FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Ne. Const. art. X-8, § 0 — Article X-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article X-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Eminent domain for depot or other uses. No railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other state, or of the United States and doing business in this state shall be entitled to exercise the right of eminent domain or have power to acquire the right of way, or real estate for depot or other uses, until it shall have become a body corporate pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of this state. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. IV-2, § 0 — Article IV-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Governor; Lieutenant Governor; eligibility; qualifications; appointive officers, ineligible for other office. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and who shall not have been for five years next preceding his election a resident and citizen of this state and a citizen of the United States. None of the appointive officers mentioned in this article shall be eligible to any other state office during the period for which they have been appointed. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1966.
Ne. Const. art. VI-1, § 0 — Article VI-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VI-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Qualifications of electors. Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of eighteen years on or before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and has resided within the state and the county and voting precinct for the terms provided by law shall, except as provided in section 2 of this article, be an elector for the calendar year in which such citizen has attained the age of eighteen years and for all succeeding calendar years. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1988.
Ne. Const. art. IV-16, § 0 — Article IV-16 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-16
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Order of succession to become Governor; Lieutenant Governor; duties. In case of the conviction of the Governor on impeachment, his removal from office, his resignation or his death, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the Legislature and such other persons designated by law shall in that order be Governor for the remainder of the Governor's term. In case of the death of the Governor-elect, the Lieutenant Governor-elect, the Speaker of the Legislature and such other persons designated by law shall become Governor in that order at the commencement of the Governor-elect's term. If the Governor or the person in line of succession to serve as Governor is absent from the state, or suffering under an inability, the powers and duties of the office of Governor shall devolve in order of precedence until the absence or inability giving rise to the devolution of powers ceases as provided by law. After January 1, 1975, the Lieutenant Governor shall serve on all boards and commissions in lieu of the Governor whenever so designated by the Governor, shall perform such duties as may be delegated him by the Governor, and shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. III-17, § 0 — Article III-17 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-17
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Impeachment; procedure. The Legislature shall have the sole power of impeachment, but a majority of the members elected must concur therein. Proceedings may be initiated in either a regular session or a special session of the Legislature. Upon the adoption of a resolution of impeachment, which resolution shall give reasonable notice of the acts or omissions alleged to constitute impeachable offenses but need not conform to any particular style, a notice of an impeachment of any officer, other than a Judge of the Supreme Court, shall be forthwith served upon the Chief Justice, by the Clerk of the Legislature, who shall thereupon call a session of the Supreme Court to meet at the Capitol in an expeditious fashion after such notice to try the impeachment. A notice of an impeachment of the Chief Justice or any Judge of the Supreme Court shall be served by the Clerk of the Legislature, upon the clerk of the judicial district within which the Capitol is located, and he or she thereupon shall choose, at random, seven Judges of the District Court in the State to meet within thirty days at the Capitol, to sit as a Court to try such impeachment, which Court shall organize by electing one of its number to preside. The case against the impeached civil officer shall be brought in the name of the Legislature and shall be managed by two senators, appointed by the Legislature, who may make technical or procedural amendments to the articles of impeachment as they deem necessary. The trial shall be conducted in the manner of a civil proceeding and the impeached civil officer shall not be allowed to invoke a privilege against self-incrimination, except as otherwise applicable in a general civil case. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the Court of impeachment that clear and convincing evidence exists indicating that such person is guilty of one or more impeachable offenses, but judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, profit, or trust, in this State, but the party impeached, whether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to prosecution and punishment according to law. No officer shall exercise his or her official duties after he or she shall have been impeached and notified thereof, until he or she shall have been acquitted. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1986.
Ne. Const. art. V-3, § 0 — Article V-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Terms of Supreme Court. At least two terms of the supreme court shall be held each year, at the seat of government. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. III-25, § 0 — Article III-25 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-25
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Incidental expenses of state officers; specific appropriations always necessary; warrants for money. No allowance shall be made for the incidental expenses of any state officer except the same be made by general appropriation and upon an account specifying each item. No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by law, and on the presentation of a warrant issued as the Legislature may direct, and no money shall be diverted from any appropriation made for any purpose or taken from any fund whatever by resolution. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1964.
Ne. Const. art. I-8, § 0 — Article I-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Habeas corpus. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1998.
Ne. Const. art. I, § 2 — Article I / Section 2
NE Const., Article I, Section 2
Status: in_force

No person shall serve in the office of United States Senator for more than two terms, but upon ratification of this amendment no person who has held the office of United States Senator or who then holds the office shall serve for more than one additional term.
Ne. Const. art. VII-1, § 0 — Article VII-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislature; free instruction in common schools; provide. The Legislature shall provide for the free instruction in the common schools of this state of all persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years. The Legislature may provide for the education of other persons in educational institutions owned and controlled by the state or a political subdivision thereof. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. XVII-5, § 0 — Article XVII-5 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-5
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Terms of office of all elected officers. Unless otherwise provided by this Constitution or by law the terms of all elected officers shall begin on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January next succeeding their election. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. XVII-2, § 0 — Article XVII-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. Adopted in 1920. The repealed language read, "That Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 27 of Article XVI be repealed and eliminated therefrom." The Constitutional Convention of 1920 recommended—and voters adopted—eliminating 22 sections from what was then Article XVI of the original Constitution of 1875.
Ne. Const. art. III-28, § 0 — Article III-28 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-28
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330. Adopted in 1920. The repealed language read, "Senatorial and representative districts shall continue as now existing, until otherwise provided by law."
Ne. Const. art. V-20, § 0 — Article V-20 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-20
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Officers in this Article; tenure; residence; duties; compensation. All officers provided for in this Article shall hold their offices until their successors shall be qualified and they shall respectively reside in the district or county from which they shall be selected. All officers, when not otherwise provided for in this Article, shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as may be prescribed by law. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1970.
Ne. Const. art. I-26, § 0 — Article I-26 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-26
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Powers retained by people. This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others, retained by the people, and all powers not herein delegated, remain with the people. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. XVII-1, § 0 — Article XVII-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Terms; reference to members of the Legislature to include appointed and elected members. Whenever they shall appear in this Constitution, the terms members of the Legislature, elected members of the Legislature, or similar terms referring to the members of the Legislature, shall include appointed and elected members of the Legislature. Adopted in 1920. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. V-10, § 0 — Article V-10 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-10
Status: in_force

[ edit ] District court judicial districts. The state shall be divided into district court judicial districts. Until otherwise provided by law, the boundaries of the judicial districts and the number of judges of the district courts shall remain as now fixed. The judges of the district courts shall be selected from the respective districts as provided in this Article V. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1962.
Ne. Const. art. VI-4, § 0 — Article VI-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VI-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 339, sec. 1. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "No soldier, seaman, or marine in the army and navy of the United States, shall be deemed a resident of the state in consequence of being stationed therein."
Ne. Const. art. X-6, § 0 — Article X-6 / Section 0
NE Const., Article X-6
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Eminent domain. The exercise of the power and the right of eminent domain shall never be so construed or abridged as to prevent the taking by the legislature, of the property and franchises of incorporated companies already organized, or hereafter to be organized, and subjecting them to the public necessity the same as of individuals. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. I-19, § 0 — Article I-19 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-19
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Right of peaceable assembly and to petition government. The right of the people peaceably to assemble to consult for the common good, and to petition the government, or any department thereof, shall never be abridged. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. X-1, § 0 — Article X-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article X-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Reports under oath. Every public utility corporation or common carrier organized or doing business in this state shall report, under oath, to the Railway Commission, when required by law or the order of said Commission. The reports so made shall include such matter as may be required by law or the order of said Commission. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. VI-2, § 0 — Article VI-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VI-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Who disqualified. No person shall be qualified to vote who is non compos mentis, or who has been convicted of treason or felony under the laws of the state or of the United States, unless restored to civil rights. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. I-2, § 0 — Article I-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Slavery prohibited. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this state. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2020.
Ne. Const. art. III-8, § 0 — Article III-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislators; qualifications; one-year residence in district; removal from district, effect. No person shall be eligible to the office of member of the Legislature unless on the date of the general election at which he is elected, or on the date of his appointment he is a registered voter, has attained the age of twenty-one years and has resided within the district from which he is elected for the term of one year next before his election, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. And no person elected as aforesaid shall hold his office after he shall have removed from such district. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972. (The changes made to this section by Initiative 407 in 1992 and Initiative 408 in 1994 have been omitted because of the decisions of the Nebraska Supreme Court in Duggan v. Beermann , 245 Neb. 907, 515 N.W.2d 788 (1994) and Duggan v. Beermann , 249 Neb. 411, 544 N.W.2d 68 (1996). The 1992 changes added an additional sentence which read, "No person shall be eligible to file for election to or to serve as a member of the Legislature for a period of four years after the expiration of the second of two consecutive terms for which they were previously elected and as further provided in Article XV Section 21." The 1994 changes were identical to the 1992 changes except that "Section 21" was changed to "Section 22.")
Ne. Const. art. IV-24, § 0 — Article IV-24 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-24
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Great seal. There shall be a seal of the state, which shall be called the "Great Seal of the State of Nebraska," which shall be kept by the Secretary of State and used by him officially as directed by law. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. VII-8, § 0 — Article VII-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Trust funds belong to state for educational purposes; use; investment. All funds belonging to the state for common school purposes, including early childhood educational purposes operated by or distributed through the common schools, the interest and income whereof only are to be used, shall be deemed trust funds. Such funds with the interest and income thereof are hereby solemnly pledged to the purposes for which they are granted and set apart and shall not be transferred to any other fund for other uses. The state shall supply any net aggregate losses thereof realized at the close of each calendar year that may in any manner accrue. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Constitution, such funds shall be invested as the Legislature may by statute provide. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2006.
Ne. Const. art. V-27, § 0 — Article V-27 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-27
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Juvenile courts; authorization. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9 of this Article, the Legislature may establish courts to be known as juvenile courts, with such jurisdiction and powers as the Legislature may provide. The term, qualification, compensation, and method of appointment or election of the judges of such courts, and the rules governing proceedings therein, may be fixed by the Legislature. The state shall be divided into juvenile court judicial districts that correspond to district court judicial districts until otherwise provided by law. No such court shall be established or afterwards abolished in any juvenile court judicial district unless approved by a majority of those voting on the issue. Adopted in 1958. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. I-20, § 0 — Article I-20 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-20
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Imprisonment for debt prohibited. No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action on mesne or final process. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1998.
Ne. Const. art. XV-22, § 0 — Article XV-22 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-22
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Omitted. (Appointments; effective date of term; ineligibility.) Adopted in 1992 as Section 21. Adopted in 1994 as Section 22. Omitted because of the decisions of the Nebraska Supreme Court in Duggan v. Beermann , 245 Neb. 907, 515 N.W.2d 788 (1994) and Duggan v. Beermann , 249 Neb. 411, 544 N.W.2d 68 (1996). The omitted language read, "The following provisions of this section shall apply to the state offices of Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney General, members of the State Legislature, elected members of the Public Service Commission, elected members of the State Board of Education, elected members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska: (a) No person shall be appointed to serve in an office previously held by election. (b) A portion of a term held and being served by appointment shall not come under the restrictive covenants set forth herein. (c) The term held and being served as the result of an election prior to the effective date of this amendment shall not be included in the number of consecutive terms referred to in stipulating ineligibility to file for election or to serve for any of the offices named in this initiative petition."
Ne. Const. art. XVIII-1, § 1 — Article XVIII-1 / Section 1
NE Const., Article XVIII-1, Section 1
Status: in_force

No person shall serve in the office of United States Representative for more than three terms, but upon ratification of this amendment no person who has held the office of United States Representative or who then holds the office shall serve for more than two additional terms.
Ne. Const. art. VIII-2A, § 0 — Article VIII-2A / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-2A
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Exemption of personal property in transit in licensed warehouses or storage areas. The Legislature may establish bonded and licensed warehouses or storage areas for goods, wares and merchandise in transit in the state which are intended for and which are shipped to final destinations outside this state upon leaving such warehouses or storage areas, and may exempt such goods, wares and merchandise from ad valorem taxation while in such storage areas. Adopted in 1960.
Ne. Const. art. XV-4, § 0 — Article XV-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Water a public necessity. The necessity of water for domestic use and for irrigation purposes in the State of Nebraska is hereby declared to be a natural want. Adopted in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. IV-23, § 0 — Article IV-23 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-23
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Executive officials and heads of institutions; reports to Legislature; information from expending agencies. All expending agencies of the state as the Legislature may provide shall at least ten days preceding each regular session of the Legislature severally report to the Governor, who shall transmit such reports to the Legislature, together with the reports of the Judges of the Supreme Court of defects in the constitution and laws, and the Governor or the Legislature may at any time require information, in writing, under oath, from the officers of all expending agencies, upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expenses of their respective offices. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1964.
Ne. Const. art. VIII-1B, § 0 — Article VIII-1B / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-1B
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Income tax; may be based upon the laws of the United States. When an income tax is adopted by the Legislature, the Legislature may adopt an income tax law based upon the laws of the United States. Adopted in 1966.
Ne. Const. art. XVIII-6, § 0 — Article XVIII-6 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVIII-6
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Automatic repeal; when. At such time as the congressional term limits amendment set forth in Article XVIII, section 1, of this Constitution, has become part of the United States Constitution, sections 1 through 6 of this article automatically shall be repealed. Adopted in 1996.
Ne. Const. art. XI-1, § 0 — Article XI-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XI-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Subscription to stock prohibited; exception. No city, county, town, precinct, municipality, or other subdivision of the state shall ever become a subscriber to the capital stock, or owner of such stock, or any portion or interest therein of any railroad, or private corporation, or association, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the Legislature may authorize the investment of public endowment funds by any city which is authorized by this Constitution to establish a charter, in the manner required of a prudent investor who shall act with care, skill, and diligence under the prevailing circumstance and in such investments as the governing body of such city, acting in a fiduciary capacity for the exclusive purpose of protecting and benefiting such investment, may determine, subject to such limitations as the Legislature may by statute provide. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2008.
Ne. Const. art. VIII-7, § 0 — Article VIII-7 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-7
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Private property not liable for corporate debts; municipalities and inhabitants exempt for corporate purposes. Private property shall not be liable to be taken or sold for the payment of the corporate debts of municipal corporations. The Legislature shall not impose taxes upon municipal corporations, or the inhabitants or property thereof, for corporate purposes. Adopted in 1875.