FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Ne. Const. art. XIII-4, § 0 — Article XIII-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XIII-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Nonprofit enterprise development; powers of counties and municipalities. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Constitution, the Legislature may authorize any county, city, or village to acquire, own, develop, and lease or finance real and personal property, other than property used or to be used for sectarian instruction or study or as a place for devotional activities or religious worship, to be used, during the term of any revenue bonds issued, only by nonprofit enterprises as determined by law and to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring and developing or financing such property by construction, purchase, or otherwise. Such bonds shall not become general obligation bonds of the governmental subdivision by which such bonds are issued, and such governmental subdivision shall have no authority to impose taxes for the payment of such bonds. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article VIII, section 2, of this Constitution, the acquisition, ownership, development, use, or financing of any real or personal property pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not affect the imposition of any taxes or the exemption therefrom by the Legislature pursuant to this Constitution. The acquiring, owning, developing, and leasing or financing of such property shall be deemed for a public purpose, but the governmental subdivision shall not have the right to acquire such property for the purposes specified in this section by condemnation. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued may be secured by a pledge of the lease and the revenue therefrom and by mortgage upon such property. No such governmental subdivision shall have the power to operate any such property as a business or in any manner except as the lessor thereof. Adopted in 2010.
Ne. Const. art. XV-12, § 0 — Article XV-12 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-12
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Removal of state capital. The seat of government of the state shall not be removed or relocated without the assent of a majority of the electors of the state voting thereupon, at a general election or elections, under such rules and regulations as to the number of elections and manner of voting and places to be voted for, as may be prescribed by law. Provided the question of removal may be submitted at such other general elections as may be provided by law. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. XV-13, § 0 — Article XV-13 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-13
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Labor organizations; no denial of employment; closed shop not permitted. No person shall be denied employment because of membership in or affiliation with, or resignation or expulsion from a labor organization or because of refusal to join or affiliate with a labor organization; nor shall any individual or corporation or association of any kind enter into any contract, written or oral, to exclude persons from employment because of membership in or nonmembership in a labor organization. Adopted in 1946.
Ne. Const. art. V-15, § 0 — Article V-15 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-15
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2) p. 1432. Adopted in 1875. Amended in 1960. The repealed language read, "In the year 1964 and every four years thereafter, there shall be selected, in such manner as the Legislature shall provide, in and for each county, one or more judges as the Legislature may provide, who shall be judge of the county court of such county, whose term of office shall be four years and whose salary shall be fixed by the Legislature; Provided, that two or more counties may form a county court judicial district when approved by a majority of the electors of each county in the district; and provided further, when two or more counties from a county court judicial district, one county judge shall be selected for a term of four years from the district at the same time other county judges are selected, whose salary shall be fixed by the Legislature."
Ne. Const. art. VIII-10, § 0 — Article VIII-10 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-10
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Taxation of grain and seed; alternative basis permitted. Notwithstanding the other provisions of Article VIII, the Legislature is authorized to substitute a basis other than valuation for taxes upon grain and seed produced or handled in this state. Existing revenue laws not inconsistent with the Constitution shall continue in effect until changed by the Legislature. Adopted in 1956.
Ne. Const. art. IX-2, § 0 — Article IX-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IX-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Division of county; decision of question. No county shall be divided nor any part of the territory of any county be stricken therefrom, nor shall any county or part of the territory of any county be added to an adjoining county without submitting the question to the qualified electors of each county affected thereby, nor unless approved by a majority of the qualified electors of each county voting thereon; provided, that when county boundaries divide sections, or overlap, or fail to meet, or are in doubt, the Legislature may by law provide for their adjustment, but in all cases the new boundary shall follow the nearest section line or the thread of the main channel of a boundary stream. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. V-25, § 0 — Article V-25 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-25
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Supreme Court to promulgate rules of practice; to make recommendations to Legislature. For the effectual administration of justice and the prompt disposition of judicial proceedings, the supreme court may promulgate rules of practice and procedure for all courts, uniform as to each class of courts, and not in conflict with laws governing such matters. To the same end, the court may, and when requested by the Legislature by resolution shall, certify to the Legislature its conclusions as to desirable amendments or changes in the general laws governing such practice and proceedings. Adopted in 1920. Last amended in 2000.
Ne. Const. art. VII-17, § 0 — Article VII-17 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-17
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 1023, sec. 1. Adopted in 1952. The repealed language read, "All provisions in the Constitution of Nebraska and laws of the state relating to the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, insofar as such provisions are applicable, apply to and mean the State Department of Education, the State Board of Education, or the Commissioner of Education as the case may be."
Ne. Const. art. VI-5, § 0 — Article VI-5 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VI-5
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Electors; privileged from arrest. Electors shall in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, and going to and returning from the same. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. III-9, § 0 — Article III-9 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-9
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislators; disqualifications; election to other office; resignation required. No person holding office under the authority of the United States, or any lucrative office under the authority of this state, shall be eligible to or have a seat in the Legislature. No person elected or appointed to the Legislature shall receive any civil appointment to a state office while holding membership in the Legislature or while the Legislature is in session, and all such appointments shall be void. Except as otherwise provided by law, a member of the Legislature who is elected to any other state or local office prior to the end of his or her term in the Legislature shall resign from the Legislature prior to the commencement of the legislative session during which the term of the state or local office will begin. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2000.
Ne. Const. art. XII-7, § 0 — Article XII-7 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XII-7
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1938. Laws 1937, c. 18, sec. 1, p. 124. Adopted in 1875. Amended in 1930. The repealed language read, "Every stockholder in a banking corporation or institution shall be individually responsible and liable to its creditors over and above the amount of stock by him held to an amount equal to his respective stock or shares so held, for all its liabilities accruing or existing while he remains such stockholder, and all banking corporations shall publish quarterly statements under oath of their assets and liabilities. The stockholders shall become individually responsible for the liability hereby imposed, immediately after any such banking corporation, or banking institution shall be adjudged insolvent, and the receiver of said corporation or institution shall have full right and lawful authority, as such receiver, forthwith to proceed by action in court to collect such liabilities; and the provisions of Section 4, Article XII, of the constitution of the State of Nebraska shall not be construed as applying to banking corporations or banking institutions."
Ne. Const. art. I-14, § 0 — Article I-14 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-14
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Treason. Treason against the state shall consist 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. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. IV-27, § 0 — Article IV-27 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-27
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Executive offices; creation of. No executive state office other than herein provided shall be created except by a two-thirds majority of all members elected to the Legislature. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. IV-3, § 0 — Article IV-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Treasurer; ineligibility. The treasurer shall be ineligible to the office of treasurer, for two years next after the expiration of two consecutive terms for which he was elected. Adopted in 1875. (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 amendment changed the language to read, "The Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney General and members of the Public Service Commission shall be ineligible to file for reelection to those respective offices and shall be ineligible to serve in those respective offices for a number of years equal to the number of years in the term for which they were last elected, next after the expiration of the second of two consecutive terms for which 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. XV-7, § 0 — Article XV-7 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-7
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Use of water for power purposes. The use of the waters of the state for power purposes shall be deemed a public use and shall never be alienated, but may be leased or otherwise developed as by law prescribed. Adopted in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. III-19, § 0 — Article III-19 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-19
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Compensation; increase when; extra compensation to public officers and contractors prohibited; retirement benefits; adjustment. The Legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, agent, or servant after the services have been rendered nor to any contractor after the contract has been entered into, except that retirement benefits of retired public officers and employees may be adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of living and wage levels that have occurred subsequent to the date of retirement. The compensation of any public officer, including any officer whose compensation is fixed by the Legislature, shall not be increased or diminished during his or her term of office, except that when there are members elected or appointed to the Legislature or the judiciary, or officers elected or appointed to a board or commission having more than one member, and the terms of such members commence and end at different times, the compensation of all members of the Legislature, of the judiciary, or of such board or commission may be increased or diminished at the beginning of the full term of any member thereof. Nothing in this section shall prevent local governing bodies from reviewing and adjusting vested pension benefits periodically as prescribed by ordinance. The surviving spouse of any retired public officer, agent, or servant, who has retired under a pension plan or system, shall be considered as having pensionable status and shall be entitled to the same benefits which may, at any time, be provided for or available to spouses of other public officers, agents, or servants who have retired under such pension plan or system at a later date, and such benefits shall not be prohibited by the restrictions of this section or of Article XIII, section 3 of the Constitution of Nebraska. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2000.
Ne. Const. art. XVIII-7, § 0 — Article XVIII-7 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVIII-7
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legal challenge; jurisdiction. Any legal challenge to this initiative shall be filed as an original action before the Nebraska Supreme Court. Adopted in 1996.
Ne. Const. art. XVI-1, § 0 — Article XVI-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVI-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] How Proposed. The Legislature may propose amendments to this Constitution. If the same be agreed to by three-fifths of the members elected to the Legislature, such proposed amendments shall be entered on the journal, with yeas and nays, and published once each week for three consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper in each county, where a newspaper is published, immediately preceding the next election of members of the Legislature or a special election called by the vote of four-fifths of the members elected to the Legislature for the purpose of submitting such proposed amendments to the electors. At such election said amendments shall be submitted to the electors for approval or rejection upon a ballot separate from that upon which the names of candidates appear. If a majority of the electors voting on any such amendment adopt the same, it shall become a part of this Constitution, provided the votes cast in favor of such amendment shall not be less than thirty-five per cent of the total votes cast at such election. When two or more amendments are submitted at the same election, they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1968.
Ne. Const. art. I-3, § 0 — Article I-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Due process of law; equal protection. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor be denied equal protection of the laws. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1998.
Ne. Const. art. IX-4, § 0 — Article IX-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IX-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] County and township officers. The Legislature shall provide by law for the election of such county and township officers as may be necessary and for the consolidation of county offices for two or more counties; Provided , that each of the counties affected may disapprove such consolidation by a majority vote in each of such counties. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1968.
Ne. Const. art. VI-6, § 0 — Article VI-6 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VI-6
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Votes, how cast. All votes shall be by ballot or by other means authorized by the Legislature whereby the vote and the secrecy of the elector's vote will be preserved. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. IV-19, § 0 — Article IV-19 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-19
Status: in_force

[ edit ] State institutions; management, control, and government; determination by Legislature. The general management, control and government of all state charitable, mental, reformatory, and penal institutions shall be vested as determined by the Legislature. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1958.
Ne. Const. art. XIII-3, § 0 — Article XIII-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XIII-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Credit of state; exception. The credit of the state shall never be given or loaned in aid of any individual, association, or corporation, except that the state may guarantee or make long-term, low-interest loans to Nebraska residents seeking adult or post high school education at any public or private institution in this state. Qualifications for and the repayment of such loans shall be as prescribed by the Legislature. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1968.
Ne. Const. art. IV-11, § 0 — Article IV-11 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-11
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Elected state officer; vacation of office; Governor fill by appointment; term. If any elected state office created by this Constitution, except offices provided for in Article V of this Constitution, shall be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill that office by appointment, and the appointee shall hold the office until his successor shall be elected and qualified in such manner as may be provided by law. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1980.
Ne. Const. art. XV-20, § 0 — Article XV-20 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-20
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Omitted. (Elected Government officials-limitation on terms.) Adopted in 1994. Omitted because of the decision of the Nebraska Supreme Court in Duggan v. Beermann , 249 Neb. 411, 544 N.W.2d 68 (1996). The omitted language read, "(1) In order to broaden the opportunities for public service and to assure that elected officials of governments are responsive to the citizens of those governments, no elected member of any governing board of any city of the metropolitan class, primary class, or first class, and no elected members of any County Board of Commissioners or Supervisors, shall serve more than two consecutive terms in office, except that with respect to terms of office which are two years or shorter in duration, no such elected official shall serve more than three consecutive terms in office. This limitation on the number of terms shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1995. For purposes of this Section, terms are considered consecutive unless they are at least four years apart. (2) The voters of any city or county referred to above in Article XV, Section 20(1), may lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office imposed by this Section 20."
Ne. Const. art. III-11, § 0 — Article III-11 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-11
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislative journal; vote viva voce; open doors; committee votes. The Legislature shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish them, except such parts as may require secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall at the desire of any one of them be entered on the journal. All votes shall be viva voce. The doors of the Legislature and of the committees of the Legislature shall be open, except when the business shall be such as ought to be kept secret. The yeas and nays of each member of any committee of the Legislature shall be recorded and published on any question in committee to advance or to indefinitely postpone any bill. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1998.
Ne. Const. art. V-17, § 0 — Article V-17 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-17
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2) p. 1432. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "Appeals to the district court from the judgments of county courts shall be allowed in all criminal cases, on application of the defendant; and in all civil cases, on application of either party, and in such other cases as may be provided by law."
Ne. Const. art. XV-23, § 0 — Article XV-23 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-23
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Omitted. (Election officers and officials; penalties.) Adopted in 1992 as Section 22. Adopted in 1994 as Section 23. 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 Secretary of State and all other election officers of the state and counties of Nebraska, are prohibited [from accepting any application for election and] from placing or permitting to be placed any name on any official ballot in violation of the provisions of Article III Section 8; Article IV Section 3 and 20; Article VII Section 3 and 10; Article XV, Section 20, 21, and 22 [Section 20 and 21]; and violation thereof of any of these provisions shall be grounds for removal from office, and disqualifications in [disqualification from] holding any other public office in Nebraska or any county or political subdivision thereof and shall be subject to such other punishments as the Legislature may from time to time prescribe. Any registered voter of the state may seek enforcement of these provisions." The parts in brackets indicate the differences of the 1992 language from the 1994 language.
Ne. Const. art. I-11, § 0 — Article I-11 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-11
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Rights of Accused. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person or by counsel, to demand the nature and cause of accusation, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses against him face to face; to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf; and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. V-12, § 0 — Article V-12 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-12
Status: in_force

[ edit ] District court judges may hold court for each other; retired judges, temporary duty. The judges of the district court may hold court for each other and shall do so when required by law or when ordered by the Supreme Court. The Legislature may provide that any judge of the district court who has retired may be called upon for temporary duty by the Supreme Court. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1970.
Ne. Const. art. III-5, § 0 — Article III-5 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-5
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislative districts; apportionment; redistricting, when required. The Legislature shall by law determine the number of members to be elected and divide the state into legislative districts. In the creation of such districts, any county that contains population sufficient to entitle it to two or more members of the Legislature shall be divided into separate and distinct legislative districts, as nearly equal in population as may be and composed of contiguous and compact territory. One member of the Legislature shall be elected from each such district. The basis of apportionment shall be the population excluding aliens, as shown by the next preceding federal census. The Legislature shall redistrict the state after each federal decennial census. In any such redistricting, county lines shall be followed whenever practicable, but other established lines may be followed at the discretion of the Legislature. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2000.
Ne. Const. art. I-18, § 0 — Article I-18 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-18
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Soldiers quarters. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war except in the manner prescribed by law. Adopted in 1875.