FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Ne. Const. art. XVII-11, § 0 — Article XVII-11 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-11
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. Adopted in 1940. The repealed language read, "This amendment (1940) shall be self-executing, and after it becomes effective, all statutes and laws and provisions of this Constitution referring to the present Boards of Educational Lands and Funds shall mean and included, while in effect, said board of commissioners, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, as constituted hereby; and this amendment shall be in full force and take effect on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, 1941." The content of this section related to an amendment of Article VII, Section 1, which was approved by the voters in 1940.
Ne. Const. art. IX-1, § 0 — Article IX-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IX-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Area. No new county shall be formed or established by the legislature which will reduce the county or counties, or either of them to a less area than four hundred square miles, nor shall any county be formed of a less area. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. I-12, § 0 — Article I-12 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-12
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Evidence against self; double jeopardy. No person shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to give evidence against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. IV-5, § 0 — Article IV-5 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-5
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Impeachment. A civil officer of this state shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office or for any misdemeanor in pursuit of such office. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2012.
Ne. Const. art. XII-2, § 0 — Article XII-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XII-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "No such general law shall be passed by the legislature granting the right to construct and operate a street railroad within any city, town, or incorporated village, without first requiring the consent of a majority of the electors thereof."
Ne. Const. art. IV-20, § 0 — Article IV-20 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-20
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Public Service Commission; membership; terms; powers. There shall be a Public Service Commission, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members, as the Legislature shall prescribe, whose term of office shall be six years, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the Legislature. Commissioners shall be elected by districts of substantially equal population as the Legislature shall provide. The powers and duties of such commission shall include the regulation of rates, service and general control of common carriers as the Legislature may provide by law. But, in the absence of specific legislation, the commission shall exercise the powers and perform the duties enumerated in this provision. Adopted in 1906. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. V-23, § 0 — Article V-23 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-23
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Jurisdiction of judges at chambers. The several judges of the courts of record shall have such jurisdiction at chambers as may be provided by law. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. XVII-4, § 0 — Article XVII-4 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-4
Status: in_force

[ edit ] General election of state. The general election of this state shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in the year 1914 and every two years thereafter. All state, district, county, precinct, township and other officers, by the constitution or laws made elective by the people, except school district officers, and municipal officers in cities, villages and towns, shall be elected at a general election to be held as aforesaid. An incumbent of any office shall hold over until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. XVIII-1, § 3 — Article XVIII-1 / Section 3
NE Const., Article XVIII-1, Section 3
Status: in_force

This article shall have no time limit within which it must be ratified to become operative upon the ratification of the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states. Therefore, we the people of the State of Nebraska, have chosen to amend the Constitution of Nebraska to inform voters regarding incumbent and nonincumbent federal and state candidates' support for the congressional term limits amendment provided for in this section. Adopted in 1996.
Ne. Const. art. XV-15, § 0 — Article XV-15 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-15
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Labor organizations; amendment self-executing; laws to facilitate operation permitted. This article is self-executing and shall supersede all provisions in conflict therewith; legislation may be enacted to facilitate its operation but no law shall limit or restrict the provisions hereof. Adopted in 1946.
Ne. Const. art. VI-3, § 0 — Article VI-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VI-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Military or naval service; place and manner of voting. Every elector in the military or naval service of the United States or of this state may exercise the right of suffrage at such place and under such regulations as may be provided by law. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. V-24, § 0 — Article V-24 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-24
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Style of process. All process shall run in the name of "The State of Nebraska," and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name of "The State of Nebraska." Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. VIII-5, § 0 — Article VIII-5 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-5
Status: in_force

[ edit ] County taxes; limitation. County authorities shall never assess taxes the aggregate of which shall exceed fifty cents per one hundred dollars of taxable value as determined by the assessment rolls, except for the payment of indebtedness existing at the adoption hereof, unless authorized by a vote of the people of the county. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1992.
Ne. Const. art. VII-2, § 0 — Article VII-2 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-2
Status: in_force

[ edit ] State Department of Education; general supervision of school system. The State Department of Education shall be comprised of a State Board of Education and a Commissioner of Education. The State Department of Education shall have general supervision and administration of the school system of the state and of such other activities as the Legislature may direct. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. III-20, § 0 — Article III-20 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-20
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Salt springs, coal, oil, minerals; alienation prohibited. The salt springs, coal, oil, minerals, or other natural resources on or contained in the land belonging to the state shall never be alienated; but provision may be made by law for the leasing or development of the same. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. IV-1, § 0 — Article IV-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Executive departments; officers; when elected; terms; eligibility; books to be kept at seat of government; residence of officers; heads of departments; appointments. The executive officers of the state shall be the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and the heads of such other executive departments as set forth herein or as may be established by law. The Legislature may provide for the placing of the above named officers as heads over such departments of government as it may by law establish. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, and State Treasurer shall be chosen at the general election held in November 1974, and in each alternate even-numbered year thereafter, for a term of four years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Each candidate for Governor shall select a person to be the candidate for Lieutenant Governor on the general election ballot. In the general election one vote shall be cast jointly for the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The Governor shall be ineligible to the office of Governor for four years next after the expiration of two consecutive terms for which he or she was elected. The records, books, and papers of all executive officers shall be kept at the seat of government. Executive officers shall reside within the State of Nebraska during their respective terms of office. Officers in the executive department of the state shall perform such duties as may be provided by law. The heads of all executive departments established by law, other than those to be elected as provided herein, shall be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of a majority of all members elected to the Legislature, but officers so appointed may be removed by the Governor. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the heads of the various executive or civil departments shall have power to appoint and remove all subordinate employees in their respective departments. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2000.
Ne. Const. art. IV-12, § 0 — Article IV-12 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-12
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Nonelective state officers; vacation; Governor; fill the office by appointment; approval by Legislature. If any nonelective state office, 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. If the Legislature is in session, such appointment shall be subject to the approval of a majority of the members of the Legislature. If the Legislature is not in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next session of the Legislature, at which time a majority of the members of the Legislature shall have the right to approve or disapprove the appointment. All appointees shall hold their office until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. No person after being rejected by the Legislature shall be again nominated for the same office at the same session, unless at request of the Legislature, or be appointed to the same office during the recess or adjournment of the Legislature. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. XVII-6, § 0 — Article XVII-6 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-6
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Transferred to Article III, section 30, in 1998. Adopted in 1875. The original language read, "The Legislature shall pass all laws necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this constitution."
Ne. Const. art. IV-6, § 0 — Article IV-6 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-6
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Supreme executive power. The supreme executive power shall be vested in the Governor, who shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed and the affairs of the state efficiently and economically administered. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. IV-21, § 0 — Article IV-21 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-21
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1. Adopted in 1875. The subject matter of this section was transferred to Section 11. The repealed language read, “If the office of auditor of public accounts, treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general, commissioner of public lands and buildings, or superintendent of public instruction, shall be vacated by death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and qualified in such manner as may be provided by law.”
Ne. Const. art. I, § 1 — Article I / Section 1
NE Const., Article I, 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. XV-8, § 0 — Article XV-8 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XV-8
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Employment of women and children; minimum wage. Laws may be enacted regulating the hours and conditions of employment of women and children, and securing to such employees a proper minimum wage. Adopted in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. I-29, § 0 — Article I-29 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-29
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Marriage; same-sex relationships not valid or recognized. Only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in Nebraska. The uniting of two persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar same-sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Nebraska. Adopted in 2000. Rendered unconstitutional in 2015 by Obergefell v. Hodges .
Ne. Const. art. IV-26, § 0 — Article IV-26 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-26
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Officials to give bonds. All officers of government shall give bond as may be prescribed by law. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1964.
Ne. Const. art. V-18, § 0 — Article V-18 / Section 0
NE Const., Article V-18
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2) p. 1432. Adopted in 1875. The repealed language read, "Justices of the peace shall be elected in and for such districts for such term and have and exercise such jurisdictions as may be provided by law; but no justice of the peace shall have jurisdiction in any civil case where the amount in controversy shall exceed two hundred dollars; nor in a criminal case where the punishment may exceed three months imprisonment, and a fine of over one hundred dollars or both; nor in any matter wherein the title or boundaries of land may be in dispute."
Ne. Const. art. VIII-13, § 0 — Article VIII-13 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VIII-13
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Revenue laws and legislative acts; how construed. Notwithstanding Article I, section 16, Article III, section 18, or Article VIII, section 1 or 4, of this Constitution or any other provision of this Constitution to the contrary, amendments to Article VIII of this Constitution passed in 1992 shall be effective from and after January 1, 1992, and existing revenue laws and legislative acts passed in the regular legislative session of 1992, not inconsistent with this Constitution as amended, shall be considered ratified and confirmed by such amendments without the need for legislative reenactment of such laws. Adopted in 1992.
Ne. Const. art. IV-28, § 0 — Article IV-28 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-28
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Tax Equalization and Review Commission; members; powers; Tax Commissioner; powers. By January 1, 1997, there shall be a Tax Equalization and Review Commission. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor as provided by law. The commission shall have power to review and equalize assessments of property for taxation within the state and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Legislature may provide. The terms of office and compensation of members of the commission shall be as provided by law. A Tax Commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Legislature. The Tax Commissioner may have jurisdiction over the administration of the revenue laws of the state and such other duties and powers as provided by law. The Tax Commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Adopted in 1920. Last amended in 1996.
Ne. Const. art. III-13, § 0 — Article III-13 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-13
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Style of bills; majority necessary to passage; yeas and nays entered on journal. The style of all bills shall be, Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, and no law shall be enacted except by bill. No bill shall be passed by the Legislature unless by the assent of a majority of all members elected and the yeas and nays on the question of final passage of any bill shall be entered upon the journal. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1972.
Ne. Const. art. II-1, § 0 — Article II-1 / Section 0
NE Const., Article II-1
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Legislative, executive, judicial. (1) The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive, and judicial, and no person or collection of persons being one of these departments shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others except as expressly directed or permitted in this Constitution. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, supervision of individuals sentenced to probation, released on parole, or enrolled in programs or services established within a court may be undertaken by either the judicial or executive department, or jointly, as provided by the Legislature. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2006.
Ne. Const. art. I-25, § 0 — Article I-25 / Section 0
NE Const., Article I-25
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Rights of property; no discrimination; aliens. There shall be no discrimination between citizens of the United States in respect to the acquisition, ownership, possession, enjoyment or descent of property. The right of aliens in respect to the acquisition, enjoyment and descent of property may be regulated by law. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1920.
Ne. Const. art. IV-14, § 0 — Article IV-14 / Section 0
NE Const., Article IV-14
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Governor to be commander-in-chief of militia. The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state (except when they shall be called into the service of the United States) and may call out the same to execute the laws, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion. Adopted in 1875.
Ne. Const. art. III-14, § 0 — Article III-14 / Section 0
NE Const., Article III-14
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Bills and resolutions read by title; printing; vote for final passage; bills to contain one subject; amended section to be set forth; signing of bills. Every bill and resolution shall be read by title when introduced, and a printed copy thereof provided for the use of each member. The bill and all amendments thereto shall be printed and presented before the vote is taken upon its final passage and shall be read at large unless three-fifths of all the members elected to the Legislature vote not to read the bill and all amendments at large. No vote upon the final passage of any bill shall be taken until five legislative days after its introduction nor until it has been on file for final reading and passage for at least one legislative day. No bill shall contain more than one subject, and the subject shall be clearly expressed in the title. No law shall be amended unless the new act contains the section or sections as amended and the section or sections so amended shall be repealed. The Lieutenant Governor, or the Speaker if acting as presiding officer, shall sign, in the presence of the Legislature while it is in session and capable of transacting business, all bills and resolutions passed by the Legislature. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 1996.
Ne. Const. art. XI-3, § 0 — Article XI-3 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XI-3
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Rejection of charter; effect; procedure to frame new charter. But if said charter be rejected, then within six months thereafter, the mayor and council or governing authorities of said city may call a special election at which fifteen members of a new charter convention shall be elected to be called and held as above in such city, and they shall proceed as above to frame a charter which shall in like manner and to the like end be published and submitted to a vote of said voters for their approval or rejection. If again rejected, the procedure herein designated may be repeated until a charter is finally approved by a majority of those voting thereon, and certified (together with the vote for and against) to the secretary of state as aforesaid, and a copy thereof deposited in the archives of the city, whereupon it shall become the charter of said city. Members of each of said charter conventions shall be elected at large, and they shall complete their labors within sixty days after their respective election. The charter shall make proper provision for continuing, amending or repealing the ordinances of the city. Adopted in 1912.
Ne. Const. art. XVII-10, § 0 — Article XVII-10 / Section 0
NE Const., Article XVII-10
Status: in_force

[ edit ] (Failed to carry at election.) Legislative Bill 30, corresponding to Chapter 25 of the Session Laws of 1939 and consisting of three sections, proposed an amendment to the Constitution. Section 2 of the bill provided that an additional section should be inserted in Article XVII "to be known and numbered" as section 10. The amendment was rejected in the election of 1940. Legislative Bill 179, corresponding to Chapter 109 of the Session Laws for 1939, likewise proposed an amendment which was adopted. Section 2 of this bill provided that an additional section should be inserted in Article XVII "to be known and numbered" as section 11. For this reason there is no section 10 of Article XVII. If the amendment had been approved, Article IX, Section 4, of the Nebraska Constitution would have been amended, and this section would have read as follows: "This amendment (1940) shall be self-executing and legislation authorized hereby shall be supplemental hereto; and this amendment, except as otherwise herein specifically provided, shall be in full force and take effect on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, 1941."
Ne. Const. art. VII-9, § 0 — Article VII-9 / Section 0
NE Const., Article VII-9
Status: in_force

[ edit ] Educational funds; trust funds; use; early childhood education endowment fund; created; use; early childhood education, defined. (1) The following funds shall be exclusively used for the support and maintenance of the common schools in each school district in the state or for early childhood education operated by or distributed through the common schools as provided in subsection (3) of this section, as the Legislature shall provide: (a) Income arising from the perpetual funds; (b) The income from the unsold school lands, except that costs of administration shall be deducted from the income before it is so applied; (c) All other grants, gifts, and devises that have been or may hereafter be made to the state which are not otherwise appropriated by the terms of the grant, gift, or devise; and (d) Such other support as the Legislature may provide. (2) No distribution or appropriation shall be made to any school district for the year in which school is not maintained for the minimum term required by law. (3)(a) An early childhood education endowment fund shall be created for the purpose of supporting early childhood education in this state as provided by the Legislature. (b) An amount equal to forty million dollars of the funds belonging to the state for common school and early childhood educational purposes operated by or distributed through the common schools described in Article VII, section 7, of this Constitution shall be allocated for the early childhood education endowment fund. (c) Only interest or income on such early childhood education endowment fund may be appropriated as provided by the Legislature for the benefit of the common schools and for the exclusive purpose of supporting early childhood education in this state. (d) For purposes of Article VII of this Constitution, early childhood education means programs operated by or distributed through the common schools promoting development and learning for children from birth to kindergarten-entrance age. (e) If the annual income from twenty million dollars of private funding is not irrevocably committed by July 1, 2011, to the use of the early childhood education endowment fund, then the forty-million-dollar allocation pursuant to subdivision (3)(b) of this section may revert to the use of the common schools as the Legislature shall determine. Adopted in 1875. Last amended in 2006.