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Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 6 — Article XIII / Section 6
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 6
Status: in_force

PROHIBITION OF COMBINATIONS TO AFFECT MARKETS . Any combination of persons either as individuals or as members or officers of any corporation to monopolize markets for food products in this state or to interfere with, or restrict the freedom of markets is a criminal conspiracy and shall be punished as the legislature may provide.
Mn. Const. art. VI, § 11 — Article VI / Section 11
MN Const., Article VI, Section 11
Status: in_force

PROBATE JURISDICTION . Original jurisdiction in law and equity for the administration of the estates of deceased persons and all guardianship and incompetency proceedings, including jurisdiction over the administration of trust estates and for the determination of taxes contingent upon death, shall be provided by law.
Mn. Const. art. VIII, § 5 — Article VIII / Section 5
MN Const., Article VIII, Section 5
Status: in_force

REMOVAL OF INFERIOR OFFICERS . The legislature of this state may provide for the removal of inferior officers for malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of their duties.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 11 — Article XIII / Section 11
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 11
Status: in_force

STATE SEAL . A seal of the state shall be kept by the secretary of state and be used by him officially. It shall be called the great seal of the state of Minnesota.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 17 — Article IV / Section 17
MN Const., Article IV, Section 17
Status: in_force

LAWS TO EMBRACE ONLY ONE SUBJECT . No law shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its title.
Mn. Const. art. VIII, § 1 — Article VIII / Section 1
MN Const., Article VIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

IMPEACHMENT POWERS . The house of representatives has the sole power of impeachment through a concurrence of a majority of all its members. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate. When sitting for that purpose, senators shall be upon oath or affirmation to do justice according to law and evidence. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators present.
Mn. Const. art. XI, § 9 — Article XI / Section 9
MN Const., Article XI, Section 9
Status: in_force

INVESTMENT OF PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND; RESTRICTIONS . The permanent university fund of this state may be loaned to or invested in the bonds of any county, school district, city or town of this state and in first mortgage loans secured upon improved and cultivated farm lands of this state, but no such investment or loan shall be made until approved by the board of investment; nor shall a loan or investment be made when the bonds to be issued or purchased would make the entire bonded indebtedness exceed 15 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the county, school district, city or town issuing the bonds; nor shall any farm loan or investment be made when the investment or loan would exceed 30 percent of the actual cash value of the farm land mortgaged to secure the investment; nor shall investments or loans be made at a lower rate of interest than two percent per annum nor for a shorter period than one year nor for a longer period than 30 years.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 9 — Article XIII / Section 9
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 9
Status: in_force

MILITIA ORGANIZATION . The legislature shall pass laws necessary for the organization, discipline and service of the militia of the state.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 2 — Article XIV / Section 2
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 2
Status: in_force

TRUNK HIGHWAY SYSTEM . There is hereby created a trunk highway system which shall be constructed, improved and maintained as public highways by the state. The highways shall extend as nearly as possible along the routes number 1 through 70 described in the constitutional amendment adopted November 2, 1920, and the routes described in any act of the legislature which has made or hereafter makes a route a part of the trunk highway system. The legislature may add by law new routes to the trunk highway system. The trunk highway system may not exceed 12,200 miles in extent, except the legislature may add trunk highways in excess of the mileage limitation as necessary or expedient to take advantage of any federal aid made available by the United States to the state of Minnesota. Any route added by the legislature to the trunk highway system may be relocated or removed from the system as provided by law. The definite location of trunk highways numbered 1 through 70 may be relocated as provided by law but no relocation shall cause a deviation from the starting points or terminals nor cause any deviation from the various villages and cities through which the routes are to pass under the constitutional amendment adopted November 2, 1920. The location of routes may be determined by boards, officers or tribunals in the manner prescribed by law.
Mn. Const. art. VI, § 7 — Article VI / Section 7
MN Const., Article VI, Section 7
Status: in_force

TERM OF OFFICE; ELECTION . The term of office of all judges shall be six years and until their successors are qualified. They shall be elected by the voters from the area which they are to serve in the manner provided by law.
Mn. Const. art. V, § 1 — Article V / Section 1
MN Const., Article V, Section 1
Status: in_force

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS . The executive department consists of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, and attorney general, who shall be chosen by the electors of the state. The governor and lieutenant governor shall be chosen jointly by a single vote applying to both offices in a manner prescribed by law. [Amended, November 3, 1998]
Mn. Const. art. VII, § 7 — Article VII / Section 7
MN Const., Article VII, Section 7
Status: in_force

OFFICIAL YEAR OF STATE . The official year for the state of Minnesota commences on the first Monday in January in each year and all terms of office terminate at that time. The general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even numbered year.
Mn. Const. art. I, § 9 — Article I / Section 9
MN Const., Article I, Section 9
Status: in_force

TREASON DEFINED . Treason against the state consists only in levying war against the state, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession in open court.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 26 — Article IV / Section 26
MN Const., Article IV, Section 26
Status: in_force

BANKING LAWS; TWO-THIRDS VOTES . Passage of a general banking law requires the vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 7 — Article XIV / Section 7
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 7
Status: in_force

COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAY FUND . There is hereby created a county state-aid highway fund. The county state-aid highway fund shall be apportioned among the counties as provided by law. The funds apportioned shall be used by the counties as provided by law for aid in the construction, improvement and maintenance of county state-aid highways. The legislature may authorize the counties by law to use a part of the funds apportioned to them to aid in the construction, improvement and maintenance of other county highways, township roads, municipal streets and any other public highways, including but not limited to trunk highways and municipal state-aid streets within the respective counties.
Mn. Const. art. VII, § 9 — Article VII / Section 9
MN Const., Article VII, Section 9
Status: in_force

CAMPAIGN SPENDING LIMITS . The amount that may be spent by candidates for constitutional and legislative offices to campaign for nomination or election shall be limited by law. The legislature shall provide by law for disclosure of contributions and expenditures made to support or oppose candidates for state elective offices. [Adopted, November 4, 1980]
Mn. Const. art. X, § 7 — Article X / Section 7
MN Const., Article X, Section 7
Status: in_force

Repealed, November 5, 1974
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 2 — Article IV / Section 2
MN Const., Article IV, Section 2
Status: in_force

APPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS . The number of members who compose the senate and house of representatives shall be prescribed by law. The representation in both houses shall be apportioned equally throughout the different sections of the state in proportion to the population thereof.
Mn. Const. art. I, § 7 — Article I / Section 7
MN Const., Article I, Section 7
Status: in_force

DUE PROCESS; PROSECUTIONS; DOUBLE JEOPARDY; SELF-INCRIMINATION; BAIL; HABEAS CORPUS . No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law, and no person shall be put twice in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense, nor be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. All persons before conviction shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless the public safety requires it in case of rebellion or invasion.
Mn. Const. art. XI, § 6 — Article XI / Section 6
MN Const., Article XI, Section 6
Status: in_force

CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS . As authorized by law certificates of indebtedness may be issued during a biennium, commencing on July 1 in each odd-numbered year and ending on and including June 30 in the next odd-numbered year, in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied for and other revenues appropriated to any fund of the state for expenditure during that biennium. No certificates shall be issued in an amount which with interest thereon to maturity, added to the then outstanding certificates against a fund and interest thereon to maturity, will exceed the then unexpended balance of all money which will be credited to that fund during the biennium under existing laws. The maturities of certificates may be extended by refunding to a date not later than December l of the first full calendar year following the biennium in which the certificates were issued. If money on hand in any fund is not sufficient to pay all non-refunding certificates of indebtedness issued on a fund during any biennium and all certificates refunding the same, plus interest thereon, which are outstanding on December 1 immediately following the close of the biennium, the state auditor shall levy upon all taxable property in the state a tax collectible in the ensuing year sufficient to pay the same on or before December 1 of the ensuing year with interest to the date or dates of payment.
Mn. Const. art. XI, § 14 — Article XI / Section 14
MN Const., Article XI, Section 14
Status: in_force

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FUND . A permanent environment and natural resources trust fund is established in the state treasury. Loans may be made of up to five percent of the principal of the fund for water system improvements as provided by law. The assets of the fund shall be appropriated by law for the public purpose of protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state's air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources. The amount appropriated each year of a biennium, commencing on July 1 in each odd-numbered year and ending on and including June 30 in the next odd-numbered year, may be up to 5-1/2 percent of the market value of the fund on June 30 one year before the start of the biennium. Not less than 40 percent of the net proceeds from any state-operated lottery must be credited to the fund until the year 2025. [Adopted, November 8, 1988; Amended, November 6, 1990; November 3, 1998]
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 14 — Article IV / Section 14
MN Const., Article IV, Section 14
Status: in_force

OPEN SESSIONS . Each house shall be open to the public during its sessions except in cases which in its opinion require secrecy.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 8 — Article XIII / Section 8
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 8
Status: in_force

VETERANS' BONUS . The state may pay an adjusted compensation to persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during the period of the Vietnam conflict or the Persian Gulf War. Whenever authorized and in the amounts and on the terms fixed by law, the state may expend monies and pledge the public credit to provide money for the purposes of this section. The duration of the Vietnam conflict and the Persian Gulf War may be defined by law. [Amended, November 5, 1996]
Mn. Const. art. I, § 2 — Article I / Section 2
MN Const., Article I, Section 2
Status: in_force

RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES . No member of this state shall be disfranchised or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the state otherwise than as punishment for a crime of which the party has been convicted.
Mn. Const. art. X, § 1 — Article X / Section 1
MN Const., Article X, Section 1
Status: in_force

POWER OF TAXATION; EXEMPTIONS; LEGISLATIVE POWERS . The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away. Taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects and shall be levied and collected for public purposes, but public burying grounds, public school houses, public hospitals, academies, colleges, universities, all seminaries of learning, all churches, church property, houses of worship, institutions of purely public charity, and public property used exclusively for any public purpose, shall be exempt from taxation except as provided in this section. There may be exempted from taxation personal property not exceeding in value $200 for each household, individual or head of a family, and household goods and farm machinery as the legislature determines. The legislature may authorize municipal corporations to levy and collect assessments for local improvements upon property benefited thereby without regard to cash valuation. The legislature by law may define or limit the property exempt under this section other than churches, houses of worship, and property solely used for educational purposes by academies, colleges, universities and seminaries of learning.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 10 — Article XIII / Section 10
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 10
Status: in_force

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT . The seat of government of the state is in the city of St. Paul. The legislature may provide by law for a change of the seat of government by a vote of the people, or may locate the same upon the land granted by Congress for a seat of government. If the seat of government is changed, the capitol building and grounds shall be dedicated to an institution for the promotion of science, literature and the arts to be organized by the legislature of the state. The Minnesota Historical Society shall always be a department of this institution.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 24 — Article IV / Section 24
MN Const., Article IV, Section 24
Status: in_force

PRESENTATION OF ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, AND VOTES TO GOVERNOR . Each order, resolution or vote requiring the concurrence of the two houses except such as relate to the business or adjournment of the legislature shall be presented to the governor and is subject to his veto as prescribed in case of a bill.
Mn. Const. art. I, § 14 — Article I / Section 14
MN Const., Article I, Section 14
Status: in_force

MILITARY POWER SUBORDINATE . The military shall be subordinate to the civil power and no standing army shall be maintained in this state in times of peace.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 22 — Article IV / Section 22
MN Const., Article IV, Section 22
Status: in_force

MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS TO PASS A LAW . The style of all laws of this state shall be: "Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Minnesota." No law shall be passed unless voted for by a majority of all the members elected to each house of the legislature, and the vote entered in the journal of each house.
Mn. Const. art. X, § 3 — Article X / Section 3
MN Const., Article X, Section 3
Status: in_force

OCCUPATION TAX; ORES . Every person engaged in the business of mining or producing iron ore or other ores in this state shall pay to the state an occupation tax on the valuation of all ores mined or produced, which tax shall be in addition to all other taxes provided by law. The tax is due on the first day of May in the calendar year next following the mining or producing. The valuation of ore for the purpose of determining the amount of tax shall be ascertained as provided by law. Funds derived from the tax shall be used as follows: 50 percent to the state general revenue fund, 40 percent for the support of elementary and secondary schools and ten percent for the general support of the university.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 4 — Article XIII / Section 4
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 4
Status: in_force

LANDS TAKEN FOR PUBLIC WAY OR USE; COMPENSATION; COMMON CARRIERS . Land may be taken for public way and for the purpose of granting to any corporation the franchise of way for public use. In all cases, however, a fair and equitable compensation shall be paid for land and for the damages arising from taking it. All corporations which are common carriers enjoying the right of way in pursuance of the provisions of this section shall be bound to carry the mineral, agricultural and other productions of manufacturers on equal and reasonable terms.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 8 — Article XIV / Section 8
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 8
Status: in_force

MUNICIPAL STATE-AID STREET FUND . There is hereby created a municipal state-aid street fund to be apportioned as provided by law among municipalities having a population of 5,000 or more. The fund shall be used by municipalities as provided by law for the construction, improvement and maintenance of municipal state-aid streets. The legislature may authorize municipalities to use a part of the fund in the construction, improvement and maintenance of other municipal streets, trunk highways, and county state-aid highways within the counties in which the municipality is located.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 21 — Article IV / Section 21
MN Const., Article IV, Section 21
Status: in_force

PASSAGE OF BILLS ON LAST DAY OF SESSION PROHIBITED . No bill shall be passed by either house upon the day prescribed for adjournment. This section shall not preclude the enrollment of a bill or its transmittal from one house to the other or to the executive for his signature.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 12 — Article XIV / Section 12
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 12
Status: in_force

MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX APPORTIONMENT . Beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2007, 63.75 percent of the revenue from a tax imposed by the state on the sale of a new or used motor vehicle must be apportioned for the transportation purposes described in section 13, then the revenue apportioned for transportation purposes must be increased by ten percent for each subsequent fiscal year through June 30, 2011, and then the revenue must be apportioned 100 percent for transportation purposes after June 30, 2011. [Amended, November 7, 2006]
Mn. Const. art. I, § 15 — Article I / Section 15
MN Const., Article I, Section 15
Status: in_force

LANDS ALLODIAL; VOID AGRICULTURAL LEASES . All lands within the state are allodial and feudal tenures of every description with all their incidents are prohibited. Leases and grants of agricultural lands for a longer period than 21 years reserving rent or service of any kind shall be void.
Mn. Const. art. V, § 2 — Article V / Section 2
MN Const., Article V, Section 2
Status: in_force

TERM OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR; QUALIFICATIONS . The term of office for the governor and lieutenant governor is four years and until a successor is chosen and qualified. Each shall have attained the age of 25 years and, shall have been a bona fide resident of the state for one year next preceding his election, and shall be a citizen of the United States.
Mn. Const. art. VIII, § 6 — Article VIII / Section 6
MN Const., Article VIII, Section 6
Status: in_force

RECALL . A member of the senate or the house of representatives, an executive officer of the state identified in section 1 of article V of the constitution, or a judge of the supreme court, the court of appeals, or a district court is subject to recall from office by the voters. The grounds for recall of a judge shall be established by the supreme court. The grounds for recall of an officer other than a judge are serious malfeasance or nonfeasance during the term of office in the performance of the duties of the office or conviction during the term of office of a serious crime. A petition for recall must set forth the specific conduct that may warrant recall. A petition may not be issued until the supreme court has determined that the facts alleged in the petition are true and are sufficient grounds for issuing a recall petition. A petition must be signed by a number of eligible voters who reside in the district where the officer serves and who number not less than 25 percent of the number of votes cast for the office at the most recent general election. Upon a determination by the secretary of state that a petition has been signed by at least the minimum number of eligible voters, a recall election must be conducted in the manner provided by law. A recall election may not occur less than six months before the end of the officer's term. An officer who is removed from office by a recall election or who resigns from office after a petition for recall issues may not be appointed to fill the vacancy that is created. [Adopted, November 5, 1996]
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 13 — Article IV / Section 13
MN Const., Article IV, Section 13
Status: in_force

QUORUM . A majority of each house constitutes a quorum to transact business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and under the penalties it may provide.
Mn. Const. art. VI, § 3 — Article VI / Section 3
MN Const., Article VI, Section 3
Status: in_force

JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT . The district court has original jurisdiction in all civil and criminal cases and shall have appellate jurisdiction as prescribed by law.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 9 — Article XIV / Section 9
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 9
Status: in_force

TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES . The legislature by law may tax motor vehicles using the public streets and highways on a more onerous basis than other personal property. Any such tax on motor vehicles shall be in lieu of all other taxes thereon, except wheelage taxes imposed by political subdivisions solely for highway purposes. The legislature may impose this tax on motor vehicles of companies paying taxes under the gross earnings system of taxation notwithstanding that earnings from the vehicles may be included in the earnings on which gross earnings taxes are computed. The proceeds of the tax shall be paid into the highway user tax distribution fund. The law may exempt from taxation any motor vehicle owned by a nonresident of the state properly licensed in another state and transiently or temporarily using the streets and highways of the state.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 18 — Article IV / Section 18
MN Const., Article IV, Section 18
Status: in_force

REVENUE BILLS TO ORIGINATE IN HOUSE . All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives, but the senate may propose and concur with the amendments as on other bills.