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Wy. Const. art. 3, § 3 — Article 3 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 3, Section 3
Status: in_force

Legislative apportionment. Each county shall constitute a senatorial and representative district; the senate and house of representatives shall be composed of members elected by the legal voters of the counties respectively, every two (2) years. They shall be apportioned among the said counties as nearly as may be according to the number of their inhabitants. Each county shall have at least one senator and one representative; but at no time shall the number of members of the house of representatives be less than twice nor greater than three times the number of members of the senate. The senate and house of representatives first ​ elected in pursuance of this constitution shall consist of sixteen and thirty-three members respectively. This section is inconsistent with the application of the “one person, one vote” principle under circumstances as they presently exist in Wyoming. Consequently, the Wyoming legislature may disregard this provision when reapportioning either the senate or the house of representatives.
Wy. Const. art. 18, § 6 — Article 18 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 18, Section 6
Status: in_force

Disposition of unexpended income of perpetual school fund. If any portion of the interest or income of the perpetual school fund be not expended during any year, said portion shall be added to and become a part of the said school fund.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 2 — Article 15 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 15, Section 2
Status: in_force

Assessment of coal lands. All coal lands in the state from which coal is not being mined shall be listed for assessment, valued for taxation and assessed according to value.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 1 — Article 21 / Section 1
WY Const., Article 21, Section 1
Status: in_force

Acquired rights continue. That no inconvenience may arise from a change of the territorial government to a permanent state government, it is declared that all writs, actions, prosecutions, claims, liabilities and obligations against the Territory of Wyoming, of whatever nature, and rights of individuals, and of bodies corporate, shall continue as if no change had taken place in this government, and all process which may, before the organization of the judicial department under this constitution, be issued under the authority of the Territory of Wyoming, shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the state.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 7 — Article 7 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 7, Section 7
Status: in_force

Application of school funds. The income arising from the funds mentioned in the preceding section, together with all the rents of the unsold school lands and such other means as the legislature may provide, shall be exclusively applied to the support of free schools in every county in the state.
Wy. Const. art. 4, § 15 — Article 4 / Section 15
WY Const., Article 4, Section 15
Status: in_force

Great seal of state. There shall be a seal of state which shall be called the “Great Seal of the State of Wyoming”; it shall be kept by the secretary of state and used by him officially as directed by law. The seal of the Territory of Wyoming as now used shall be the seal of the state until otherwise provided by law.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 53 — Article 3 / Section 53
WY Const., Article 3, Section 53
Status: in_force

Creation of criminal penalties not subject to governor’s power to commute. Notwithstanding Article 4, Section 5 of this Constitution, the legislature may by law create a penalty of life imprisonment without parole for specified crimes which sentence shall not be subject to commutation by the governor. The legislature may in addition limit commutation of a death sentence to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole which sentence shall not be subject to further commutation. In no event shall the inherent power of the governor to grant a pardon be limited or curtailed. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1993 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 8, 1994, and proclaimed in effect on November 16, 1994.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 13 — Article 10 / Section 13
WY Const., Article 10, Section 13
Status: in_force

Railroads to make annual reports to state auditor. Every railroad corporation or association operating a line of railroad within this state shall annually make a report to the auditor of state of its business within this state, in such form as the legislature may prescribe.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 24 — Article 3 / Section 24
WY Const., Article 3, Section 24
Status: in_force

Bill to contain only one subject, which shall be expressed in title. No bill, except general appropriation bills and bills for the codification and general revision of the laws, shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title; but if any subject is embraced in any act which is not expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be so expressed.
Wy. Const. art. 18, § 4 — Article 18 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 18, Section 4
Status: in_force

Legislature to provide for disposition of lands. The legislature shall enact the necessary laws for the sale, disposal, leasing or care of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to the state, and shall, at the earliest practicable period, provide by law for the location and selection of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by congress to the state, and shall pass laws for the suitable keeping, transfer and disbursement of the land grant funds, and shall require of all officers charged with the same or the safekeeping thereof to give ample bonds for all moneys and funds received by them.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 9 — Article 3 / Section 9
WY Const., Article 3, Section 9
Status: in_force

Compensation not to be increased during term. No member of either house shall, during the term for which he was elected, receive any increase of salary or mileage under any law passed during that term.
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 1 — Article 3 / Section 1
WY Const., Article 3, Section 1
Status: in_force

Composition and name of legislature. The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and house of representatives, which shall be designated “the legislature of the State of Wyoming.”
Wy. Const. art. 6, § 17 — Article 6 / Section 17
WY Const., Article 6, Section 17
Status: in_force

Time of holding general and special elections; when elected officers to enter upon duties. All general elections for state and county officers, for members of the house of representatives and the senate of the State of Wyoming, and representatives to the congress of the United States, shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of each even year. Special elections may be held as now, or may hereafter be provided by law. All state and county officers elected at a general election shall enter upon their respective duties on the first Monday in January next following the date of their election, or as soon thereafter as may be possible.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 35 — Article 1 / Section 35
WY Const., Article 1, Section 35
Status: in_force

Ex post facto laws; impairing obligation of contracts. No ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be made.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 3 — Article 7 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 7, Section 3
Status: in_force

Other sources of school revenues. To the sources of revenue above mentioned shall be added all other grants, gifts and devises that have been or may hereafter be made to this state and not otherwise appropriated by the terms of the grant, gift or devise. ​
Wy. Const. art. 19, § 7 — Article 19 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 19, Section 7
Status: in_force

Contract exempting employer from liability for personal injuries prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation, to require of its servants or employes as a condition of their employment, or otherwise, any contract or agreement whereby such person, company or corporation shall be released or discharged from liability or responsibility, on account of personal injuries received by such servants or employes, while in the service of such person, company or corporation, by reason of the negligence of such person, company or corporation, or the agents or employes thereof, and such contracts shall be absolutely null and void. Arbitration
Wy. Const. art. 8, § 5 — Article 8 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 8, Section 5
Status: in_force

State engineer. There shall be a state engineer who shall be appointed by the governor of the state and confirmed by the senate; he shall hold his office for the term of six (6) years, or until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. He shall be president of the board of control, and shall have general supervision of the waters of the state and of the officers connected with its distribution. No person shall be appointed to this position who has not such theoretical knowledge and such practical experience and skill as shall fit him for the position.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 12 — Article 15 / Section 12
WY Const., Article 15, Section 12
Status: in_force

Exemptions from taxation. The property of the United States, the state, counties, cities, towns, school districts and municipal corporations, when used primarily for a governmental purpose, and public libraries, lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively for religious worship, church parsonages, church schools and public cemeteries, shall be exempt from taxation, and such other property as the legislature may by general law provide. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1955 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 6, 1956, and proclaimed in effect on December 29, 1956.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 11 — Article 5 / Section 11
WY Const., Article 5, Section 11
Status: in_force

District courts generally; judges to hold court for each other. The judges of the district courts may hold courts for each other and shall do so when required by law.
Wy. Const. art. 16, § 5 — Article 16 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 16, Section 5
Status: in_force

Limitation on municipal, county or school district debt. No city or town shall in any manner create any indebtedness exceeding four per cent (4%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein, except that an additional indebtedness of four per cent (4%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein may be created for sewage disposal systems. Indebtedness created for supplying water to cities or towns is excepted from the limitation herein. ​ No county shall in any manner create any indebtedness exceeding two per cent (2%) of the taxable property therein. No school district shall in any manner create any indebtedness exceeding ten per cent (10%) on the assessed value of the taxable property therein for the purpose of acquiring land, erection, enlarging and equipping of school buildings. All limitations herein shall refer to the last preceding general assessment. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1919, 1953, and 1961 legislatures. The latest amendment was ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 6, 1962.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 19 — Article 10 / Section 19
WY Const., Article 10, Section 19
Status: in_force

Location of depots. No railroad company shall construct or operate a railroad within four (4) miles of any existing town or city without providing a suitable depot or stopping place at the nearest practicable point for the convenience of said town or city, and stopping all trains doing local business at said stopping place. No railroad company shall deviate from the most direct practicable line in constructing a railroad for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this section.
Wy. Const. art. 10, § 8 — Article 10 / Section 8
WY Const., Article 10, Section 8
Status: in_force

Trusts prohibited. There shall be no consolidation or combination of corporations of any kind whatever to prevent competition, to control or influence productions or prices thereof, or in any other manner to interfere with the public good and general welfare.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 17 — Article 21 / Section 17
WY Const., Article 21, Section 17
Status: in_force

Transfer of causes and records from probate courts to district courts. Whenever this constitution shall go into effect, records and papers and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration and other matters pending therein, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the district court of the same county, and the said district court shall proceed to final decree or judgment order or other determination in the said several matters and causes, as the said probate court might have done if this constitution had not been adopted.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 11 — Article 15 / Section 11
WY Const., Article 15, Section 11
Status: in_force

Uniformity of assessment required. (a) All property, except as in this constitution otherwise provided, shall be uniformly valued at its full value as defined by the legislature, in three (3) classes as follows: (i) Gross production of minerals and mine products in lieu of taxes on the land where produced; (ii) Property used for industrial purposes as defined by the legislature; and (iii) All other property, real and personal. (b) The legislature shall prescribe the percentage of value which shall be assessed within each designated class. All taxable property shall be valued at its full value as defined by the legislature except agricultural and ​ grazing lands which shall be valued according to the capability of the land to produce agricultural products under normal conditions. The percentage of value prescribed for industrial property shall not be more than forty percent (40%) higher nor more than four (4) percentage points more than the percentage prescribed for property other than minerals. (c) The legislature shall not create new classes or subclasses or authorize any property to be assessed at a rate other than the rates set for authorized classes. (d) All taxation shall be equal and uniform within each class of property. The legislature shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, real and personal. 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. 9, § 6 — Article 9 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 9, Section 6
Status: in_force

State geologist. [Repealed.] This section was repealed 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. 3, § 15 — Article 3 / Section 15
WY Const., Article 3, Section 15
Status: in_force

Adjournment. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting.
Wy. Const. art. 4, § 6 — Article 4 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 4, Section 6
Status: in_force

Acting governor. If the governor be impeached, displaced, resign or die, or from mental or physical disease or otherwise become incapable of performing the duties of his office or be absent from the state, ​ the secretary of state shall act as governor until the vacancy is filled or the disability removed.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 6 — Article 1 / Section 6
WY Const., Article 1, Section 6
Status: in_force

Due process of law. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 18 — Article 15 / Section 18
WY Const., Article 15, Section 18
Status: in_force

Full tax credit allowed against any liability arising from a tax on income. No tax shall be imposed upon income without allowing full credit against such tax liability for all sales, use, and ad valorem taxes paid in the taxable year by the same taxpayer to any taxing authority in Wyoming. ​ This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1973 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 5, 1974, and proclaimed in effect on December 12, 1974.
Wy. Const. art. 7, § 21 — Article 7 / Section 21
WY Const., Article 7, Section 21
Status: in_force

Buildings and property of territory pass to state. All public buildings and other property, belonging to the territory shall, upon the adoption of this constitution, become the property of the State of Wyoming.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 2 — Article 21 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 21, Section 2
Status: in_force

Territorial property vested in state. All property, real and personal, and all moneys, credits, claims and choses in action, belonging to the Territory of Wyoming, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be vested in and become the property of the State of Wyoming.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 2 — Article 1 / Section 2
WY Const., Article 1, Section 2
Status: in_force

Equality of all. In their inherent right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, all members of the human race are equal.
Wy. Const. art. 21, § 27 — Article 21 / Section 27
WY Const., Article 21, Section 27
Status: in_force

Territorial liabilities assumed. All debts and liabilities of the Territory of Wyoming shall be assumed and paid by this state.
Wy. Const. art. 19, § 5 — Article 19 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 19, Section 5
Status: in_force

Legislature to establish courts of arbitration; duties. [Repealed.] This section was repealed by a resolution of the 1965 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 8, 1966, and proclaimed in effect on January 17, 1967. ​ Police Powers
Wy. Const. art. 3, § 51 — Article 3 / Section 51
WY Const., Article 3, Section 51
Status: in_force

Filling of vacancies. When vacancies shall occur in the membership of either house of the legislature of the State of Wyoming through death, resignation or other cause, such vacancies shall be filled in such manner as may be prescribed by law, notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of article III of the constitution which is by this section repealed. This section was added by an amendment proposed by the 1947 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 2, 1948, and proclaimed in effect on December 1, 1948. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Wy. Const. art. 16, § 7 — Article 16 / Section 7
WY Const., Article 16, Section 7
Status: in_force

Payments of public money. No money shall be paid out of the state treasury except upon appropriation by law and on warrant drawn by the proper officer, and no bills, claims, accounts or demands against the state, or any county or political subdivision, shall be audited, allowed or paid until a full itemized statement in writing, certified to under penalty of perjury, shall be filed with the officer or officers whose duty it may be to audit the same. 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. 21, § 18 — Article 21 / Section 18
WY Const., Article 21, Section 18
Status: in_force

How legislature chosen. Senators and members of the house of representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the several senatorial and representative districts as established in this constitution, until such districts shall be changed by law, and thereafter by the qualified electors of the several districts as the same shall be established by law.
Wy. Const. art. 1, § 33 — Article 1 / Section 33
WY Const., Article 1, Section 33
Status: in_force

Compensation for property taken. Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation.
Wy. Const. art. 8, § 3 — Article 8 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 8, Section 3
Status: in_force

Priority of appropriation. Priority of appropriation for beneficial uses shall give the better right. No appropriation shall be denied except when such denial is demanded by the public interests.
Wy. Const. art. 5, § 3 — Article 5 / Section 3
WY Const., Article 5, Section 3
Status: in_force

Supreme court generally; original jurisdiction. The supreme court shall have original jurisdiction in quo warranto and mandamus as to all state officers, and in habeas corpus. The supreme court shall also have power to issue writs of mandamus, review, prohibition, habeas corpus, certiorari, and other writs necessary and proper to the complete exercise of its appellate and revisory jurisdiction. Each of the judges shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus to any part of the state upon petition by or on behalf of a person held in actual custody, and may make such writs returnable before himself or before the supreme court, or before any district court of the state or any judge thereof. ​
Wy. Const. art. 17, § 4 — Article 17 / Section 4
WY Const., Article 17, Section 4
Status: in_force

Flags. No military organization under the laws of the state shall carry any banner or flag representing any sect or society or the flag of any nationality but that of the United States.
Wy. Const. art. 18, § 1 — Article 18 / Section 1
WY Const., Article 18, Section 1
Status: in_force

Acceptance of lands from United States; sale of such lands. The State of Wyoming hereby agrees to accept the grants of lands heretofore made, or that may hereafter be made by the United States to the state, for educational purposes, for public buildings and institutions and for other objects, and donations of money with the conditions and limitations that may be imposed by the act or acts of congress, making such grants or donations. Such lands shall be disposed of only at public auction to the highest responsible bidder, after having been duly appraised by the land commissioners, at not less than three-fourths the appraised value thereof, and for not less than $10 per acre; provided, that in the case of actual and bona fide settlement and improvement thereon at the time of the adoption of this constitution, such actual settler shall have the preference right to purchase the land whereon he may have settled, not exceeding 160 acres at a sum not less than the appraised value thereof, and in making such appraisement the value of improvements shall not be taken into consideration. If, at any time hereafter, the United States shall grant any arid lands in the state to the state, on the condition that the state reclaim and dispose of them to actual settlers, the legislature shall be authorized to accept such arid lands on such conditions, or other conditions, if the same are practicable and reasonable. ​
Wy. Const. art. 15, § 5 — Article 15 / Section 5
WY Const., Article 15, Section 5
Status: in_force

County levies limited. For county revenue, there shall be levied annually a tax not to exceed twelve mills on the dollar for all purposes including general school tax, exclusive of state revenue, except for the payment of its public debt and the interest thereon. This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1967 legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 6, 1968, and proclaimed in effect on December 9, 1968.