FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Ne. Const. art. VII-10, § 0 — Article VII-10 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-10
Status: in_force

[ edit ] University of Nebraska; government; Board of Regents; election; student membership; terms. The general government of the University of Nebraska shall, under the direction of the Legislature, be vested in a board of not less than six nor more than eight regents to be designated the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, who shall be elected from and by districts as herein provided and three students of the University of Nebraska who shall serve as nonvoting members. Such nonvoting student members shall consist of the student body president of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the student body president of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the student body president of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The terms of office of elected members shall be for six years each. The terms of office of student members shall be for the period of service as student body president. Their duties and powers shall be prescribed by law; and they shall receive no compensation, but may be reimbursed their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. The Legislature shall divide the state, along county lines, into as many compact regent districts, as there are regents provided by the Legislature, of approximately equal population, which shall be numbered consecutively. The Legislature shall redistrict the state after each federal decennial census. Such districts shall not be changed except upon the concurrence of a majority of the members of the Legislature. In any such redistricting, county lines shall be followed whenever practicable, but other established lines may be followed at the discretion of the Legislature. Whenever the state is so 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. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1974.
Ne. Const. art. VII-15, § 0 — Article VII-15 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-15
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Omitted. (Elected Officials; ineligibility.) Adopted in 1992 by Initiative 407 and in 1994 by Initiative 408. 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, "(1) The members of the Board of Regents and the State Board of Education shall be ineligible to file for re-election to their respective offices and shall be ineligible to file for re-election to their respective offices and shall be ineligible to serve in their respective offices for a number of years equal to the term for which they were last elected next after the expiration of the second of two consecutive terms for which they were previously elected after the general election and as further provided in Article XV Section 22. (2) The voters of the state may lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitation on terms of office for the State Board of Education or the governing board of a state institution of higher education imposed by this Section 15."
Ne. Const. art. V-26, § 0 — Article V-26 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-26
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Proviso as to effect of amendment. If the foregoing amendment shall be adopted by the electors, all existing courts which are not in the foregoing amendment specifically enumerated and concerning which no other provision is herein made, shall continue in existence and exercise their present jurisdiction, and the judges thereof shall receive their present compensation, until otherwise provided by law; and such judges or appointees to fill vacancies shall hold their offices until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Adopted in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. V-22, § 0 — Article V-22 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-22
Status: in_force

[ edit ] State may sue and be sued. The state may sue and be sued, and the Legislature shall provide by law in what manner and in what courts suits shall be brought. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. XV-10, § 0 — Article XV-10 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-10
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1934. Laws 1933, c. 94, sec. 1, p. 376. Adopted in 1916. The repealed language read, "On and after May 1, 1917, the manufacture, the sale, the keeping for sale or barter, the sale or barter, under any pretext, of malt, spirituous, vinous or other intoxicating liquors, are forever prohibited in this state, except for medicinal, scientific, or mechanical, or sacramental purposes."
Ne. Const. art. I-21, § 0 — Article I-21 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-21
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Private property compensated for. The property of no person shall be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation therefor. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. XV-14, § 0 — Article XV-14 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-14
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Labor organization; definition. The term "labor organization" means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work. Adopted in 1946.
Ne. Const. art. XV-25, § 0 — Article XV-25 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-25
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Right to hunt, to fish, and to harvest wildlife; public hunting, fishing, and harvesting of wildlife; preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. The citizens of Nebraska have the right to hunt, to fish, and to harvest wildlife, including by the use of traditional methods, subject only to laws, rules, and regulations regarding participation and that promote wildlife conservation and management and that preserve the future of hunting, fishing, and harvesting of wildlife. Public hunting, fishing, and harvesting of wildlife shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. This section shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to trespass or property rights. This section shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to Article XV, section 4, Article XV, section 5, Article XV, section 6, or Article XV, section 7, of this constitution. Adopted in 2012.
Ne. Const. art. XIV-1, § 0 — Article XIV-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XIV-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Personnel; organization; discipline. The Legislature may provide for the personnel, organization, and discipline of the militia of the state. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. IV-4, § 0 — Article IV-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Election returns; canvass by Legislature; conduct of election contests. The returns of every election for the officers of the executive department shall be sealed up and transmitted by the returning officers to the Secretary of State, directed to the Speaker of the Legislature, who shall immediately after the organization of the Legislature, and before proceeding to other business, open and publish the same in the presence of a majority of the members of the Legislature. The person having the highest number of votes for each of said offices shall be declared duly elected; but if two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes, the Legislature shall choose one of such persons for said office. The conduct of election contests for any of said offices shall be in such manner as may be prescribed by law. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. XII-3, § 0 — Article XII-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XII-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "All corporations may sue and be sued in like cases as natural persons."
Ne. Const. art. XIII-1, § 0 — Article XIII-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XIII-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] State may contract debts; limitation; exceptions. The state may, to meet casual deficits, or failures in the revenue, contract debts never to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, and no greater indebtedness shall be incurred except for the purpose of repelling invasion, suppressing insurrection, or defending the state in war, and provision shall be made for the payment of the interest annually, as it shall accrue, by a tax levied for the purpose, or from other sources of revenue, which law providing for the payment of such interest by such tax shall be irrepealable until such debt is paid; Provided , that if the Legislature determines by a three-fifths vote of the members elected thereto that (1) the need for construction of highways in this state requires such action, it may authorize the issuance of bonds for such construction, and for the payment of the interest and the retirement of such bonds it may pledge any tolls to be received from such highways or it may irrevocably pledge for the term of the bonds all or a part of any state revenue closely related to the use of such highways, such as motor vehicle fuel taxes or motor vehicle license fees and (2) the construction of water retention and impoundment structures for the purposes of water conservation and management will promote the general welfare of the state, it may authorize the issuance of revenue bonds for such construction, and for the payment of the interest and the retirement of such bonds it may pledge all or any part of any state revenue derived from the use of such structures; and provided further , that the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, and the State Board of Education may issue revenue bonds to construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire, extend, add to, remodel, repair, furnish, and equip dormitories, residence halls, single or multiple dwelling units, or other facilities for the housing and boarding of students, single or married, and faculty or other employees, buildings and structures for athletic purposes, student unions or centers, and for the medical care and physical development and activities of students, and buildings or other facilities for parking, which bonds shall be payable solely out of revenue, fees, and other payments derived from the use of the buildings and facilities constructed or acquired, including buildings and facilities heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired, and paid for out of the proceeds of other issues of revenue bonds, and the revenue, fees, and payments so pledged need not be appropriated by the Legislature, and any such revenue bonds heretofore issued by either of such boards are hereby authorized, ratified, and validated. Bonds for new construction shall be first approved as the Legislature shall provide. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1982.
Ne. Const. art. V-4, § 0 — Article V-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court; selection; residence; location of offices. The Chief Justice and the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be selected as provided in this Article V. They may reside at the place where the court is located but shall reside within the state, and no Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court shall be deemed thereby to have lost his or her residence at the place from which he or she was selected. The offices of the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court shall be at the place where the court is located. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1998.
Ne. Const. art. XV-21, § 0 — Article XV-21 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-21
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Omitted. (Representatives in Congress; United States Senator; filing ineligibility.) Adopted in 1992 as Section 20. Adopted in 1994 as Section 21. 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, "Any person who shall have been elected to serve three consecutive terms in the office of Representative in Congress shall not be listed on any official ballot at any primary or general election to seek a fourth consecutive term; and any person who shall have been elected to serve two consecutive terms in the office of United States Senator shall not be listed on any official ballot at any primary or general election to seek a third consecutive term and neither may be listed on an official ballot as a candidate for a period of years equal to the number of years in the term for which that person was last elected as Representative in Congress or as a United States Senator. 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 be listed on an election ballot." The 1992 language of Section 20 was identical except that it limited representatives to four terms instead of three.
Ne. Const. art. IV-9, § 0 — Article IV-9 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-9
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "In case of a disagreement between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, the governor may, on the same being certified to him by the house first moving the adjournment, adjourn the legislature to such time as he thinks proper, not beyond the first day of the next regular session." This was rendered inoperative when Nebraska adopted a unicameral legislature.
Ne. Const. art. I-10, § 0 — Article I-10 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-10
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Presentment or indictment by grand jury; information. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense, except in cases in which the punishment is by fine, or imprisonment otherwise than in the penitentiary, in case of impeachment, and in cases arising in the army and navy, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury; Provided , That the Legislature may by law provide for holding persons to answer for criminal offenses on information of a public prosecutor; and may by law, abolish, limit, change, amend, or otherwise regulate the grand jury system. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. IX-3, § 0 — Article IX-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IX-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] County added to another; prior indebtedness; county stricken off; liabilities. When a county shall be added to another, all prior indebtedness of each county shall remain a charge on the taxable property within the territory of each county as it existed prior to consolidation. When any part of a county is stricken off and attached to another county, the part stricken off shall be holden for its proportion of all then existing liabilities of the county from which it is taken, but shall not be holden for any then existing liabilities of the county to which it is attached. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. I-1, § 0 — Article I-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Statement of rights. All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home, and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof. To secure these rights, and the protection of property, governments are instituted among people, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1988.
Ne. Const. art. V-8, § 0 — Article V-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Supreme Court appoint staff; budget; copyright of state reports. The Supreme Court shall appoint such staff as may be needed for the proper dispatch of the business of the court. The court shall prepare and recommend to each session of the Legislature a budget of the estimated expenses of the court. The copyright of the state reports shall forever remain the property of the state. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1990.
Ne. Const. art. VII-11, § 0 — Article VII-11 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-11
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Appropriation of public funds; handicapped children; sectarian instruction; religious test of teacher or student. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Constitution, appropriation of public funds shall not be made to any school or institution of learning not owned or exclusively controlled by the state or a political subdivision thereof; Provided , that the Legislature may provide that the state or any political subdivision thereof may contract with institutions not wholly owned or controlled by the state or any political subdivision to provide for educational or other services for the benefit of children under the age of twenty-one years who are handicapped, as that term is from time to time defined by the Legislature, if such services are nonsectarian in nature. All public schools shall be free of sectarian instruction. The state shall not accept money or property to be used for sectarian purposes; Provided , that the Legislature may provide that the state may receive money from the federal government and distribute it in accordance with the terms of any such federal grants, but no public funds of the state, any political subdivision, or any public corporation may be added thereto. A religious test or qualification shall not be required of any teacher or student for admission or continuance in any school or institution supported in whole or in part by public funds or taxation. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1976.
Ne. Const. art. V-1, § 0 — Article V-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Power vested in courts; Chief Justice; powers. The judicial power of the state shall be vested in a Supreme Court, an appellate court, district courts, county courts, in and for each county, with one or more judges for each county or with one judge for two or more counties, as the Legislature shall provide, and such other courts inferior to the Supreme Court as may be created by law. In accordance with rules established by the Supreme Court and not in conflict with other provisions of this Constitution and laws governing such matters, general administrative authority over all courts in this state shall be vested in the Supreme Court and shall be exercised by the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice shall be the executive head of the courts and may appoint an administrative director thereof. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1990.
Ne. Const. art. IX-5, § 0 — Article IX-5 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IX-5
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Township organization. The Legislature shall provide by general law for township organization, under which any county may organize whenever a majority of the legal voters of such county voting at any general election shall so determine; and in any county that shall have adopted a township organization the question of continuing the same may be submitted to a vote of the electors of such county at a general election in the manner that shall be provided by law. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. I-13, § 0 — Article I-13 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-13
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Justice administered without delay; Legislature; authorization to enforce mediation and arbitration. All courts shall be open, and every person, for any injury done him or her in his or her lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have a remedy by due course of law and justice administered without denial or delay, except that the Legislature may provide for the enforcement of mediation, binding arbitration agreements, and other forms of dispute resolution which are entered into voluntarily and which are not revocable other than upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1996.
Ne. Const. art. I-27, § 0 — Article I-27 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-27
Status: in_force

[ edit ] English language to be official. The English language is hereby declared to be the official language of this state, and all official proceedings, records and publications shall be in such language, and the common school branches shall be taught in said language in public, private, denominational and parochial schools. Adopted in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. XVIII-3, § 0 — Article XVIII-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVIII-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Nonincumbent candidates; Term Limits Pledge; ballot notation; when. (1) Nonincumbent candidates for the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the Legislature should be given an opportunity to take a "Term Limits Pledge" regarding term limits each time they file to run for such offices. Any such person who declines to take the "Term Limits Pledge" shall have the information "DECLINED TO PLEDGE TO SUPPORT TERM LIMITS" printed adjacent to his or her name on every primary and general election ballot. (2) The "Term Limits Pledge" shall be offered to nonincumbent candidates for the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the Legislature until a constitutional amendment which limits the number of terms of United States Senators to no more than two and United States Representatives to no more than three has become part of our United States Constitution. (3) The "Term Limits Pledge" that each nonincumbent candidate, set forth in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, shall be offered is as follows: I support term limits and pledge to use all my legislative powers to enact the proposed constitutional amendment to the United States Constitution set forth in Article XVIII, section 1, of this Constitution. If elected, I pledge to vote in such a way that the designation "DISREGARDED VOTERS INSTRUCTION ON TERM LIMITS" will not appear adjacent to my name. ......................... Signature of Candidate Adopted in 1996. Ruled unconstitutional in 1999 by Miller v. Moore (8th Cir.) as an infringement of the right to vote in violation of Article V of the United States Constitution.
Ne. Const. art. XII-5, § 0 — Article XII-5 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XII-5
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. Adopted in 1875. Amended in 1960. The repealed language read, "The Legislature shall provide by law that in all elections for directors or managers of incorporated companies every stockholder shall have the right to vote in person or proxy for the number of shares owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected or to cumulate said shares and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number his shares shall equal, or to distribute them upon the same principal among as many candidates as he shall think fit, and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner; Provided, that any mutual or cooperative company or association may, in its articles of incorporation, limit the number of shares of stock any stockholder may own, the transfer of said stock, and the right of each stockholder or member to one vote only in the meetings of such company or association; and provided further, a corporation in its article of incorporation may provide that preferred stockholders hall have no right to vote."