Louisiana constitution

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...

Section 1 - The powers of government of the state are divided into...

Section 2 - Except as otherwise provided by this constitution, no one of...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...