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Article IV § 1 Legislative Power. - Sec. 1. Except to the extent limited or abrogated by...
Article IV § 2 Senators, Number, Term. - Sec. 2. The senate shall consist of 38 members to...
Article IV § 3 Representatives, Number, Term; Contiguity of Districts. - Sec. 3. The house of representatives shall consist of 110...
Article IV § 4 Annexation or Merger With a City. - History: Abrogated. Init., approved Nov. 6, 2018, Eff. Dec. 22,...
Article IV § 5 Island Areas, Contiguity. - History: Abrogated. Init., approved Nov. 6, 2018, Eff. Dec. 22,...
Article IV § 6 Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission for State Legislative and Congressional Districts. - Sec. 6. (1) An independent citizens redistricting commission for state...
Article IV § 7 Legislators; Qualifications, Removal From District. - Sec. 7. Each senator and representative must be a citizen...
Article IV § 8 Ineligibility of Government Officers and Employees. - Sec. 8. No person holding any office, employment or position...
Article IV § 9 Civil Appointments, Ineligibility of Legislators. - Sec. 9. No person elected to the legislature shall receive...
Article IV § 10 Legislators and State Officers, Government Contracts, Conflict of Interest; Annual Financial Disclosure Report. - Sec. 10. (1) No member of the legislature nor any...
Article IV § 11 Legislators Privileged From Civil Arrest and Civil Process; Limitation; Questioning for Speech in Either House Prohibited. - Sec. 11. Except as provided by law, senators and representatives...
Article IV § 12 State Officers Compensation Commission. - Sec. 12. The state officers compensation commission is created which...
Article IV § 13 Legislature; Time of Convening, Sine Die Adjournment, Measures Carried Over. - Sec. 13. The legislature shall meet at the seat of...
Article IV § 14 Quorum; Powers of Less Than Quorum. - Sec. 14. A majority of the members elected to and...
Article IV § 15 Legislative Council. - Sec. 15. There shall be a bi-partisan legislative council consisting...
Article IV § 16 Legislature; Officers, Rules of Procedure, Expulsion of Members. - Sec. 16. Each house, except as otherwise provided in this...
Article IV § 17 Committees; Record of Votes, Public Inspection, Notice of Hearings. - Sec. 17. Each house of the legislature may establish the...
Article IV § 18 Journal of Proceedings; Record of Votes, Dissents. - Sec. 18. Each house shall keep a journal of its...
Article IV § 19 Record of Votes on Elections and Advice and Consent. - Sec. 19. All elections in either house or in joint...
Article IV § 20 Open Meetings. - Sec. 20. The doors of each house shall be open...
Article IV § 21 Adjournments, Limitations. - Sec. 21. Neither house shall, without the consent of the...
Article IV § 22 Bills. - Sec. 22. All legislation shall be by bill and may...
Article IV § 23 Style of Laws. - Sec. 23. The style of the laws shall be: The...
Article IV § 24 Laws; Object, Title, Amendments Changing Purpose. - Sec. 24. No law shall embrace more than one object,...
Article IV § 25 Revision and Amendment of Laws; Title References, Publication of Entire Sections. - Sec. 25. No law shall be revised, altered or amended...
Article IV § 26 Bills; Printing, Possession, Reading, Vote on Passage. - Sec. 26. No bill shall be passed or become a...
Article IV § 27 Laws, Effective Date. - Sec. 27. No act shall take effect until the expiration...
Article IV § 28 Bills, Subjects at Special Session. - Sec. 28. When the legislature is convened on extraordinary occasions...
Article IV § 29 Local or Special Acts. - Sec. 29. The legislature shall pass no local or special...
Article IV § 30 Appropriations; Local or Private Purposes. - Sec. 30. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected...
Article IV § 31 General Appropriation Bills; Priority, Statement of Estimated Revenue. - Sec. 31. The general appropriation bills for the succeeding fiscal...
Article IV § 32 Laws Imposing Taxes. - Sec. 32. Every law which imposes, continues or revives a...
Article IV § 33 Bills Passed; Approval by Governor or Veto, Reconsideration by Legislature. - Sec. 33. Every bill passed by the legislature shall be...
Article IV § 34 Bills, Referendum. - Sec. 34. Any bill passed by the legislature and approved...
Article IV § 35 Publication and Distribution of Laws and Judicial Decisions. - Sec. 35. All laws enacted at any session of the...
Article IV § 36 General Revision of Laws; Compilation of Laws. - Sec. 36. No general revision of the laws shall be...
Article IV § 37 Administrative Rules, Suspension by Legislative Committee. - Sec. 37. The legislature may by concurrent resolution empower a...
Article IV § 38 Vacancies in Office. - Sec. 38. The legislature may provide by law the cases...
Article IV § 39 Continuity of Government in Emergencies. - Sec. 39. In order to insure continuity of state and...
Article IV § 40 Alcoholic Beverages; Age Requirement; Liquor Control Commission; Excise Tax; Local Option. - Sec. 40. A person shall not sell or give any...
Article IV § 41 Lotteries. - Sec. 41. The legislature may authorize lotteries and permit the...
Article IV § 42 Ports and Port Districts; Incorporation, Internal. - Sec. 42. The legislature may provide for the incorporation of...
Article IV § 43 Bank and Trust Company Laws. - Sec. 43. No general law providing for the incorporation of...
Article IV § 44 Trial by Jury in Civil Cases. - Sec. 44. The legislature may authorize a trial by a...
Article IV § 45 Indeterminate Sentences. - Sec. 45. The legislature may provide for indeterminate sentences as...
Article IV § 46 Death Penalty. - Sec. 46. No law shall be enacted providing for the...
Article IV § 47 Chaplains in State Institutions. - Sec. 47. The legislature may authorize the employment of chaplains...
Article IV § 48 Disputes Concerning Public Employees. - Sec. 48. The legislature may enact laws providing for the...
Article IV § 49 Hours and Conditions of Employment. - Sec. 49. The legislature may enact laws relative to the...
Article IV § 50 Atomic and New Forms of Energy. - Sec. 50. The legislature may provide safety measures and regulate...
Article IV § 51 Public Health and General Welfare. - Sec. 51. The public health and general welfare of the...
Article IV § 52 Natural Resources; Conservation, Pollution, Impairment, Destruction. - Sec. 52. The conservation and development of the natural resources...
Article IV § 53 Auditor General; Appointment, Qualifications, Term, Removal, Post Audits. - Sec. 53. The legislature by a majority vote of the...
Article IV § 54 Limitations on Terms of Office of State Legislators. - Sec. 54. (1) A person may not be elected to...