. III §5 | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS; APPORTIONMENT; REDISTRICTING, WHEN REQUIRED
Art. III §6 | LEGISLATURE; NUMBER OF MEMBERS; ANNUAL SESSIONS
Art. III §7 | LEGISLATORS; TERMS; EFFECT OF REDISTRICTING; ELECTION; SALARY; EXPENSES; MILEAGE
Art. III §8 | LEGISLATORS; QUALIFICATIONS; ONE-YEAR RESIDENCE IN DISTRICT; REMOVAL FROM DISTRICT, EFFECT
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Art. III §9 | LEGISLATORS; DISQUALIFICATIONS; ELECTION TO OTHER OFFICE; RESIGNATION REQUIRED
Art. III §10 | LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS; TIME; QUORUM; RULES OF PROCEDURE; EXPULSION OF MEMBERS; DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR, PENALTY
Art. III §11 | LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL; VOTE VIVA VOCE; OPEN DOORS; COMMITTEE VOTES
Art. III §12 | LEGISLATORS; TERMS; LIMITATION
(2) Service prior to January 1, 2001, as a member of the Legislature shall not be counted for the purpose of calculating consecutive terms in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) For the purpose of this section, service in office for more than one-half of a term shall be deemed service for a term.
Art. III §13 | STYLE OF BILLS; MAJORITY NECESSARY TO PASSAGE; YEAS AND NAYS ENTERED ON JOURNAL
Art. 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
Art. III §15 | MEMBERS PRIVILEGED FROM ARREST
Art. III §16 | MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND STATE OFFICERS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; STANDARDS FOR
Art. III §17 | IMPEACHMENT; PROCEDURE
Art. III §18 | LOCAL OR SPECIAL LAWS PROHIBITED
Changing the names of persons or places.
Laying out, opening altering and working roads or highways.
Vacating roads, Town plats, streets, alleys, and public grounds.
Locating or changing County seats.
Regulating County and Township offices.
Regulating the practice of Courts of Justice.
Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of Justices of the Peace, Police Magistrates and Constables.
Providing for changes of venue in civil and criminal cases.
Incorporating Cities, Towns and Villages, or changing or amending the charter of any Town, City, or Village.
Providing for the election of Officers in Townships, incorporated Towns or Cities.
Summoning or empaneling Grand or Petit Juries.
Providing for the bonding of cities, towns, precincts, school districts or other municipalities.
Providing for the management of Public Schools.
The opening and conducting of any election, or designating the place of voting.
The sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors, or others under disability.
The protection of game or fish.
Chartering or licensing ferries, or toll bridges, remitting fines, penalties or forfeitures, creating, increasing and decreasing fees, percentage or allowances of public officers, during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed.
Changing the law of descent.
Granting to any corporation, association, or individual, the right to lay down railroad tracks, or amending existing charters for such purpose.
Granting to any corporation, association, or individual any special or exclusive privileges, immunity, or franchise whatever; Provided, that notwithstanding any other provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature shall have authority to separately define and classify loans and installment sales, to establish maximum rates within classifications of loans or installment sales which it establishes, and to regulate with respect thereto. In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted.
Art. III §19 | COMPENSATION; INCREASE WHEN; EXTRA COMPENSATION TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND CONTRACTORS PROHIBITED; RETIREMENT BENEFITS; ADJUSTMENT
The compensation of any public officer, including any officer whose compensation is fixed by the Legislature, shall not be increased or diminished during his or her term of office, except that when there are members elected or appointed to the Legislature or the judiciary, or officers elected or appointed to a board or commission having more than one member, and the terms of such members commence and end at different times, the compensation of all members of the Legislature, of the judiciary, or of such board or commission may be increased or diminished at the beginning of the full term of any member thereof.
Nothing in this section shall prevent local governing bodies from reviewing and adjusting vested pension benefits periodically as prescribed by ordinance.
The surviving spouse of any retired public officer, agent, or servant, who has retired under a pension plan or system, shall be considered as having pensionable status and shall be entitled to the same benefits which may, at any time, be provided for or available to spouses of other public officers, agents, or servants who have retired under such pension plan or system at a later date, and such benefits shall not be prohibited by the restrictions of this section or of Article XIII, section 3 of the Constitution of Nebraska.
Art. III §20 | SALT SPRINGS, COAL, OIL, MINERALS; ALIENATION PROHIBITED
Art. III §21 | DONATION OF STATE LANDS PROHIBITED; WHEN
Art. III §22 | APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE; DEFICIENCIES; BILLS FOR PAY OF MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS
Art. III §23 | REPEALED 1972. LAWS 1972, LB 302, SEC. 1
Art. 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
(2) The Legislature may authorize and regulate a state lottery pursuant to subsection (3) of this section and other lotteries, raffles, and gift enterprises which are intended solely as business promotions or the proceeds of which are to be used solely for charitable or community betterment purposes without profit to the promoter of such lotteries, raffles, or gift enterprises.
(3)
(ii) Forty-four and one-half percent of the money remaining after the payment of prizes and operating expenses and the initial transfer to the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund shall be transferred to the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund to be used as provided in the Nebraska Environmental Trust Act;
(iii) Forty-four and one-half percent of the money remaining after the payment of prizes and operating expenses and the initial transfer to the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund shall be used for education as the Legislature may direct;
(iv) Ten percent of the money remaining after the payment of prizes and operating expenses and the initial transfer to the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund shall be transferred to the Nebraska State Fair Board if the most populous city within the county in which the fair is located provides matching funds equivalent to ten percent of the funds available for transfer. Such matching funds may be obtained from the city and any other private or public entity, except that no portion of such matching funds shall be provided by the state. If the Nebraska State Fair ceases operations, ten percent of the money remaining after the payment of prizes and operating expenses and the initial transfer to the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund shall be transferred to the General Fund; and
(v) One percent of the money remaining after the payment of prizes and operating expenses and the initial transfer to the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund shall be transferred to the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund.
(b) the enactment of laws providing for the licensing and regulation of bingo games conducted by nonprofit associations which have been in existence for a period of five years immediately preceding the application for license, except that bingo games cannot be conducted by agents or lessees of such associations on a percentage basis.
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Cross References
Nebraska Environmental Trust Act, see section 81-15,167.Art. III §25 | INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF STATE OFFICERS; SPECIFIC APPROPRIATIONS ALWAYS NECESSARY; WARRANTS FOR MONEY
Art. III §26 | PRIVILEGE OF MEMBERS
Art. III §27 | ACTS TAKE EFFECT AFTER THREE MONTHS; EMERGENCY BILLS; SESSION LAWS
Art. III §28 | REPEALED 1934. INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 330
Art. III §29 | LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY IN EMERGENCIES DUE TO ENEMY ATTACK UPON UNITED STATES
(b) The convening of the Legislature into general or extraordinary session, upon or without call by the Governor, during or after a war or enemy caused disaster occurring in the United States; and, with respect to any such emergency session, the suspension or temporary change of the provisions of this Constitution or of general law relating to the length and purposes of any legislative session or prescribing the specific proportion or number of legislators whose presence or vote is necessary to constitute a quorum or to accomplish any legislative act or function;
(c) The selection and changing from time to time of a temporary state seat of government, of temporary county seats, and of temporary seats of government for other political subdivisions; to be used if made necessary by enemy attack or imminent threat thereof;
(d) The determination, selection, reproduction, preservation, and dispersal of public records necessary to the continuity of governmental operations in the event of enemy attack or imminent threat thereof; and
(e) Such other measures and procedures as may be necessary and proper for insuring the continuity of governmental operations in the event of enemy attack or imminent threat thereof.
Art. III §30 | LEGISLATURE TO PASS NECESSARY LAWS
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