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Wy. Const. art. 7, § 23 — Article 7 / Section 23
WY Const., Article 7, Section 23
Status: in_force

Permanent location. The legislature shall have no power to change or to locate the seat of government, the state university, or state hospital, but may provide by law for submitting the question of the permanent locations thereof respectively, to the qualified electors of the state, at some general election, and a majority of all votes upon said question cast at said election, shall be necessary to determine the location thereof; but until the same are respectively and permanently located, as herein provided, the location of the seat of government and said institutions shall be as follows: The seat of government shall be located at the City of Cheyenne, in the County of Laramie. The state university shall be centered at the City of Laramie, in the County of Albany. The state hospital shall be located at or near the City of Evanston, in the County of Uinta. A penitentiary shall be located at or near the City of Rawlins, in the County of Carbon. The legislature may provide by law the location of other public institutions, including correctional facilities. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1978 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 1978, and proclaimed in effect on November 25, 1978.
Wy. Const. art. 8, § 2 — Article 8 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 8, Section 2
Status: in_force

Board of control. There shall be constituted a board of control, to be composed of the state engineer and superintendents of the water divisions; which shall, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, have the supervision of the waters of the state and of their appropriation, distribution and diversion, and of the various officers connected therewith. Its decisions to be subject to review by the courts of the state.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 4 — Article 6 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 6, Section 4
Status: in_force

Exemption of electors from military duty. No elector shall be obliged to perform militia duty on the day of election, except in time of war or public danger.
Wy. Const. art. 20, § 4 — Article 20 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 20, Section 4
Status: in_force

Constitution adopted by convention to be submitted to people. Any constitution adopted by such convention shall have no validity until it has been submitted to and adopted by the people.
Wy. Const. art. 13, § 4 — Article 13 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 13, Section 4
Status: in_force

Franchises. No street passenger railway, telegraph, telephone or electric light line shall be constructed within the limits of any municipal organization without the consent of its local authorities.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 24 — Article 5 / Section 24
WY Const., Article 5, Section 24
Status: in_force

Terms of district courts; attaching unorganized territory to organized counties. The time of holding courts in the several counties of a district shall be as prescribed by law, and the legislature shall make provisions for attaching unorganized counties or territory to organized counties for judicial purposes.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 25 — Article 3 / Section 25
WY Const., Article 3, Section 25
Status: in_force

Vote required to pass bill. No bill shall become a law except by a vote of a majority of all the members elected to each house, nor unless on its final passage the vote taken by ayes and noes, and the names of those voting be entered on the journal. ​
Wy. Const. art. 4, § 10 — Article 4 / Section 10
WY Const., Article 4, Section 10
Status: in_force

Bribery or coercion of or by governor. Any governor of this state who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any understanding that his official opinion, judgment or action shall be influenced thereby, or who gives or offers, or promises his official influence in ​ consideration that any member of the legislature shall give his official vote or influence on any particular side of any question or matter upon which he is required to act in his official capacity, or who menaces any member by the threatened use of his veto power, or who offers or promises any member that he, the governor, will appoint any particular person or persons to any office created or thereafter to be created, in consideration that any member shall give his official vote or influence on any matter pending or thereafter to be introduced into either house of said legislature; or who threatens any member that he, the governor, will remove any person or persons from office or position with intent in any manner to influence the action of said members, shall be punished in the manner now or that may hereafter be provided by law, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit all right to hold or exercise any office of trust or honor in this state.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 9 — Article 21 / Section 9
WY Const., Article 21, Section 9
Status: in_force

First state election; time of holding; proclamation. Immediately upon the admission of the territory as a state, the governor of the territory, or in case of his absence or failure to act, the secretary of the territory, or in case of his absence or failure to act, the president of this convention, shall issue a proclamation, which shall be published and a copy thereof mailed to the chairman of the board of county commissioners of each county, calling an election by the people for all state, district and other officers, created and made elective by this constitution, and fixing a day for such election, which shall not be less than forty days after the date of such proclamation nor more than ninety days after the admission of the territory as a state.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 20 — Article 3 / Section 20
WY Const., Article 3, Section 20
Status: in_force

Laws to be passed by bill; alteration or amendment of bills. No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as to change its original purpose.
Wy. Const. art. 19, § 8 — Article 19 / Section 8
WY Const., Article 19, Section 8
Status: in_force

Legislature to provide for voluntary submission of differences to arbitrators. The legislature may provide by law for the voluntary submission of differences to arbitrators for determination and said arbitrators shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by law; but they shall have no power to render judgment to be obligatory on parties; unless they voluntarily submit their matters of difference and agree to abide the judgment of such arbitrators. Homesteads
Wy. Const. art. 19, § 6 — Article 19 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 19, Section 6
Status: in_force

Importing armed bodies to suppress violence prohibited; exception. No armed police force, or detective agency, or armed body, or unarmed body of men, shall ever be brought into this state, for the suppression of domestic violence, except upon the application of the legislature, or executive, when the legislature cannot be convened. Labor Contracts
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 28 — Article 1 / Section 28
WY Const., Article 1, Section 28
Status: in_force

Taxation; consent of people; uniformity and equality. No tax shall be imposed without the consent of the people or their authorized representatives. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1988 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 8, 1988, and proclaimed in effect on November 21, 1988. ​
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 18 — Article 5 / Section 18
WY Const., Article 5, Section 18
Status: in_force

Appeals from district courts to supreme court. Writs of error and appeals may be allowed from the decisions of the district courts to the supreme court under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 4 — Article 3 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 3, Section 4
Status: in_force

Vacancies. [Repealed.] This section was repealed by a resolution adopted by the 1947 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people on November 2, 1948, and proclaimed in effect on December 1, 1948. See Art. 3, Sec. 51 for the present constitutional provisions on filling vacancies.
Wy. Const. art. 16, § 10 — Article 16 / Section 10
WY Const., Article 16, Section 10
Status: in_force

Construction and improvement of works for conservation and utilization of water. The provisions of section 6 of article 16 of this constitution prohibiting the state from engaging in any work of internal improvements, unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of the people, shall not apply to or affect the construction or improvement of any works designed, constructed or operated for the purposes of conservation or utilization of water, but the legislature shall have the power to provide for the construction or improvement in whole or in part, of any works designed, constructed or operated for the purposes of conservation or utilization of water, either directly or by extending aid to legal subdivisions of the State of Wyoming, duly organized irrigation, drainage, soil conservation, and public irrigation and power districts, and any public corporation legally organized for the purposes of the conservation, distribution or utilization of water or soil; and notwithstanding said inhibition as to works of internal improvement, whenever grants of land or other property shall be made to the state, especially dedicated by the grant to particular works of internal improvement, the state may carry on such particular works of internal ​ improvement and shall devote thereto the avails of such grants, and may likewise pledge or appropriate the revenues derived from such works in aid of their completion. This section was added by an amendment proposed by the 1939 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 5, 1940, and proclaimed in effect on December 6, 1940.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 5 — Article 5 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 5, Section 5
Status: in_force

Voluntary retirement and compensation of justices and judges. Subject to the further provisions of this section, the legislature shall provide for the voluntary retirement and compensation of justices and judges of the supreme court and district courts, and may do so for any other courts, on account of length of service, age and disability, and for their reassignment to active duty where and when needed. The office of every such justice and judge shall become vacant when the incumbent reaches the age of seventy (70) years, as the legislature may prescribe; but, in the case of an incumbent whose term of office includes the effective date of this amendment, this provision shall not prevent him from serving the remainder of said term nor be applicable to him before his period or periods of judicial service shall have reached a total of six (6) years. The legislature may also provide for benefits for dependents of justices and judges. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1971 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 1972, and proclaimed in effect on December 12, 1972.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 19 — Article 6 / Section 19
WY Const., Article 6, Section 19
Status: in_force

Dual office holding. No member of congress from this state, nor any person holding or exercising any office or appointment of trust or profit under the United States, shall at the same time hold or exercise any office in this state to which a salary, fees or perquisites shall be attached. The legislature may by law declare what offices are incompatible.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 4 — Article 7 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 7, Section 4
Status: in_force

Restriction in use of revenues. All money, stocks, bonds, lands and other property belonging to a county school fund, except such moneys and property as may be provided by law for current use in aid of public schools, shall belong to and be invested by the several counties as a county public school fund, in such manner as the legislature shall by law provide, the income of which shall be appropriated exclusively to the use and support of free public schools in the several counties of the state. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1969 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 3, 1970, and proclaimed in effect on December 3, 1970.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 22 — Article 5 / Section 22
WY Const., Article 5, Section 22
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction of justices of the peace. [Repealed.]
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 13 — Article 3 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 3, Section 13
Status: in_force

Journals. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and may, in its discretion, from time to time, publish the same, except such parts as require secrecy, and the yeas and nays on any question, shall, at the request of any two members, be entered on the journal.
Wy. Const. art. 9, § 1 — Article 9 / Section 1
WY Const., Article 9, Section 1
Status: in_force

Inspector of mines. There shall be established and maintained the office of inspector of mines, the duties of which shall be prescribed by law. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1989 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 6, 1990, and proclaimed in effect on November 28, 1990.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 32 — Article 1 / Section 32
WY Const., Article 1, Section 32
Status: in_force

Eminent domain. Private property shall not be taken for private use unless by consent of the owner, except for private ways of necessity, and for reservoirs, drains, flumes or ditches on or across the lands of others for agricultural, mining, milling, domestic or sanitary purposes, nor in any case without due compensation.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 16 — Article 3 / Section 16
WY Const., Article 3, Section 16
Status: in_force

Privilege of members. The members of the legislature shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, violation of their oath of office and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 13 — Article 5 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 5, Section 13
Status: in_force

District courts generally; clerks. There shall be a clerk of the district court in each organized county in which a court is holden who shall be elected, or, in case of vacancy, appointed in such manner and with such duties and compensation as may be prescribed by law.
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 3 — Article 6 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 6, Section 3
Status: in_force

Electors privileged from arrest. Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest on the days of election during their attendance at elections, and going to and returning therefrom.
Wy. Const. art. 14, § 5 — Article 14 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 14, Section 5
Status: in_force

Who are county officers referred to by section 3. Any county officers performing the duties usually performed by the officers named in this article shall be considered as referred to by section 3 of this article, regardless of the title by which their offices may hereafter be designated.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 7 — Article 5 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 5, Section 7
Status: in_force

Supreme court generally; terms of court. At least two terms of the supreme court shall be held annually at the seat of government at such times as may be provided by law.
Wy. Const. art. 16, § 6 — Article 16 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 16, Section 6
Status: in_force

Loan of credit; donations prohibited; works of internal improvement. Neither the state nor any county, city, township, town, school district, or any other political subdivision, shall loan or give its credit or make donations to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, except for necessary support of the poor, nor subscribe to or become the owner of the capital stock of any association or corporation, except that funds of public employee retirement systems and the permanent funds of the state of Wyoming may be invested in such stock under conditions the legislature prescribes. The state shall not engage in any work of internal improvement unless authorized by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the people. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1984 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 6, 1984, and proclaimed in effect on November 14, 1984. This section was amended again by a resolution adopted by the 1995 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 5, 1996, and proclaimed in effect on November 18, 1996.
Wy. Const. art. 20, § 3 — Article 20 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 20, Section 3
Status: in_force

Constitutional convention. Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature shall deem it necessary to ​ call a convention to revise or amend this constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next general election for or against a convention, and if a majority of all the electors voting at such election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall at the next session provide by law for calling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number of members, not less than double that of the most numerous branch of the legislature.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 15 — Article 10 / Section 15
WY Const., Article 10, Section 15
Status: in_force

Aid to railroads and telegraph lines prohibited. Neither the state, nor any county, township, school district or municipality shall loan or give its credit or make donations to or in aid of any railroad or telegraph line; provided, that this section shall not apply to obligations of any county, city, township or school district, contracted prior to the adoption of this constitution.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 23 — Article 3 / Section 23
WY Const., Article 3, Section 23
Status: in_force

Bill must go to committee. No bill shall be considered or become a law unless referred to a committee, returned therefrom and printed for the use of the members.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 6 — Article 3 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 3, Section 6
Status: in_force

Compensation of members; duration of sessions. The legislature shall not meet for more than sixty (60) legislative working days excluding Sundays during the term for which members of the house of representatives are elected, except when called into special session. The legislature shall determine by statute the number of days not to exceed sixty (60) legislative working days to be devoted to general and budget session, respectively. The legislature shall meet on odd-numbered years for a general and budget session. The legislature may meet on even-numbered years for budget session. During the budget session no bills except the budget bill may be introduced unless placed on call by a two-thirds vote of either house. The legislature shall meet for no more than forty (40) legislative working days excluding Sundays in any one (1) calendar year, except when called into special session. The compensation of the members of the legislature shall be as provided by law; but no legislature shall fix its own compensation. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1971 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 1972, and proclaimed in effect on December 12, 1972.
Wy. Const. art. 14, § 4 — Article 14 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 14, Section 4
Status: in_force

Deputies. The legislature shall provide by general law for such deputies as the public necessities may require, and shall fix their compensation.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 2 — Article 10 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 10, Section 2
Status: in_force

Control by state. All powers and franchises of corporations are derived from the people and are granted by their agent, the government, for the public good and general welfare, and the right and duty of the state to control and regulate them for these purposes is hereby declared. The power, rights and privileges of any and all corporations may be forfeited by willful neglect or abuse thereof. The police power of the state is supreme over all corporations as well as individuals. ​
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 3 — Article 15 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 15, Section 3
Status: in_force

Taxation of mines and mining claims. All mines and mining claims from which gold, silver and other precious metals, soda, saline, coal, mineral oil or other valuable deposit, is or may be produced shall be taxed in addition to the surface improvements, and in lieu of taxes on the lands, on the gross product thereof, as may be prescribed by law; provided, that the product of all mines shall be taxed in proportion to the value thereof.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 6 — Article 15 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 15, Section 6
Status: in_force

City levies limited. No incorporated city or town shall levy a tax to exceed eight mills on the dollar in any one year, except for the payment of its public debt and the interest thereon.
Wy. Const. art. 4, § 13 — Article 4 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 4, Section 13
Status: in_force

Salaries of governor and other elective state officers. Until otherwise provided by law, the governor shall receive an annual salary of two thousand and five hundred dollars, the secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and the salaries of any of the said officers shall not be increased or diminished during the period for which they were elected, and all fees and profits arising from any of the said offices shall be covered into the state treasury. ​
Wy. Const. art. 4, § 8 — Article 4 / Section 8
WY Const., Article 4, Section 8
Status: in_force

Approval or veto of legislation by governor; passage over veto. Every bill which has passed the legislature shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor. If he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it originated, which shall enter the objections at large upon the journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members elected agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if it be approved by two-thirds of the members elected, it shall become a law; but in all such cases the vote of both houses shall be determined by the yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered upon the journal of each house respectively. If any bill is not returned by the governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after its presentation to him, the same shall be a law, unless the legislature by its adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall file the same with his objections in the office of the secretary of state within fifteen days after such adjournment.
Wy. Const. art. 8, § 4 — Article 8 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 8, Section 4
Status: in_force

Water divisions. The legislature shall by law divide the state into four (4) water divisions, and provide for the appointment of superintendents thereof.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 41 — Article 3 / Section 41
WY Const., Article 3, Section 41
Status: in_force

Resolutions; approval or veto. Every order, resolution or vote, in which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary, except on the question of adjournment, or relating solely to the transaction of the business of the two houses, shall be presented to the governor, and before it shall take effect be approved by him, or, being disapproved, be repassed by two-thirds of both houses as prescribed in the case of a bill.