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Ne. Const. art. I-9, § 0 — Article I-9 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-9
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Bail; fines; imprisonment; cruel and unusual punishment. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for treason, sexual offenses involving penetration by force or against the will of the victim, and murder, where the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1978.
Ne. Const. art. VII-3, § 0 — Article VII-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] State Board of Education; members; election; manner of election; term of office. The State Board of Education shall be composed of eight members, who shall be elected from eight districts of substantially equal population as provided by the Legislature. Their term of office shall be for four years each. Their duties and powers shall be prescribed by the Legislature, and they shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed their actual expense incurred in the performance of their duties. The members of the State Board of Education shall not be actively engaged in the educational profession and they shall be elected on a nonpartisan ballot. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. V-16, § 0 — Article V-16 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-16
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2) p. 1432. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "County courts shall be courts of record, and shall have original jurisdiction in all matters of probate, settlement of estates of deceased persons, and in such proceedings to find and determine heirship; appointment of guardians, and settlement of their accounts, and such other jurisdiction as may be given by general law: But they shall not have jurisdiction in criminal cases in which the punishment may exceed six months imprisonment or a fine of over five hundred dollars; or both; nor in civil actions in which title to real estate is sought or drawn in question; nor in actions on mortgages or contracts for the conveyance of real estate; nor in civil actions where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one thousand dollars."
Ne. Const. art. XVII-3, § 0 — Article XVII-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. Adopted in 1920. Amended in 1952. The repealed language read, "Until otherwise provided by law the salary of the Lieutenant Governor shall be twice the salary of a member of the Legislature."
Ne. Const. art. XVIII-1, § 2 — Article XVIII-1 / Section 2
NE Const., Article XVIII-1, 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. X-3, § 0 — Article X-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article X-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Consolidation of stock or property. No public utility corporation or common carrier shall consolidate its stock, property, franchise, or earnings in whole or in part with any other public utility corporation or common carrier owning a parallel or competing property without permission of the Railway Commission; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice of at least sixty days to all stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law. The Legislature may by law require all public utilities and common carriers to exchange business through physical connection, joint use, connected service, or otherwise. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. VII-13, § 0 — Article VII-13 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-13
Status: in_force

[ edit ] State colleges; government; board; name; selection; duties; compensation. The general government of the state colleges as now existing, and such other state colleges as may be established by law, shall be vested, under the direction of the Legislature, in a board of seven members to be styled as designated by the Legislature, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislature, two each for a term of two, four, and six years, and two each biennium thereafter for a term of six years, and the Commissioner of Education shall be a member ex officio. The duties and powers of the board shall be prescribed by law, and the members thereof shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties, but may be reimbursed their actual expenses incurred therein. Adopted in 1920. Last amended in 1968.
Ne. Const. art. I-17, § 0 — Article I-17 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-17
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Military subordinate. The military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. XV-11, § 0 — Article XV-11 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-11
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 502, sec. 1. Adopted in 1875. Rendered moot by the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution . The repealed language read, "The Legislature may provide that at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of a United States Senator from this state, the electors may by ballot express their preference for some person for the office of the United States Senator. The votes cast for such candidates shall be canvassed and returned in the same manner as for state officers."
Ne. Const. art. IV-8, § 0 — Article IV-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Special sessions. The Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation, stating therein the purpose for which they are convened, and the Legislature shall enter upon no business except that for which they were called together. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. VIII-9, § 0 — Article VIII-9 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-9
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Claims upon treasury; adjustment; approval; appeal. The Legislature shall provide by law that all claims upon the treasury shall be examined and adjusted as the Legislature may provide before any warrant for the amount allowed shall be drawn. Any party aggrieved by the action taken on a claim in which he has an interest may appeal to the district court. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1964.
Ne. Const. art. III-1, § 0 — Article III-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislative authority; how vested; power of initiative; power of referendum. The legislative authority of the state shall be vested in a Legislature consisting of one chamber. The people reserve for themselves the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the Legislature, which power shall be called the power of initiative. The people also reserve power at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any act, item, section, or part of any act passed by the Legislature, which power shall be called the power of referendum. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2000.
Ne. Const. art. VIII-1A, § 0 — Article VIII-1A / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-1A
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Levy of property tax for state purposes; prohibition. The state shall be prohibited from levying a property tax for state purposes. Adopted in 1954. Last amended in 1966.
Ne. Const. art. XVII-9, § 0 — Article XVII-9 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-9
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1998. Laws 1997, LR 17CA, sec. 3. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "This constitution shall be enrolled and deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and printed copies thereof shall be prefixed to the books containing the laws of the state, and all future editions thereof."
Ne. Const. art. III-27, § 0 — Article III-27 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-27
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Acts take effect after three months; emergency bills; session laws. No act shall take effect until three calendar months after the adjournment of the session at which it passed, unless in case of emergency, which is expressed in the preamble or body of the act, the Legislature shall by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected otherwise direct. All laws shall be published within sixty days after the adjournment of each session and distributed among the several counties in such manner as the Legislature may provide. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1998.
Ne. Const. art. V-31, § 0 — Article V-31 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-31
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Judges; procedure for removal from office cumulative. These amendments are alternative to and cumulative with the methods of removal of Justices and judges provided in Article III, section 17, and Article IV, section 5, of this Constitution, and any other provision of law relating to the methods and manner of the removal of Justices, Judges, and judges of the courts of this state. Adopted in 1966.
Ne. Const. art. X-2, § 0 — Article X-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article X-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Property liable to sale on execution. The rolling stock and all other movable property belonging to any railroad company or corporation in this state, shall be liable to execution and sale in the same manner as the personal property of individuals, and the legislature shall pass no law exempting any such property from execution and sale. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. III-2, § 0 — Article III-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] First power reserved; initiative. The first power reserved by the people is the initiative whereby laws may be enacted and constitutional amendments adopted by the people independently of the Legislature. This power may be invoked by petition wherein the proposed measure shall be set forth at length. If the petition be for the enactment of a law, it shall be signed by seven percent of the registered voters of the state, and if the petition be for the amendment of the Constitution, the petition therefor shall be signed by ten percent of such registered voters. In all cases the registered voters signing such petition shall be so distributed as to include five percent of the registered voters of each of two-fifths of the counties of the state, and when thus signed, the petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State who shall submit the measure thus proposed to the electors of the state at the first general election held not less than four months after such petition shall have been filed. The same measure, either in form or in essential substance, shall not be submitted to the people by initiative petition, either affirmatively or negatively, more often than once in three years. If conflicting measures submitted to the people at the same election be approved, the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall thereby become law as to all conflicting provisions. The constitutional limitations as to the scope and subject matter of statutes enacted by the Legislature shall apply to those enacted by the initiative. Initiative measures shall contain only one subject. The Legislature shall not amend, repeal, modify, or impair a law enacted by the people by initiative, contemporaneously with the adoption of this initiative measure or at any time thereafter, except upon a vote of at least two-thirds of all the members of the Legislature. Adopted in 1912. Last amended in 2004.
Ne. Const. art. VIII-11, § 0 — Article VIII-11 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-11
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Public corporations and political subdivisions providing electricity; payment in lieu of taxes. Every public corporation and political subdivision organized primarily to provide electricity or irrigation and electricity shall annually make the same payments in lieu of taxes as it made in 1957, which payments shall be allocated in the same proportion to the same public bodies or their successors as they were in 1957. The legislature may require each such public corporation to pay to the treasurer of any county in which may be located any incorporated city or village, within the limits of which such public corporation sells electricity at retail, a sum equivalent to five (5) per cent of the annual gross revenue of such public corporation derived from retail sales of electricity within such city or village, less an amount equivalent to the 1957 payments in lieu of taxes made by such public corporation with respect to property or operations in any such city or village. The payments in lieu of tax as made in 1957, together with any payments made as authorized in this section shall be in lieu of all other taxes, payments in lieu of taxes, franchise payments, occupation and excise taxes, but shall not be in lieu of motor vehicle licenses and wheel taxes, permit fees, gasoline tax and other such excise taxes or general sales taxes levied against the public generally. So much of such five (5) per cent as is in excess of an amount equivalent to the amount paid by such public corporation in lieu of taxes in 1957 shall be distributed in each year to the city or village, the school districts located in such city or village, the county in which such city or village is located, and the State of Nebraska, in the proportion that their respective property tax mill levies in each such year bear to the total of such mill levies. Adopted in 1958.
Ne. Const. art. I-4, § 0 — Article I-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Religious freedom. All persons have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. No person shall be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship against his consent, and no preference shall be given by law to any religious society, nor shall any interference with the rights of conscience be permitted. No religious test shall be required as a qualification for office, nor shall any person be incompetent to be a witness on account of his religious beliefs; but nothing herein shall be construed to dispense with oaths and affirmations. Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship, and to encourage schools and the means of instruction. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. III-12, § 0 — Article III-12 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-12
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislators; terms; limitation. (1) No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Legislature for four years next after the expiration of two consecutive terms regardless of the district represented. (2) Service prior to January 1, 2001, as a member of the Legislature shall not be counted for the purpose of calculating consecutive terms in subsection (1) of this section. (3) For the purpose of this section, service in office for more than one-half of a term shall be deemed service for a term. Adopted in 2000.
Ne. Const. art. XII-4, § 0 — Article XII-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XII-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "In all cases of claims against corporations and joint stock associations, the exact amount justly due shall be first ascertained, and after the corporate property shall have been exhausted, the original subscribers thereof shall be individually liable to the extent of their unpaid subscription, and the liability for the unpaid subscription shall follow the stock."
Ne. Const. art. XVIII-8, § 0 — Article XVIII-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVIII-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Severability. If any portion, clause, or phrase of this initiative is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions, clauses, and phrases shall not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect. Adopted in 1996. 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
Ne. Const. art. III-10, § 0 — Article III-10 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-10
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislative sessions; time; quorum; rules of procedure; expulsion of members; disrespectful behavior, penalty. Beginning with the year 1975, regular sessions of the Legislature shall be held annually, commencing at 10 a.m. on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January of each year. The duration of regular sessions held shall not exceed ninety legislative days in odd-numbered years unless extended by a vote of four-fifths of all members elected to the Legislature, and shall not exceed sixty legislative days in even-numbered years unless extended by a vote of four-fifths of all members elected to the Legislature. Bills and resolutions under consideration by the Legislature upon adjournment of a regular session held in an odd-numbered year may be considered at the next regular session, as if there had been no such adjournment. The Lieutenant Governor shall preside, but shall vote only when the Legislature is equally divided. A majority of the members elected to the Legislature shall constitute a quorum; the Legislature shall determine the rules of its proceedings and be the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its members, shall choose its own officers, including a Speaker to preside when the Lieutenant Governor shall be absent, incapacitated, or shall act as Governor. No member shall be expelled except by a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to the Legislature, and no member shall be twice expelled for the same offense. The Legislature may punish by imprisonment any person not a member thereof who shall be guilty of disrespect to the Legislature by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence, but no such imprisonment shall extend beyond twenty-four hours at one time, unless the person shall persist in such disorderly or contemptuous behavior. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1974.
Ne. Const. art. IV-15, § 0 — Article IV-15 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-15
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Bills to be presented to Governor; approval; procedure; disapproval or reduction of items of appropriation; passage despite disapproval or reduction. Every bill passed by the Legislature, before it becomes a law, shall be presented to the Governor. If he approves he shall sign it, and thereupon it shall become a law, but if he does not approve or reduces any item or items of appropriations, he shall return it with his objections to the Legislature, which shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill with the objections as a whole, or proceed to reconsider individually the item or items disapproved or reduced. If then three-fifths of the members elected agree to pass the bill with objections it shall become a law, or if three-fifths of the members elected agree to repass any item or items disapproved or reduced, the bill with such repassage shall become a law. In all cases the vote shall be determined by yeas and nays, to be entered upon the journal. Any bill which shall not be returned by the Governor within five days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it; unless the Legislature by their adjournment prevent its return; in which case it shall be filed, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary of State within five days after such adjournment, or become a law. The Governor may disapprove or reduce any item or items of appropriation contained in bills passed by the Legislature, and the item or items so disapproved shall be stricken therefrom, and the items reduced shall remain as reduced unless the Legislature has reconsidered the item or items disapproved or reduced and has repassed any such item or items over the objection of the Governor by a three-fifths approval of the members elected. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1976.
Ne. Const. art. III-7, § 0 — Article III-7 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-7
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislators; terms; effect of redistricting; election; salary; expenses; mileage. At the general election to be held in November 1964, one-half the members of the Legislature, or as nearly thereto as may be practicable, shall be elected for a term of four years and the remainder for a term of two years, and thereafter all members shall be elected for a term of four years, with the manner of such election to be determined by the Legislature. When the Legislature is redistricted, the members elected prior to the redistricting shall continue in office, and the law providing for such redistricting shall where necessary specify the newly established district which they shall represent for the balance of their term. Each member shall be nominated and elected in a nonpartisan manner and without any indication on the ballot that he or she is affiliated with or endorsed by any political party or organization. Each member of the Legislature shall receive a salary of not to exceed one thousand dollars per month during the term of his or her office. In addition to his or her salary, each member shall receive an amount equal to his or her actual expenses in traveling by the most usual route once to and returning from each regular or special session of the Legislature. Members of the Legislature shall receive no pay nor perquisites other than his or her salary and expenses, and employees of the Legislature shall receive no compensation other than their salary or per diem. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1988.
Ne. Const. art. VII-4, § 0 — Article VII-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] State Board of Education; Commissioner of Education; appointment; powers and duties. The State Board of Education shall appoint and fix the compensation of the Commissioner of Education, who shall be the executive officer of the State Board of Education and the administrative head of the State Department of Education, and who shall have such powers and duties as the Legislature may direct. The board shall appoint all employees of the State Department of Education on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Education. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. IV-22, § 0 — Article IV-22 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-22
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Executive officials to keep accounts; reports; false reports, penalty. The Legislature shall provide by statute for the keeping of accounts and the reporting by those agencies of the state which are required to administer cash funds not subject to appropriation by the Legislature, and an annual report thereof shall be made to the Governor under oath; and any officer who makes a false report shall be guilty of perjury and punished accordingly. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1964.