Arizona constitution

Section 1 - The boundaries of the State of Arizona shall be as...

Section 2 - The legislature, in cooperation with the properly constituted authority of...

Section 1 - A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the...

Section 2 - All political power is inherent in the people, and governments...

Section 2.1 - (A) To preserve and protect victims' rights to justice and...

Section 3 - C. If the people or their representatives exercise their authority...

Section 4 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property...

Section 5 - The right of petition, and of the people peaceably to...

Section 6 - Every person may freely speak, write, and publish on all...

Section 7 - The mode of administering an oath, or affirmation, shall be...

Section 8 - No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or...

Section 9 - No law granting irrevocably any privilege, franchise, or immunity shall...

Section 10 - No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to...

Section 11 - Justice in all cases shall be administered openly, and without...

Section 12 - The liberty of conscience secured by the provisions of this...

Section 13 - No law shall be enacted granting to any citizen, class...

Section 14 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not...

Section 15 - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,...

Section 16 - No conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of...

Section 17 - Private property shall not be taken for private use, except...

Section 18 - There shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in cases...

Section 19 - Any person having knowledge or possession of facts that tend...

Section 20 - The military shall be in strict subordination to the civil...

Section 21 - All elections shall be free and equal, and no power,...

Section 22 - A. All persons charged with crime shall be bailable by...

Section 23 - The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate. Juries...

Section 24 - In criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to...

Section 25 - No bill of attainder, ex-post-facto law, or law impairing the...

Section 26 - The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in...

Section 27 - No standing army shall be kept up by this state...

Section 28 - Treason against the state shall consist only in levying war...

Section 29 - No hereditary emoluments, privileges, or powers shall be granted or...

Section 30 - No person shall be prosecuted criminally in any court of...

Section 31 - No law shall be enacted in this state limiting the...

Section 32 - The provisions of this Constitution are mandatory, unless by express...

Section 33 - The enumeration in this Constitution of certain rights shall not...

Section 34 - The state of Arizona and each municipal corporation within the...

Section 35 - A person who is present in this state in violation...

Section 36 - A. This state shall not grant preferential treatment to or...

Section 37 - The right to vote by secret ballot for employee representation...

Section 1 - The powers of the government of the state of Arizona...

Section 1 - (1) The senate shall be composed of one member elected...

Section 2 - No person shall be a member of the Legislature unless...

Section 3 - The sessions of the legislature shall be held annually at...

Section 4 - No person holding any public office of profit or trust...

Section 5 - No member of the legislature, during the term for which...

Section 6 - Members of the legislature shall be privileged from arrest in...

Section 7 - No member of the legislature shall be liable in any...

Section 8 - Each house, when assembled, shall choose its own officers, judge...

Section 9 - The majority of the members of each house shall constitute...

Section 10 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and...

Section 11 - Each house may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and...

Section 12 - Every bill shall be read by sections on three different...

Section 13 - Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly...

Section 14 - No Act or section thereof shall be revised or amended...

Section 15 - A majority of all members elected to each house shall...

Section 16 - Any member of the legislature shall have the right to...

Section 17 - The legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any...

Section 18 - The legislature shall direct by law in what manner and...

Section 19 - No local or special laws shall be enacted in any...

Section 20 - The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for...

Section 21 - The members of the first legislature shall hold office until...

Section 22 - In order to preserve and protect the right of the...

Section 23 - It shall not be lawful for any person holding public...

Section 24 - The enacting clause of every bill enacted by the legislature...

Section 25 - The legislature, in order to insure continuity of state and...

The state constitution provided that if three or more candidates ran for office and no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the general election, then a runoff election would be held between the two candidates who received the first and s - A. The executive department shall consist of the governor, lieutenant...

Proposition 107 limited the number of terms that a person may serve in federal and state elective offices. With the exception of the office of state treasurer, there were no limits on the number of terms a person may serve in these offices before proposit - A. The executive department shall consist of the governor, secretary...

Section 2 - No person shall be eligible to any of the offices...

Section 3 - The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military forces of...

Section 4 - The governor shall transact all executive business with the officers...

Section 5 - The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutation, and...

Section 6 - A. In the event of the death of the governor,...

Section 7 - Every bill passed by the legislature, before it becomes a...

Section 8 - When any office shall, from any cause, become vacant, and...

Section 9 - The powers and duties of lieutenant governor, secretary of state,...

Section 10 - The returns of the election for all state officers shall...

Section 11 - All commissions shall issue in the name of the state,...

Section 12 - The salaries of those holding elective state offices shall be...

Section 1 - The judicial power shall be vested in an integrated judicial...

Section 2 - The supreme court shall consist of not less than five...

Section 3 - The supreme court shall have administrative supervision over all the...

Section 4 - Justices of the supreme court shall hold office for a...

Section 5 - The supreme court shall have: 1. Original jurisdiction of habeas...

Section 6 - A justice of the supreme court shall be a person...

Section 7 - The supreme court shall appoint a clerk of the court...

Section 8 - Provision shall be made by law for the speedy publication...

Section 9 - The jurisdiction, powers, duties and composition of any intermediate appellate...

Section 10 - There shall be in each county at least one judge...

Section 11 - There shall be in each county a presiding judge of...

Section 12 - A. Judges of the superior court in counties having a...

Section 13 - The superior courts provided for in this article shall constitute...

Section 14 - The superior court shall have original jurisdiction of: 1. Cases...

Section 15 - The jurisdiction and authority of the courts of this state...

Section 16 - The superior court shall have appellate jurisdiction in cases arising...

Section 17 - The superior court shall be open at all times, except...

Section 18 - The superior court or any judge thereof may issue writs...

Section 19 - A judge of the superior court shall serve in another...

Section 20 - The legislature shall prescribe by law a plan of retirement...

Section 21 - Every matter submitted to a judge of the superior court...

Section 22 - Judges of the superior court, intermediate appellate courts or courts...

Section 23 - There shall be in each county a clerk of the...

Section 24 - Judges of the superior court may appoint court commissioners, master's...

Section 25 - The style of process shall be "The State of Arizona,"...

Section 26 - Each justice, judge and justice of the peace shall, before...

Section 27 - Judges shall not charge juries with respect to matters of...

Section 28 - Justices and judges of courts of record shall not be...

Section 30 - A. The supreme court, the court of appeals and the...

Section 31 - A. The legislature may provide for the appointment of members...

Section 32 - A. The number of justices of the peace to be...

Section 33 - No change made by the legislature in the number of...

Section 34 - Any judicial officer except a retired justice or judge who...

Section 35 - A. All justices, judges, justices of the peace and officers...

Section 36 - A. There shall be a nonpartisan commission on appellate court...

Section 37 - A. Within sixty days from the occurrence of a vacancy...

Section 38 - A. A justice or judge of the supreme court or...

Section 39 - On attaining the age of seventy years a justice or...

Section 40 - Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, any...

Section 41 - A. Except as otherwise provided, judges of the superior court...

Section 42 - The supreme court shall adopt, after public hearings, and administer...

Section 1 - A. A commission on judicial conduct is created to be...

Section 2 - A judge is disqualified from acting as a judge, without...

Section 3 - On recommendation of the commission on judicial conduct, or on...

Section 4 - A. On recommendation of the commission on judicial conduct, the...

Section 5 - The term "judge" as used in this article shall apply...

Section 6 - The provisions of this article shall be self-executing.

Section 1 - All elections by the people shall be by ballot, or...

Section 2 - A. No person shall be entitled to vote at any...

Section 3 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed...

Section 4 - Electors shall in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach...

Section 5 - No elector shall be obliged to perform military duty on...

Section 6 - No soldier, seaman, or marine, in the army or navy...

Section 7 - In all elections held by the people in this state,...

Section 8 - Qualifications for voters at school elections shall be as are...

Section 9 - For the purpose of obtaining an advisory vote of the...

Section 10 - The Legislature shall enact a direct primary election law, which...

Section 11 - There shall be a general election of representatives in congress,...

Section 12 - There shall be enacted registration and other laws to secure...

Section 13 - Questions upon bond issues or special assessments shall be submitted...

Section 14 - No fee shall ever be required in order to have...

Section 15 - Every person elected or appointed to any elective office of...

Section 16 - The legislature, at its first session, shall enact a law...

Section 17 - There shall be a primary and general election as prescribed...

Section 18 - The name of any candidate for United States senator from...

Section 1 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power of...

Section 2 - No person shall be convicted without a concurrence of two-thirds...

Section 3 - If such officer shall offer his resignation it shall be...

Section 4 - Unless the incumbent otherwise requests, in writing, the incumbent's name...

Section 5 - No recall petition shall be circulated against any officer until...

Section 6 - The general election laws shall apply to recall elections in...

Section 1 - The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or...

Section 2 - (g) A person is not eligible for exemption under more...

Section 3 - The legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax...

Section 4 - The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of...

Section 5 - The state may contract debts to supply the casual deficits...

Section 6 - Except as provided by Section 25 of this Article, incorporated...

Section 7 - Neither the state, nor any county, city, town, municipality, or...

Section 8 - (1) No county, city, town, school district, or other municipal...

Section 8.1 - (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8 of this article...

Section 9 - Every law which imposes, continues, or revives a tax shall...

Section 10 - No tax shall be laid or appropriation of public money...

Section 11 - From and after December 31, 1973, the manner, method and...

Section 12 - The law-making power shall have authority to provide for the...

Section 12.1 - A. A temporary tax is levied for the purpose of...

Section 13 - No tax shall be levied on: 1. Raw or unfinished...

Section 14 - No moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating...

Section 15 - Commencing January 1, 1965, a license tax is imposed on...

Section 16 - Commencing January 1, 1967, all watercraft registered for operation in...

Section 17 - (1) The economic estimates commission shall be established by law,...

Section 18 - (1) The maximum amount of ad valorem taxes that may...

Section 19 - (1) The maximum amount of ad valorem taxes levied by...

Section 20 - (1) The economic estimates commission shall determine and publish prior...

Section 21 - (1) The economic estimates commission shall determine and publish prior...

Section 22 - (A) An act that provides for a net increase in...

Section 23 - (A) An initiative or referendum measure that proposes a mandatory...

Section 24 - The state, any county, city, town, municipality or other political...

Section 25 - The state, any county, city, town, municipal corporation, or other...

Section 1 - All lands expressly transferred and confirmed to the state by...

Section 2 - Disposition of any of said lands, or of any money...

Section 3 - No mortgage or other encumbrance of the said lands, or...

Section 4 - All lands, lease-holds, timber, and other products of land, before...

Section 5 - No lands shall be sold for less than three dollars...

Section 6 - No lands reserved and excepted of the lands granted to...

Section 7 - A. A separate permanent fund shall be established for each...

Section 8 - Every sale, lease, conveyance, or contract of or concerning any...

Section 9 - {{quote|All lands expressly transferred and confirmed to the state, by...

Section 10 - The legislature shall provide by proper laws for the sale...

Section 11 - No individual, corporation or association shall be allowed to purchase...

Section 12 - A. The legislature shall provide a process by law for...

Section 1 - A. The legislature shall enact such laws as shall provide...

Section 2 - The general conduct and supervision of the public school system...

Section 3 - The state board of education shall be composed of the...

Section 4 - The state superintendent of public instruction shall be a member,...

Section 5 - The regents of the university, and the governing boards of...

Section 6 - The university and all other state educational institutions shall be...

Section 7 - No sectarian instruction shall be imparted in any school or...

Section 8 - A. A permanent state school fund for the use of...

Section 9 - The amount of this apportionment shall become a part of...

Section 10 - The revenue for the maintenance of the respective state educational...

Section 11 - A. On or before February 1 of each year, if...

Section 1 - Each county of the state, now or hereafter organized, shall...

Section 2 - The several counties of the territory of Arizona as fixed...

Section 3 - There are hereby created in and for each organized county...

Section 4 - The duties, powers, and qualifications of such officers shall be...

Section 5 - A. The board of supervisors of any county with a...

Section 6 - A charter shall set forth procedures for amendment of the...

Section 7 - A. Charter counties continue to be political subdivisions of this...

Section 8 - A. The county charter shall provide: 1. For an elective...

Section 9 - The provisions of sections 5 through 8 of this article...

Section 1 - Municipal corporations shall not be created by special laws, but...

Section 2 - Any city containing, now or hereafter, a population of more...

Section 3 - An election of such board of freeholders may be called...

Section 4 - No municipal corporation shall ever grant, extend, or renew a...

Section 5 - Every municipal corporation within this state shall have the right...

Section 6 - No grant, extension, or renewal of any franchise or other...

Section 7 - Irrigation, power, electrical, agricultural improvement, drainage, and flood control districts,...

Section 1 - The term "corporation," as used in this article, shall be...

Section 2 - Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not...

Section 3 - All existing charters under which a bona fide organization shall...

Section 4 - No corporation shall engage in any business other than that...

Section 5 - No corporation organized outside of the limits of this state...

Section 6 - No corporation shall issue stock, except to bona fide subscribers...

Section 7 - No corporation shall lease or alienate any franchise so as...

Section 8 - No domestic or foreign corporation shall do any business in...

Section 9 - The right of exercising eminent domain shall never be so...

Section 10 - In all elections for directors or managers of any corporation,...

Section 11 - Liability of stockholders. The shareholders or stockholders of every banking...

Section 12 - Any president, director, manager, cashier, or other officer of any...

Section 13 - No persons acting as a corporation under the laws of...

Section 14 - This article shall not be construed to deny the right...

Section 15 - Monopolies and trusts shall never be allowed in this state...

Section 16 - The records, books, and files of all public service corporations,...

Section 17 - Provision shall be made by law for the payment of...

Section 18 - It shall be unlawful for any corporation, organized or doing...

Section 19 - Suitable penalties shall be prescribed by law for the violation...

Section 1 - A. No member of the corporation commission shall hold that...

Section 2 - All corporations other than municipal engaged in furnishing gas, oil,...

Section 3 - The corporation commission shall have full power to, and shall,...

Section 4 - The corporation commission, and the several members thereof, shall have...

Section 5 - The corporation commission shall have the sole power to issue...

Section 6 - The law-making power may enlarge the powers and extend the...

Section 7 - Every public service corporation organized or authorized under the laws...

Section 8 - Every public service corporation doing a transportation business within the...

Section 9 - Every public service corporation engaged in the business of transmitting...

Section 10 - Railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed, in...

Section 11 - The rolling stock and all other movable property belonging to...

Section 12 - All charges made for service rendered, or to be rendered,...

Section 13 - All public service corporations and corporations whose stock shall be...

Section 14 - The corporation commission shall, to aid it in the proper...

Section 15 - No public service corporation in existence at the time of...

Section 16 - If any public service corporation shall violate any of the...

Section 17 - Nothing herein shall be construed as denying to public service...

Section 19 - The corporation commission shall have the power and authority to...

Section 1 - The militia of the state of Arizona shall consist of...

Section 2 - The organized militia shall be designated "The National Guard of...

Section 3 - The organization, equipment, and discipline of the national guard shall...

Section 1 - The common law doctrine of riparian water rights shall not...

Section 2 - All existing rights to the use of any of the...

Section 1 - Eight hours and no more, shall constitute a lawful day's...

Section 2 - No child under the age of fourteen years shall be...

Section 3 - It shall be unlawful for any person, company, association, or...

Section 4 - The common law doctrine of fellow servant, so far as...

Section 5 - The defense of contributory negligence or of assumption of risk...

Section 6 - The right of action to recover damages for injuries shall...

Section 7 - To protect the safety of employees in all hazardous occupations,...

Section 8 - The legislature shall enact a workmen's compensation law applicable to...

Section 9 - The exchange, solicitation, or giving out of any labor "black...

Section 10 - No person not a citizen or ward of the United...

This amendment lengthened the term of office of the state mine inspector. Proposition 101, after becoming adopted, increased the term of office to a four-year term from a two-year term. This amendment was effective upon the entrance of the state mine in - The office of mine inspector is hereby established. The legislature...

Proposition 107 limited the number of terms that a person may serve in federal and state elective offices. With the exception of the office of state treasurer, there were no limits on the number of terms a person may serve in these offices before proposit - The office of mine inspector is hereby established. The legislature,...

Section 1 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed...

Section 2 - No Convention shall be called by the Legislature to propose...

Section 1 - No rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts, claims, or demands, existing...

Section 2 - All laws of the Territory of Arizona now in force,...

Section 3 - All debts, fines, penalties, and forfeitures which have accrued, or...

Section 4 - All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken, before...

Section 5 - All criminal prosecutions and penal actions which may have arisen,...

Section 6 - All Territorial, district, county, and precinct officers who may be...

Section 7 - Whenever the judge of the superior court of any county,...

Section 8 - When the State is admitted into the Union, and the...

Section 9 - Whenever a quorum of the judges of the Supreme Court...

Section 10 - Until otherwise provided by law, the seal now in use...

Section 11 - The provisions of this Constitution shall be in force from...

Section 12 - One Representative in the Congress of the United States shall...

Section 13 - The term of office of every officer to be elected...

Section 14 - Any law which may be enacted by the Legislature under...

Section 15 - Correctional and penal institutions, and institutions for the benefit of...

Section 16 - It shall be unlawful to confine any minor under the...

Section 17 - All State and county officers (except notaries public) and all...

Section 18 - Except during the final year of the term being served,...

Section 19 - The Legislature shall enact laws and adopt rules prohibiting the...

Section 20 - The seal of the State shall be of the following...

Section 21 - The Legislature shall enact all necessary laws to carry into...

Section 22 - The judgment of death shall be inflicted by administering an...

Section 1 - No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or...

Section 1 - Any person holding a valid license as a real estate...

Section 1 - The legislature may provide for the regulation of ambulances and...

Section 2 - A. To preserve the freedom of Arizonans to provide for...

Section 1 - (1) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1....

Section 2 - The official language of the state of Arizona is English.

Section 3 - A. Representatives of government in this state shall preserve, protect...

Section 4 - Official actions shall be conducted in English.

Section 5 - This article shall not be construed to prohibit any representative...

Section 6 - A. A person who resides or does business in this...

Section 1 - A. Public retirement systems shall be funded with contributions and...

Section 1 - Only a union of one man and one woman shall...