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Mn. Const. art. I, § 12 — Article I / Section 12
MN Const., Article I, Section 12
Status: in_force

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT; PROPERTY EXEMPTION . No person shall be imprisoned for debt in this state, but this shall not prevent the legislature from providing for imprisonment, or holding to bail, persons charged with fraud in contracting said debt. A reasonable amount of property shall be exempt from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability. The amount of such exemption shall be determined by law. Provided, however, that all property so exempted shall be liable to seizure and sale for any debts incurred to any person for work done or materials furnished in the construction, repair or improvement of the same, and provided further, that such liability to seizure and sale shall also extend to all real property for any debt to any laborer or servant for labor or service performed.
Mn. Const. art. I, § 13 — Article I / Section 13
MN Const., Article I, Section 13
Status: in_force

PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE . Private property shall not be taken, destroyed or damaged for public use without just compensation therefor, first paid or secured.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 1 — Article XIV / Section 1
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 1
Status: in_force

AUTHORITY OF STATE; PARTICIPATION OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS . The state may construct, improve and maintain public highways, may assist political subdivisions in this work and by law may authorize any political subdivision to aid in highway work within its boundaries.
Mn. Const. art. VII, § 3 — Article VII / Section 3
MN Const., Article VII, Section 3
Status: in_force

UNIFORM OATH AT ELECTIONS . The legislature shall provide for a uniform oath or affirmation to be administered at elections and no person shall be compelled to take any other or different form of oath to entitle him to vote.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 5 — Article XIII / Section 5
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 5
Status: in_force

LOTTERIES . The legislature shall not authorize any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets, other than authorizing a lottery and sale of lottery tickets for a lottery operated by the state. [Amended, November 8, 1988]
Mn. Const. art. V, § 7 — Article V / Section 7
MN Const., Article V, Section 7
Status: in_force

BOARD OF PARDONS . The governor, the attorney general and the chief justice of the supreme court constitute a board of pardons. Its powers and duties shall be defined and regulated by law. The governor in conjunction with the board of pardons has power to grant reprieves and pardons after conviction for an offense against the state except in cases of impeachment.
Mn. Const. art. II, § 1 — Article II / Section 1
MN Const., Article II, Section 1
Status: in_force

NAME AND BOUNDARIES; ACCEPTANCE OF ORGANIC ACT . This state shall be called the state of Minnesota and shall consist of and have jurisdiction over the territory embraced in the act of Congress entitled, "An act to authorize the people of the Territory of Minnesota to form a constitution and state government, preparatory to their admission into the Union on equal footing with the original states," and the propositions contained in that act are hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed, and remain irrevocable without the consent of the United States.
Mn. Const. art. IX, § 3 — Article IX / Section 3
MN Const., Article IX, Section 3
Status: in_force

SUBMISSION TO PEOPLE OF CONSTITUTION DRAFTED AT CONVENTION . A convention called to revise this constitution shall submit any revision to the people for approval or rejection at the next general election held not less than 90 days after submission of the revision. If three-fifths of all the electors voting on the question vote to ratify the revision, it becomes a new constitution of the state of Minnesota.
Mn. Const. art. VI, § 4 — Article VI / Section 4
MN Const., Article VI, Section 4
Status: in_force

JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; DISTRICT JUDGES . The number and boundaries of judicial districts shall be established in the manner provided by law but the office of a district judge shall not be abolished during his term. There shall be two or more district judges in each district. Each judge of the district court in any district shall be a resident of that district at the time of his selection and during his continuance in office.
Mn. Const. art. VII, § 6 — Article VII / Section 6
MN Const., Article VII, Section 6
Status: in_force

ELIGIBILITY TO HOLD OFFICE . Every person who by the provisions of this article is entitled to vote at any election and is 21 years of age is eligible for any office elective by the people in the district wherein he has resided 30 days previous to the election, except as otherwise provided in this constitution, or the constitution and law of the United States.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 13 — Article XIV / Section 13
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 13
Status: in_force

MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX ALLOCATION . The revenue apportioned in section 12 must be allocated for the following transportation purposes: not more than 60 percent must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, and not less than 40 percent must be deposited in a fund dedicated solely to public transit assistance as defined by law. [Amended, November 7, 2006] This work is in the public domain in the U.S. because it is an edict of a government , local or foreign. See § 313.6(C)(2) of the Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices . Such documents include "legislative enactments, judicial decisions, administrative rulings, public ordinances, or similar types of official legal materials" as well as "any translation prepared by a government employee acting within the course of his or her official duties." These do not include works of the Organization of American States, United Nations, or any of the UN specialized agencies. See Compendium III § 313.6(C)(2) and 17 U.S.C. 104(b)(5). A non-American governmental edict may still be copyrighted outside the U.S. Similar to {{ PD-in-USGov }}, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations. Public domain Public domain false false
Mn. Const. art. VII, § 4 — Article VII / Section 4
MN Const., Article VII, Section 4
Status: in_force

CIVIL PROCESS SUSPENDED ON ELECTION DAY . During the day on which an election is held no person shall be arrested by virtue of any civil process.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 20 — Article IV / Section 20
MN Const., Article IV, Section 20
Status: in_force

ENROLLMENT OF BILLS . Every bill passed by both houses shall be enrolled and signed by the presiding officer of each house. Any presiding officer refusing to sign a bill passed by both houses shall thereafter be disqualified from any office of honor or profit in the state. Each house by rule shall provide the manner in which a bill shall be certified for presentation to the governor in case of such refusal.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 11 — Article IV / Section 11
MN Const., Article IV, Section 11
Status: in_force

PROTEST AND DISSENT OF MEMBERS . Two or more members of either house may dissent and protest against any act or resolution which they think injurious to the public or to any individual and have the reason of their dissent entered in the journal.
Mn. Const. art. XI, § 13 — Article XI / Section 13
MN Const., Article XI, Section 13
Status: in_force

SAFEKEEPING STATE FUNDS; SECURITY; DEPOSIT OF FUNDS; EMBEZZLEMENT . All officers and other persons charged with the safekeeping of state funds shall be required to give ample security for funds received by them and to keep an accurate entry of each sum received and of each payment and transfer. If any person converts to his own use in any manner or form, or shall loan, with or without interest, or shall deposit in his own name, or otherwise than in the name of the state of Minnesota; or shall deposit in banks or with any person or persons or exchange for other funds or property, any portion of the funds of the state or the school funds aforesaid, except in the manner prescribed by law, every such act shall be and constitute an embezzlement of so much of the aforesaid state and school funds, or either of the same, as shall thus be taken, or loaned, or deposited or exchanged, and shall be a felony. Any failure to pay over, produce or account for the state school funds, or any part of the same entrusted to such officer or persons as by law required on demand, shall be held and be taken to be prima facie evidence of such embezzlement.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 1 — Article IV / Section 1
MN Const., Article IV, Section 1
Status: in_force

COMPOSITION OF LEGISLATURE . The legislature consists of the senate and house of representatives.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 12 — Article IV / Section 12
MN Const., Article IV, Section 12
Status: in_force

BIENNIAL MEETINGS; LENGTH OF SESSION; SPECIAL SESSIONS; LENGTH OF ADJOURNMENTS . The legislature shall meet at the seat of government in regular session in each biennium at the times prescribed by law for not exceeding a total of 120 legislative days. The legislature shall not meet in regular session, nor in any adjournment thereof, after the first Monday following the third Saturday in May of any year. After meeting at a time prescribed by law, the legislature may adjourn to another time. "Legislative day" shall be defined by law. A special session of the legislature may be called by the governor on extraordinary occasions. Neither house during a session of the legislature shall adjourn for more than three days (Sundays excepted) nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be assembled without the consent of the other house.
Mn. Const. art. I, § 10 — Article I / Section 10
MN Const., Article I, Section 10
Status: in_force

UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES PROHIBITED . The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 3 — Article IV / Section 3
MN Const., Article IV, Section 3
Status: in_force

CENSUS ENUMERATION APPORTIONMENT; CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES; SENATE DISTRICTS . At its first session after each enumeration of the inhabitants of this state made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall have the power to prescribe the bounds of congressional and legislative districts. Senators shall be chosen by single districts of convenient contiguous territory. No representative district shall be divided in the formation of a senate district. The senate districts shall be numbered in a regular series.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 7 — Article IV / Section 7
MN Const., Article IV, Section 7
Status: in_force

RULES OF GOVERNMENT . Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, sit upon its own adjournment, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds expel a member; but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same offense.
Mn. Const. art. VIII, § 2 — Article VIII / Section 2
MN Const., Article VIII, Section 2
Status: in_force

OFFICERS SUBJECT TO IMPEACHMENT; GROUNDS; JUDGMENT . The governor, secretary of state, auditor, attorney general and the judges of the supreme court, court of appeals and district courts may be impeached for corrupt conduct in office or for crimes and misdemeanors; but judgment shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit in this state. The party convicted shall also be subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to law. [Amended, November 2, 1982; November 3, 1998]
Mn. Const. art. XI, § 15 — Article XI / Section 15
MN Const., Article XI, Section 15
Status: in_force

OUTDOOR HERITAGE, CLEAN WATER, PARKS AND TRAILS, AND ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE; SALES TAX DEDICATED FUNDS . Beginning July 1, 2009, until June 30, 2034, the sales and use tax rate shall be increased by three-eighths of one percent on sales and uses taxable under the general state sales and use tax law. Receipts from the increase, plus penalties and interest and reduced by any refunds, are dedicated, for the benefit of Minnesotans, to the following funds: 33 percent of the receipts shall be deposited in the outdoor heritage fund and may be spent only to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife; 33 percent of the receipts shall be deposited in the clean water fund and may be spent only to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater from degradation, and at least five percent of the clean water fund must be spent only to protect drinking water sources; 14.25 percent of the receipts shall be deposited in the parks and trails fund and may be spent only to support parks and trails of regional or statewide significance; and 19.75 percent shall be deposited in the arts and cultural heritage fund and may be spent only for arts, arts education, and arts access and to preserve Minnesota’s history and cultural heritage. An outdoor heritage fund; a parks and trails fund; a clean water fund and a sustainable drinking water account; and an arts and cultural heritage fund are created in the state treasury. The money dedicated under this section shall be appropriated by law. The dedicated money under this section must supplement traditional sources of funding for these purposes and may not be used as a substitute. Land acquired by fee with money deposited in the outdoor heritage fund under this section must be open to the public taking of fish and game during the open season unless otherwise provided by law. If the base of the sales and use tax is changed, the sales and use tax rate in this section may be proportionally adjusted by law to within one-thousandth of one percent in order to provide as close to the same amount of revenue as practicable for each fund as existed before the change to the sales and use tax. [Adopted, November 4, 2008]
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 4 — Article IV / Section 4
MN Const., Article IV, Section 4
Status: in_force

TERMS OF OFFICE OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES; VACANCIES . Representatives shall be chosen for a term of two years, except to fill a vacancy. Senators shall be chosen for a term of four years, except to fill a vacancy and except there shall be an entire new election of all the senators at the first election of representatives after each new legislative apportionment provided for in this article. The governor shall call elections to fill vacancies in either house of the legislature.
Mn. Const. art. VIII, § 3 — Article VIII / Section 3
MN Const., Article VIII, Section 3
Status: in_force

SUSPENSION . No officer shall exercise the duties of his office after he has been impeached and before his acquittal.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 3 — Article XIII / Section 3
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 3
Status: in_force

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA . All the rights, immunities, franchises and endowments heretofore granted or conferred upon the University of Minnesota are perpetuated unto the university.
Mn. Const. art. VIII, § 4 — Article VIII / Section 4
MN Const., Article VIII, Section 4
Status: in_force

SERVICE OF IMPEACHMENT PAPERS . No person shall be tried on impeachment before he has been served with a copy thereof at least 20 days previous to the day set for trial.
Mn. Const. art. XI, § 4 — Article XI / Section 4
MN Const., Article XI, Section 4
Status: in_force

POWER TO CONTRACT PUBLIC DEBT; PUBLIC DEBT DEFINED . The state may contract public debts for which its full faith, credit and taxing powers may be pledged at the times and in the manner authorized by law, but only for the purposes and subject to the conditions stated in section 5. Public debt includes any obligation payable directly in whole or in part from a tax of state wide application on any class of property, income, transaction or privilege, but does not include any obligation which is payable from revenues other than taxes.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 5 — Article XIV / Section 5
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 5
Status: in_force

HIGHWAY USER TAX DISTRIBUTION FUND . There is hereby created a highway user tax distribution fund to be used solely for highway purposes as specified in this article. The fund consists of the proceeds of any taxes authorized by sections 9 and 10 of this article. The net proceeds of the taxes shall be apportioned: 62 percent to the trunk highway fund; 29 percent to the county state-aid highway fund; nine percent to the municipal state-aid street fund. Five percent of the net proceeds of the highway user tax distribution fund may be set aside and apportioned by law to one or more of the three foregoing funds. The balance of the highway user tax distribution fund shall be transferred to the trunk highway fund, the county state-aid highway fund, and the municipal state-aid street fund in accordance with the percentages set forth in this section. No change in the apportionment of the five percent may be made within six years of the last previous change.
Mn. Const. art. XIV, § 6 — Article XIV / Section 6
MN Const., Article XIV, Section 6
Status: in_force

TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND . There is hereby created a trunk highway fund which shall be used solely for the purposes specified in section 2 of this article and the payment of principal and interest of any bonds issued under the authority of section 11 of this article and any bonds issued for trunk highway purposes prior to July 1, 1957. All payments of principal and interest on bonds issued shall be a first charge on money coming into this fund during the year in which the principal or interest is payable.
Mn. Const. art. VII, § 8 — Article VII / Section 8
MN Const., Article VII, Section 8
Status: in_force

ELECTION RETURNS TO SECRETARY OF STATE; BOARD OF CANVASSERS . The returns of every election for officeholders elected statewide shall be made to the secretary of state who shall call to his assistance two or more of the judges of the supreme court and two disinterested judges of the district courts. They shall constitute a board of canvassers to canvass the returns and declare the result within three days after the canvass.
Mn. Const. art. XI, § 10 — Article XI / Section 10
MN Const., Article XI, Section 10
Status: in_force

EXCHANGE OF PUBLIC LANDS; RESERVATION OF RIGHTS . As the legislature may provide, any of the public lands of the state, including lands held in trust for any purpose, may be exchanged for any publicly or privately held lands with the unanimous approval of the governor, the attorney general and the state auditor. Lands so acquired shall be subject to the trust, if any, to which the lands exchanged therefor were subject. The state shall reserve all mineral and water power rights in lands transferred by the state. [Amended, November 6, 1984]
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 25 — Article IV / Section 25
MN Const., Article IV, Section 25
Status: in_force

DISORDERLY CONDUCT . During a session each house may punish by imprisonment for not more than 24 hours any person not a member who is guilty of any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence.
Mn. Const. art. V, § 4 — Article V / Section 4
MN Const., Article V, Section 4
Status: in_force

TERMS AND SALARIES OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS . The term of office of the secretary of state, attorney general and state auditor is four years and until a successor is chosen and qualified. The duties and salaries of the executive officers shall be prescribed by law. [Amended, November 3, 1998]
Mn. Const. art. I, § 8 — Article I / Section 8
MN Const., Article I, Section 8
Status: in_force

REDRESS OF INJURIES OR WRONGS . Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive to his person, property or character, and to obtain justice freely and without purchase, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformable to the laws.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 1 — Article XIII / Section 1
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS . The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, it is the duty of the legislature to establish a general and uniform system of public schools. The legislature shall make such provisions by taxation or otherwise as will secure a thorough and efficient system of public schools throughout the state.
Mn. Const. art. XIII, § 7 — Article XIII / Section 7
MN Const., Article XIII, Section 7
Status: in_force

NO LICENSE REQUIRED TO PEDDLE . Any person may sell or peddle the products of the farm or garden occupied and cultivated by him without obtaining a license therefor.
Mn. Const. art. V, § 3 — Article V / Section 3
MN Const., Article V, Section 3
Status: in_force

POWERS AND DUTIES OF GOVERNOR . The governor shall communicate by message to each session of the legislature information touching the state and country. He is commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces and may call them out to execute the laws, suppress insurrection and repel invasion. He may require the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of the executive departments upon any subject relating to his duties. With the advice and consent of the senate he may appoint notaries public and other officers provided by law. He may appoint commissioners to take the acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments in writing to be used in the state. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. He shall fill any vacancy that may occur in the offices of secretary of state, auditor, attorney general and the other state and district offices hereafter created by law until the end of the term for which the person who had vacated the office was elected or the first Monday in January following the next general election, whichever is sooner, and until a successor is chosen and qualified. [Amended, November 3, 1998]
Mn. Const. art. VII, § 5 — Article VII / Section 5
MN Const., Article VII, Section 5
Status: in_force

ELECTIONS BY BALLOT . All elections shall be by ballot except for such town officers as may be directed by law to be otherwise chosen.
Mn. Const. art. X, § 2 — Article X / Section 2
MN Const., Article X, Section 2
Status: in_force

FORESTATION . To encourage and promote forestation and reforestation of lands whether owned by private persons or the public, laws may be enacted fixing in advance a definite and limited annual tax on the lands for a term of years and imposing a yield tax on the timber and other forest products at or after the end of the term.
Mn. Const. art. IV, § 10 — Article IV / Section 10
MN Const., Article IV, Section 10
Status: in_force

PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST . The members of each house in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session of their respective houses and in going to or returning from the same. For any speech or debate in either house they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Mn. Const. art. X, § 4 — Article X / Section 4
MN Const., Article X, Section 4
Status: in_force

MOTOR FUEL TAXATION . The state may levy an excise tax upon any means or substance for propelling aircraft or for propelling or operating motor or other vehicles or other equipment used for airport purposes and not used on the public highways of this state.