Utah constitution

Article I: declaration of rights

Section 1 - All persons have the inherent and inalienable right to enjoy...

Section 2 - All political power is inherent in the people; and all...

Section 3 - The State of Utah is an inseparable part of the...

Section 4 - The rights of conscience shall never be infringed. The State...

Section 5 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not...

Section 6 - The individual right of the people to keep and bear...

Section 7 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property,...

Section 8 - (1) All persons charged with a crime shall be bailable...

Section 9 - Excessive bail shall not be required; excessive fines shall not...

Section 10 - In capital cases the right of trial by jury shall...

Section 11 - All courts shall be open, and every person, for an...

Section 12 - Where the defendant is otherwise entitled to a preliminary examination,...

Section 13 - Offenses heretofore required to be prosecuted by indictment, shall be...

Section 14 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 15 - No law shall be passed to abridge or restrain the...

Section 16 - There shall be no imprisonment for debt except in cases...

Section 17 - All elections shall be free, and no power, civil or...

Section 18 - No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law...

Section 19 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war...

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

Section 21 - (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the otherwise lawful...

Section 22 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public...

Section 23 - No law shall be passed granting irrevocably any franchise, privilege...

Section 24 - All laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation.

Section 25 - This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair...

Section 26 - The provisions of this Constitution are mandatory and prohibitory, unless...

Section 27 - Frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the security...

Section 28 - (1) To preserve and protect victims' rights to justice and...

Section 29 - (1) Marriage consists only of the legal union between a...

Article II: state boundaries

Section 1 - Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the...

Article III: ordinance

First - Perfect toleration of religious sentiment is guaranteed. No inhabitant of...

Second - The people inhabiting this State do affirm and declare that...

Third - All debts and liabilities of the Territory of Utah, incurred...

Fourth - The Legislative shall make laws for the establishment and maintenance...

Article IV: elections and right of suffrage

Section 1 - The rights of citizens of the State of Utah to...

Section 2 - Every citizen of the United States, eighteen years of age...

Section 3 - In all cases except those of treason, felony or breach...

Section 4 - No voter shall be obliged to perform militia duty on...

Section 5 - No person shall be deemed a qualified voter of this...

Section 6 - Any mentally incompetent person, any person convicted of a felony,...

Section 7 - No property qualification shall be required for any person to...

Section 8 - (1) All elections, including elections under state or federal law...

Section 9 - (1) Each general election shall be held on the Tuesday...

Section 10 - All officers made elective or appointive by this Constitution or...

Article V: distribution of powers

Section 1 - The powers of the government of the State of Utah...

Article VI: legislative department

Section 1 - (1) The Legislative power of the State shall be vested...

Section 2 - (e) Nothing in this Subsection (3) affects the Governor's authority...

Section 3 - (1) The members of the House of Representatives shall be...

Section 4 - (1) The senators shall be chosen by the qualified voters...

Section 5 - (2) A person elected or appointed to the office of...

Section 6 - No person holding any public office of profit or trust...

Section 7 - No member of the Legislature, during the term for which...

Section 8 - Members of the Legislature, in all cases except treason, felony...

Section 9 - The Legislature shall not increase the salaries of its members...

Section 10 - (1) Each house shall be the judge of the election...

Section 11 - A majority of the members of each house shall constitute...

Section 12 - Each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings and...

Section 13 - Vacancies that may occur in either house of the legislature...

Section 14 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which,...

Section 15 - All sessions of the Legislature, except those of the Senate...

Section 16 - (3) no session of the Legislature convened by the Legislature...

Section 17 - (1) The House of Representatives shall have the sole power...

Section 18 - (1) All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and...

Section 19 - The Governor and other State and Judicial officers shall be...

Section 20 - No person shall be tried on impeachment, unless the person...

Section 21 - All officers not liable to impeachment shall be removed for...

Section 22 - Every bill shall be read by title three separate times...

Section 24 - The presiding officer of each house, not later than five...

Section 25 - All acts shall be officially published, and no act shall...

Section 26 - No private or special law shall be enacted where a...

Section 27 - The Legislature shall not authorize any game of chance, lottery...

Section 28 - The Legislature shall not delegate to any special commission, private...

Section 29 - (1) Neither the State nor any county, city, town, school...

Section 30 - (1) Notwithstanding any general or special provisions of the Constitution,...

Section 31 - For attendance at meetings of interim committees established by law...

Section 32 - (1) The Legislature may appoint temporary or permanent nonmember employees...

Section 33 - The Legislature shall appoint a legislative auditor to serve at...

Article VII: executive department

Section 1 - (1) The elective constitutional officers of the Executive Department shall...

Section 2 - (1) The officers provided for in Section 1 shall be...

Section 3 - (1) To be eligible for the office of Governor or...

Section 4 - The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of...

Section 5 - (1) The executive power of the state shall be vested...

Section 6 - (1) (a) On extraordinary occasions, the Governor may convene the...

Section 7 - In case of a disagreement between the two houses of...

Section 8 - (1) Each bill passed by the Legislature, before it becomes...

Section 9 - When any State or district office shall become vacant, and...

Section 10 - (iii) Neither the President of the Senate nor the Speaker...

Section 11 - (7) The Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine all...

Section 12 - (b) In case of conviction for treason, the Governor may...

Section 14 - (1) serve on all boards and commissions in lieu of...

Section 15 - (1) The State Auditor shall perform financial post audits of...

Section 16 - The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the...

Section 18 - (1) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney...

Section 19 - All grants and commissions shall be in the name and...

Section 20 - There shall be a seal of the State, which shall...

Section 21 - No person, while holding any office under the United States'...

Article VIII: judicial department

Section 1 - The judicial power of the state shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The Supreme Court shall be the highest court and shall...

Section 3 - The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction to issue all...

Section 4 - The Supreme Court shall adopt rules of procedure and evidence...

Section 5 - The district court shall have original jurisdiction in all matters...

Section 6 - The number of judges of the district court and of...

Section 7 - Supreme court justices shall be at least 30 years old,...

Section 8 - (1) When a vacancy occurs in a court of record,...

Section 9 - Each appointee to a court of record shall be subject...

Section 10 - Supreme court justices, district court judges, and judges of all...

Section 11 - Judges of courts not of record shall be selected in...

Section 12 - (1) There is created a Judicial Council which shall adopt...

Section 13 - Prior to the implementation of any commission order, the Supreme...

Section 14 - The Legislature shall provide for the compensation of all justices...

Section 15 - The Legislature may provide standards for the mandatory retirement of...

Section 16 - The Legislature shall provide for a system of public prosecutors...

Article IX: congressional and legislative apportionment

Section 1 - No later than the annual general session next following the...

Section 2 - The Senate shall consist of a membership not to exceed...

Article X: education

Section 1 - The Legislature shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of...

Section 2 - The public education system shall include all public elementary and...

Section 3 - The general control and supervision of the public education system...

Section 4 - The general control and supervision of the higher education system...

Section 5 - (a) Notwithstanding Article VI, Section 29, the State may guarantee...

Section 7 - The proceeds from the sale of lands reserved by Acts...

Section 8 - No religious or partisan test or qualification shall be required...

Section 9 - Neither the state of Utah nor its political subdivisions may...

Article XI: local governments

Section 1 - The counties of the State of Utah are recognized as...

Section 2 - A county seat may be moved only when at a...

Section 3 - (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no territory may...

Section 4 - The Legislature shall by statute provide for optional forms of...

Section 5 - The Legislature may not create cities or towns by special...

Section 6 - (a) may not directly or indirectly lease, sell, alienate, or...

Section 7 - (1) The Legislature may by statute authorize: (a) a county,...

Section 8 - The Legislature may by statute provide for the establishment of...

Section 9 - The Legislature may not grant the right to construct and...

Article XII: corporations

Section 1 - Corporations may be formed under general laws but may not...

Section 4 - All corporations may sue and be sued, in all courts,...

Section 12 - All common carriers shall provide services without discrimination.

Section 19 - Each person in Utah is free to obtain and enjoy...

Section 20 - It is the policy of the state of Utah that...

Article XIII: revenue and taxation

Section 1 - The Legislature shall by statute establish the fiscal year of...

Section 2 - (1) So that each person and corporation pays a tax...

Section 3 - (1) The following are exempt from property tax: (a) property...

Section 4 - (1) Nothing in this Constitution may be construed to prevent...

Section 5 - (1) (a) The Legislature shall provide by statute for an...

Section 6 - (1) There shall be a State Tax Commission consisting of...

Section 7 - (1) In each county, there shall be a county board...

Section 8 - The State shall publish annually an accurate statement of the...

Article XIV: public debt

Section 1 - To meet casual deficits or failures in revenue, and for...

Section 2 - The State may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection,...

Section 3 - (1) No debt issued by a county, city, town, school...

Section 4 - (1) (a) If authorized to create indebtedness as provided in...

Section 5 - All moneys borrowed by, or on behalf of the State...

Section 6 - The State shall not assume the debt, or any part...

Section 7 - Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to...

Article XV: militia

Section 1 - The militia shall consist of all able-bodied male inhabitants of...

Section 2 - The Legislature shall provide by law for the organization, equipment...

Article XVI: labor

Section 1 - The rights of labor shall have just protection through laws...

Section 2 - The Legislature shall provide by law, for a Board of...

Section 3 - (1) The employment of children under the age of fourteen...

Section 4 - The exchange of black lists by railroad companies, or other...

Section 5 - The right of action to recover damages for injuries resulting...

Section 6 - Eight hours shall constitute a day's work on all works...

Section 7 - The Legislature, by appropriate legislation, shall provide for the enforcement...

Section 8 - The legislature may, by appropriate legislation provide for the establishment...

Article XVII: water rights

Section 1 - All existing rights to the use of any of the...

Article XVIII: forestry

Section 1 - The Legislature shall enact laws to prevent the destruction of...

Article XX: public lands

Section 1 - All lands of the State that have been, or may...

Section 2 - Lands granted to the State under Sections 6, 8, and...

Article XXII: miscellaneous

Section 1 - The Legislature shall provide by statute for an exemption of...

Section 3 - The seat of state government shall be at Salt Lake...

Section 4 - (1) There is established a permanent state trust fund consisting...

Section 5 - Each public officer who makes a profit from public money...

Article XXIII: amendment and revision

Section 1 - The revision or amendment of an entire article or the...

Section 2 - Whenever two-thirds of the members, elected to each branch of...

Section 3 - No Constitution, or amendments adopted by such convention, shall have...

Article XXIV: schedule

Section 1 - In order that no inconvenience may arise, by reason of...

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

Section 3 - Any person, who, at the time of the admission of...

Section 4 - All fines, penalties and forfeitures accruing to the people of...

Section 5 - All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken before...

Section 6 - All criminal prosecutions, and penal actions, which may have arisen,...

Section 7 - All actions, cases, proceedings and matters, pending in the Supreme...

Section 8 - Upon a change from Territorial to State Government, the seal...

Section 9 - When the State is admitted into the Union, and the...

Section 10 - All officers, civil and military, now holding their offices and...

Section 11 - Provided, That all male citizens of the United States, over...

Section 12 - The State Officers to be voted for at the time...

Section 13 - In case of a contest of election between candidates, at...

Section 14 - For the Constitution. Yes. No. As a heading to each...

Section 15 - The Legislature, at its first session, shall provide for the...

Section 16 - Done in Convention at Salt Lake City, in the Territory...