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Preamble -
Article 1
Section 1 - All government, of right, orignates with the people, is founded...
Section 2 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property,...
Section 3 - No person shall be denied the equal protection of the...
Section 4 - (4) After one year from the completion of the project...
Section 5 - Every person shall be secure in his person, property, communications,...
Section 6 - No person shall be quartered in any house without the...
Section 7 - No law shall curtail or restrain the freedom of speech...
Section 8 - No law shall be enacted respecting an establishment of religion...
Section 9 - No law shall impair the right of any person to...
Section 10 - (C) Exception. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (B) of this...
Section 10.1 - (C) The provisions of Paragraph (A) of this Section shall...
Section 11 - The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms...
Section 12 - In access to public areas, accommodations, and facilities, every person...
Section 13 - When any person has been arrested or detained in connection...
Section 14 - The right to a preliminary examination shall not be denied...
Section 15 - Prosecution of a felony shall be initiated by indictment or...
Section 16 - Every person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until...
Section 17 - (B) Joinder of Felonies; Mode of Trial. Notwithstanding any provision...
Section 18 - (A) Excessive bail shall not be required. Before and during...
Section 19 - No person shall be subjected to imprisonment or forfeiture of...
Section 20 - No law shall subject any person to euthanasia, to torture,...
Section 21 - The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended.
Section 22 - All courts shall be open, and every person shall have...
Section 23 - No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law...
Section 24 - The enumeration in this constitution of certain rights shall not...
Section 25 - Any person who is a victim of crime shall be...
Section 26 - The people of this state have the sole and exclusive...
Section 27 - The freedom to hunt, fish, and trap wildlife, including all...
Article 2
Section 1 - The powers of government of the state are divided into...
Section 2 - Except as otherwise provided by this constitution, no one of...
Article 3
Section 1 - (B) Continuous Body. The legislature is a continuous body during...
Section 2 - (D) Organizational Session. The legislature shall meet in an organizational...
Section 3 - The number of members of the legislature shall be provided...
Section 4 - (G) Salary limitation. Any increase in salary of any member...
Section 5 - (B) Filling Vacancy. A person elected to fill the remainder...
Section 6 - (C) Procedure. The procedure for review and for petition shall...
Section 7 - (C) Officers. Each house shall choose its officers, including a...
Section 8 - A member of the legislature shall be privileged from arrest,...
Section 9 - Legislative office is a public trust, and every effort to...
Section 10 - (C) Adjournment. When the legislature is in session, neither house...
Section 11 - There shall be a legislative auditor responsible solely to the...
Section 12 - (B) Additional Prohibition. The legislature shall not indirectly enact special...
Section 13 - (B) No local or special law relative to the creation...
Section 15 - (G) Majority Vote; Record Vote. No bill shall become law...
Section 16 - (E) Extraordinary Session. Except for expenses of the legislature, a...
Section 17 - (B) Resolutions. No joint, concurrent, or other resolution shall require...
Section 18 - (1) A bill vetoed and returned and subsequently approved by...
Section 19 - All laws enacted during a regular session of the legislature...
Section 20 - Only the legislature may suspend a law, and then only...
Article 4
Section 1 - (C) Reorganization. Reallocation of the functions, powers, and duties of...
Section 2 - To be eligible for any statewide elective office, a person,...
Section 3 - (D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution or of...
Section 4 - Except as otherwise provided by this constitution, the compensation of...
Section 5 - (K) Other Powers and Duties. The governor shall have other...
Section 6 - The lieutenant governor shall serve ex officio as a member...
Section 7 - There shall be a Department of State. The secretary of...
Section 8 - The attorney general shall exercise other powers and perform other...
Section 9 - There shall be a Department of the Treasury. The treasurer...
Section 10 - There shall be a Department of Agriculture. The commissioner of...
Section 11 - There shall be a Department of Insurance, headed by the...
Section 12 - There shall be a Department of Elections and Registration. The...
Section 13 - Each statewide elected official except the governor and lieutenant governor...
Section 14 - The successor shall serve the remainder of the term for...
Section 15 - Should a vacancy occur in the office of lieutenant governor,...
Section 16 - (B) If the unexpired term exceeds one year, the office...
Section 17 - When a statewide elected official transmits to the presiding officers...
Section 18 - (E) Reconsideration by Supreme Court. A judgment of the supreme...
Section 19 - When the governor is temporarily absent from the state, the...
Section 20 - After the first election of state officials following the effective...
Section 21 - (E) Appeals. Appeal may be taken in the manner provided...
Section 22 - (B) This Section shall not apply to any person who...
Article 5
Section 1 - The judicial power is vested in a supreme court, courts...
Section 2 - A judge may issue writs of habeas corpus and all...
Section 3 - The supreme court shall be composed of a chief justice...
Section 4 - The state shall be divided into at least six supreme...
Section 5 - (F) Appellate Jurisdiction; Civil Cases; Extent. Subject to the provisions...
Section 6 - The judge oldest in point of service on the supreme...
Section 7 - The supreme court may select a judicial administrator, its clerks,...
Section 8 - (C) Terms. The term of a court of appeal judge...
Section 9 - Each circuit shall be divided into at least three districts,...
Section 10 - (C) Other Criminal Matters. In all criminal cases not provided...
Section 11 - A court of appeal may certify any question of law...
Section 12 - The judge oldest in point of service on each court...
Section 13 - Each court of appeal may select its clerk and other...
Section 14 - The state shall be divided into judicial districts, each composed...
Section 15 - (D) Number of Judges. The legislature may change the number...
Section 16 - (B) Appellate Jurisdiction. A district court shall have appellate jurisdiction...
Section 17 - Each district court shall elect from its members a chief...
Section 18 - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Section 16 of this Article,...
Section 19 - The determination of guilt or innocence, the detention, and the...
Section 20 - Mayors' courts and justice of the peace courts existing on...
Section 21 - The term of office, retirement benefits, and compensation of a...
Section 22 - (C) End of Term. A judge serving on the effective...
Section 23 - (B) Mandatory Retirement. Except as otherwise provided in this Section,...
Section 24 - (B) He shall not practice law.
Section 25 - (D) Other Disciplinary Action. Action against a judge under this...
Section 26 - (C) Prohibition. No district attorney or assistant district attorney shall...
Section 27 - In each parish a sheriff shall be elected for a...
Section 28 - (B) Office Hours. The legislature shall establish uniform statewide office...
Section 29 - In each parish a coroner shall be elected for a...
Section 30 - When a vacancy occurs in the following offices, the duties...
Section 31 - The salary and retirement benefits of an attorney general, district...
Section 32 - Except for provisions relating to terms of office as provided...
Section 33 - (B) Exemptions. Persons who are seventy years of age or...
Section 34 - (B) Right to Counsel. The legislature may establish by law...
Section 35 - The remedies required by Article VII, Section 3(A) of this...
Article 6
Section 1 - (D) Adjustment of Assets and Liabilities. When a parish is...
Section 2 - The legislature shall provide by general law for the incorporation,...
Section 3 - The legislature may classify parishes or municipalities according to population...
Section 4 - Every home rule charter or plan of government existing or...
Section 5 - (G) Parish Officials and School Boards Not Affected. No home...
Section 6 - The legislature shall enact no law the effect of which...
Section 7 - (B) Parish Officials and School Boards Not Affected. Nothing in...
Section 8 - No parish plan of government or home rule charter shall...
Section 9 - (B) Police Power Not Abridged. Notwithstanding any provision of this...
Section 10 - Within two years after the effective date of this constitution,...
Section 11 - The electors of each local governmental subdivision shall have the...
Section 12 - The compensation or method of fixing the compensation of an...
Section 13 - (B) Exception. This Section shall apply to each local governmental...
Section 14 - (1) No law requiring increased expenditures within a city, parish,...
Section 15 - The governing authority of a local governmental subdivision shall have...
Section 16 - (B) Assumption of Debt. If the special district or local...
Section 17 - (1) adopt regulations for land use, zoning, and historic preservation,...
Section 18 - (B) Access by Public Road; Police Protection. When an industrial...
Section 19 - Subject to and not inconsistent with this constitution, the legislature...
Section 20 - Except as otherwise provided by law, a political subdivision may...
Section 21 - (D) Property excepted. The bona fide homestead, as defined by...
Section 22 - When an election is required in a political subdivision under...
Section 23 - Subject to and not inconsistent with this constitution and subject...
Section 24 - The public, represented by local governmental subdivisions, may acquire servitudes...
Section 25 - Notwithstanding any provision of this Article, courts and their officers...
Section 26 - (2) Any additional ad valorem tax authorized by the amendment...
Section 27 - (C) Exception. This Section shall not apply to the city...
Section 28 - The governing authority of a local governmental subdivision may impose...
Section 29 - (1) Exemptions or exclusions uniformly applicable to the taxes of...
Section 30 - (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (A) of this Section,...
Section 30.1 - (C) Except as provided in Paragraphs (A) and (B), this...
Section 31 - Any tax validly being levied by a political subdivision under...
Section 32 - For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating...
Section 33 - (B) Full Faith and Credit. The full faith and credit...
Section 34 - The legislature by law shall fix the limitation on bonded...
Section 35 - (B) Contesting Ordinance or Resolution; Time Limit. Every ordinance or...
Section 36 - (C) Exception. This Section shall not apply to a school...
Section 37 - (B) Exception. This Section shall not apply to a school...
Section 38.1 - (E) The phrase "levee district" when used in Sections 40...
Section 39 - (C) Districts Created After January 1, 2006. For any purpose...
Section 40 - (B) Sale. Bonds issued under the authority of Paragraph (A)...
Section 41 - The governing authority of any levee district may cooperate with...
Section 42 - (B) Appropriation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the appropriation...
Section 43 - (1) The legislature by law may grant additional powers and...
Section 44 - (1) "Local governmental subdivision" means any parish or municipality. (2)...
Article 7
Section 1 - (B) The power to tax may not be exercised by...
Section 2 - The levy of a new tax, an increase in an...
Section 2.1 - (B) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to...
Section 2.2 - (C) As used in this Section, the term "sold directly...
Section 2.3 - No new tax or fee upon the sale or transfer...
Section 3 - (5) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply in...
Section 4 - (E) Royalties Allocation. One-tenth of the royalties from mineral leases...
Section 4.1 - To ensure revenue for the dedication provided for in Article...
Section 5 - The legislature shall impose an annual license tax of not...
Section 6 - (3) Except as provided in Subparagraph (2) of this Paragraph,...
Section 7 - (D) Allocation. An amount sufficient to pay indebtedness incurred during...
Section 8 - (C) Contesting State Bonds. Bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidences...
Section 9 - (C) Exception. Nothing in this Section shall apply to a...
Section 10-a - (C) All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the Conservation Fund...
Section 10.1 - (g) To fund an adequate supply of teachers by providing...
Section 10.15 - (3) In order to ensure the money in the fund...
Section 10.16 - (3) Revenues derived from any tax on the transportation of...
Section 10.2 - (3) The fund balance limitations provided for in Paragraph (B)...
Section 10.3 - (5) No appropriation or deposit to the fund shall be...
Section 10.4 - (C) Implementation. The legislature shall provide for the implementation of...
Section 10.5 - (C) After making the allocations provided for in Paragraph (A),...
Section 10.6 - (D) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to...
Section 10.7 - (D) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to...
Section 10.8 - (4) Appropriations from the TOPS Fund shall be restricted to...
Section 10.9 - C. Each appropriation from the Louisiana Fund shall include performance...
Section 10.10 - E. Termination. The legislature may, by passage of a specific...
Section 10.11 - (D) All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the Artificial Reef...
Section 10.12 - C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to...
Section 10.13 - (C) Hospital Stabilization Fund. There is hereby established as a...
Section 10.14 - (E)(1) The legislature shall annually appropriate the funds necessary to...
Section 11 - (C) Capital Budget. The governor shall submit to the legislature,...
Section 12 - Reports and records of the collection, expenditure, investment, and use...
Section 13 - All money in the custody of the state treasurer which...
Section 14 - (E) Surplus Property. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the...
Section 15 - The legislature shall have no power to release, extinguish, or...
Section 16 - Taxes, except real property taxes, and licenses shall prescribe in...
Section 17 - The legislature may enact laws to enable the state, its...
Section 18 - (b) This new assessment level shall remain in effect until...
Section 19 - State taxation on property for all purposes shall not exceed...
Section 20 - (B) Residential Lessees. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this constitution,...
Section 21 - (c) Any public service property, unless the public service property...
Section 22 - This Part shall not be applied in a manner which...
Section 23 - (D) Application. This Section shall not apply to millages required...
Section 24 - (C) Vacancy. When a vacancy occurs in the office of...
Section 25 - (F) Postponement of Taxes. The legislature may postpone the payment...
Section 26 - (E) Bonded Debt. A political subdivision, as defined by Article...
Section 27 - (E) Bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to the...
Article 8
Section 1 - The legislature shall provide for the education of the people...
Section 2 - There shall be a superintendent of education for public elementary...
Section 3 - (C) Vacancy. A vacancy in the office of an elected...
Section 4 - Upon application by a private elementary, secondary, or proprietary school...
Section 5 - (E) Powers Not Vested. Powers of management over public institutions...
Section 6 - (C) Vacancy. A vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of...
Section 7 - (C) Vacancy. A vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of...
Section 7.1 - (E) The transfer of any institution of higher education to...
Section 8 - (D) Congressional District Members. In order to implement the provisions...
Section 9 - (B) Superintendents. Each parish board shall elect a superintendent of...
Section 10 - (C) Consolidation. Subject to approval by a majority of the...
Section 11 - The legislature shall appropriate funds for the operating and administrative...
Section 12 - Appropriations for the institutions of higher education shall be made...
Section 13 - (2) Notwithstanding Article III, Sections 12 and 13 and any...
Section 14 - The Tulane University of Louisiana in New Orleans is recognized...
Section 15 - In order to effectuate the terms of office as provided...
Section 16 - Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the contrary, the...
Article 9
Section 1 - The natural resources of the state, including air and water,...
Section 2 - (B) Pipelines. No intrastate natural gas pipeline or gas gathering...
Section 3 - The legislature shall neither alienate nor authorize the alienation of...
Section 4 - (C) Exception. The legislature by act may direct the appropriate...
Section 5 - No conveyance, lease, royalty agreement, or unitization agreement involving minerals...
Section 6 - Revenues and royalties obtained from minerals located beyond the seaward...
Section 7 - (B) Duties; Compensation. The functions, duties, and responsibilities of the...
Section 8 - (C) State Forester. The commission shall appoint a state forester....
Section 9 - (D) The funds deposited in the First Use Tax Trust...
Section 10 - (E) The legislature shall have the authority to enact any...
Article 10
Section 1 - (B) City Civil Service. The city civil service is established...
Section 2 - Additional positions may be added to the unclassified service and...
Section 3 - (C) Nominations. The presidents of Centenary College at Shreveport, Dillard...
Section 4 - (E) New Orleans; Implementation of Certain Member. The member appointed...
Section 5 - A member of the state or of a city civil...
Section 6 - (C) Directors. Each commission shall appoint a director, after competitive...
Section 7 - Permanent appointments and promotions in the classified state and city...
Section 8 - (B) Discrimination. No classified employee shall be discriminated against because...
Section 9 - (C) Political Activity Defined. As used in this Part, "political...
Section 10 - (C) Wages and Hours. Any rule or determination affecting wages...
Section 11 - Willful violation of any provision of this Part shall be...
Section 12 - (B) Cities. Each city commission established by Part I of...
Section 13 - (B) Cities. Each city subject to this Part shall make...
Section 14 - (C) Rejection. If a majority of the electors vote against...
Section 15 - No law enacted after the effective date of this constitution...
Section 16 - A system of classified fire and police civil service is...
Section 17 - Permanent appointments and promotions in municipal fire and police civil...
Section 18 - Except as inconsistent with this Part, the provisions of Article...
Section 19 - Nothing in Part I of this Article authorizing cities or...
Section 20 - Article XIV, Section 15.1, Paragraph 34 of the Constitution of...
Section 21 - The legislature shall enact a code of ethics for all...
Section 22 - The legislature shall enact laws defining and regulating dual employment...
Section 23 - The compensation of an elected public official shall not be...
Section 24 - (B) Procedure. Impeachment shall be by the House of Representatives...
Section 25 - For the causes enumerated in Paragraph (A) of Section 24...
Section 25.1 - Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the contrary, the...
Section 26 - The legislature shall provide by general law for the recall...
Section 27 - (B) Qualifications. Nothing in this Section shall change the qualifications...
Section 28 - A vacancy, as used in this Constitution, shall occur in...
Section 29 - (G) Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits; Felony Convictions. The receipt of...
Section 29.1 - (D) This Section shall become effective on January 1, 1997.
Section 30 - Every official shall take the following oath or affirmation: "I,...
Section 41 - (B) Implementation. The provisions of this Part IV shall become...
Section 42 - (B) Unclassified Service. The State Police Commission shall determine those...
Section 43 - (D) Removal. An appointed member of the commission may be...
Section 44 - The commission shall appoint a director and such personnel as...
Section 45 - Permanent appointments and promotions in the classified state police service...
Section 46 - (B) Discrimination. No classified state police officer shall be discriminated...
Section 47 - (C) Political Activity Defined. As used in this Part, "political...
Section 48 - (C) Wages and Hours. Any rule or determination affecting wages...
Section 49 - Willful violation of any provision of this Part shall be...
Section 50 - The State Police Commission shall have the exclusive power and...
Section 51 - The legislature shall make adequate appropriations to the State Police...
Article 11
Section 1 - The legislature shall adopt an election code which shall provide...
Section 2 - In all elections by the people, voting shall be by...
Section 3 - While going to and returning from voting and while exercising...
Section 4 - No public funds shall be used to urge any elector...
Section 5 - The governing authority of each parish shall appoint a registrar...
Article 12
Section 1 - The capital of Louisiana is the city of Baton Rouge.
Section 2 - The military shall be subordinate to the civil power.
Section 3 - No person shall be denied the right to observe the...
Section 4 - The right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote...
Section 5 - (B) The legislature shall provide for the classification of descendants,...
Section 6 - (4) Notwithstanding Article III, Section 12, or any other provision...
Section 7 - The state shall reimburse a parish in which a state...
Section 8 - The legislature may establish a system of economic and social...
Section 8.1 - (F) Guaranty Fund. The corporation shall be exempt from participation...
Section 9 - The legislature shall provide by law for exemptions from seizure...
Section 10 - (C) Limitations; Procedure; Judgments. Notwithstanding Paragraph (A) or (B) or...
Section 11 - The legislature shall provide for orderly and temporary continuity of...
Section 12 - Neither the state nor any political subdivision shall grant a...
Section 13 - Prescription shall not run against the state in any civil...
Section 14 - Rules, regulations, and procedures adopted by all state administrative and...
Section 15 - Marriage in the state of Louisiana shall consist only of...
Section 16 - (E) State general funds. Any such fund or board created...
Article 13
Section 1 - (C) Ratification. If a majority of the electors voting on...
Section 2 - Section 2. Whenever the legislature considers it desirable to revise...
Section 3 - Section 3. Whenever the legislature shall submit amendments to this...
Article 14
Section 1 - On the effective date of this constitution, each member of...
Section 2 - On the effective date of this constitution, each member of...
Section 3 - At the next session of the legislature following the effective...
Section 4 - On the effective date of this constitution, each member of...
Section 5 - In making new appointments to a board created by Sections...
Section 6 - The legislature shall allocate, within not more than twenty departments,...
Section 7 - The legislature shall provide, by rule or otherwise, for a...
Section 8 - (B) City Commission. Each person who, on the effective date...
Section 9 - Upon the effective date of this constitution, all officers and...
Section 10 - Funds derived from offshore mineral leases and held in escrow...
Section 11 - No state, district, parish, or other tax, license, fee, or...
Section 12 - Section 18 and Section 20 of Article VII shall become...
Section 13 - Section 18 and Section 20 of Article VII shall become...
Section 14 - Nothing in this Part shall be construed or applied in...
Section 15 - A person holding an office by election shall continue to...
Section 16 - (B) Arrangement. The provisions made statutory in this Article shall...
Section 17 - Except to the extent provided in this Article and except...
Section 18 - (B) Expiration of Conflicting Law. Laws which are in conflict...
Section 19 - All provisions of Article VI, Sections 16, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3,...
Section 20 - At its next extraordinary or regular session, the legislature shall...
Section 21 - Whenever reference is made in this constitution to the Constitution...
Section 22 - No title or sub-title, heading or sub-heading, marginal note, index,...
Section 23 - All writs, actions, suits, proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions,...
Section 24 - All taxes, penalties, fines, and forfeitures owing to the state...
Section 25 - Nothing in this constitution shall be construed or applied in...
Section 26 - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this constitution, this constitution...
Section 27 - (D) Legislative Reapportionment. The requirement for legislative reapportionment in Section...
Section 28 - The members of the judiciary commission in office on the...
Section 30 - The commissioner of elections, as provided by Article IV, first...
Section 31 - Until a pardon board is appointed under the terms of...
Section 32 - The provisions of Article XVI, Section 6 of the Constitution...
Section 33 - The provisions of Article XII, Section 10 waiving the immunity...
Section 34 - The provisions of Article XI of the Constitution of 1921...
Section 35 - This constitution shall become effective at twelve o'clock midnight on...
Section 36 - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any law or the prior...
Section 37 - If any provision of this constitution is declared invalid for...