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SECTION 2 GOVERNOR, TERM OF OFFICE.
SECTION 3 OTHER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, TERMS OF OFFICE.
SECTION 4 RETURNS OF ELECTIONS, CANVASS, ETC.
SECTION 5 GENERAL DUTIES OF GOVERNOR.
SECTION 6 MESSAGES
SECTION 7 EXTRA LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
SECTION 8 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
SECTION 9 PARDONING POWER.
SECTION 10 VACANCY IN OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
In case of the removal, resignation, death or disability of the governor, the duties of the office shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor; and in case of a vacancy in both the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, the duties of the governor shall devolve upon the secretary of state. In addition to the line of succession to the office and duties of governor as hereinabove indicated, if the necessity shall arise, in order to fill the vacancy in the office of governor, the following state officers shall succeed to the duties of governor and in the order named, viz.: Treasurer, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction and commissioner of public lands. In case of the death, disability, failure or refusal of the person regularly elected to the office of governor to qualify at the time provided by law, the duties of the office shall devolve upon the person regularly elected to and qualified for the office of lieutenant governor, who shall act as governor until the disability be removed, or a governor be elected; and in case of the death, disability, failure or refusal of both the governor and the lieutenant governor elect to qualify, the duties of the governor shall devolve upon the secretary of state; and in addition to the line of succession to the office and duties of governor as hereinabove indicated, if there shall be the failure or refusal of any officer named above to qualify, and if the necessity shall arise by reason thereof, then in that event in order to fill the vacancy in the office of governor, the following state officers shall succeed to the duties of governor in the order named, viz: Treasurer, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction and commissioner of public lands. Any person succeeding to the office of governor as in this Section provided, shall perform the duties of such office only until the disability be removed, or a governor be elected and qualified; and if a vacancy occur more than thirty days before the next general election occurring within two years after the commencement of the term, a person shall be elected at such election to fill the office of governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. [AMENDMENT 6, 1909 p 642 Section 1. Approved November, 1910.]
Original text - Art. 3 Section 10 VACANCY IN - In case of the removal, resignation, death, or disability of the governor, the duties of the office shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor, and in case of a vacancy in both the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, the duties of governor shall devolve upon the secretary of state, who shall act as governor until the disability be removed or a governor elected.
SECTION 11 REMISSION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES.
SECTION 12 VETO POWERS.
Every act which shall have passed the legislature shall be, before it becomes a law, presented to the governor. If he approves, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon the journal and proceed to reconsider. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present shall 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 approved by two-thirds of the members present, 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 or against the bill shall be entered upon the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within five days, Sundays excepted, after it shall be presented to him, it shall become a law without his signature, unless the general adjournment shall prevent its return, in which case it shall become a law unless the governor, within twenty days next after the adjournment, Sundays excepted, shall file such bill with his objections thereto, in the office of secretary of state, who shall lay the same before the legislature at its next session in like manner as if it had been returned by the governor: Provided, That within forty-five days next after the adjournment, Sundays excepted, the legislature may, upon petition by a two-thirds majority or more of the membership of each house, reconvene in extraordinary session, not to exceed five days duration, solely to reconsider any bills vetoed. If any bill presented to the governor contain several Sections or appropriation items, he may object to one or more Sections or appropriation items while approving other portions of the bill: Provided, That he may not object to less than an entire Section, except that if the Section contain one or more appropriation items he may object to any such appropriation item or items. In case of objection he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the Section or Sections, appropriation item or items to which he objects and the reasons therefor; and the Section or Sections, appropriation item or items so objected to shall not take effect unless passed over the governor's objection, as hereinbefore provided. The provisions of Article II, Section 12 insofar as they are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. [AMENDMENT 62, 1974 Senate Joint Resolution No. 140, p 806. Approved November 5, 1974.]
Original text - Art. 3 Section 12 VETO POWER - Every act which shall have passed the legislature shall be, before it becomes a law, presented to the governor. If he approves, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon the journal and proceed to reconsider. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present shall 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 approved by two-thirds of the members present, it shall become a law; but in all cases the vote of both houses shall be determined by the yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for or against the bill shall be entered upon the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within five days, Sundays excepted, after it shall be presented to him, it shall become a law without his signature, unless the general adjournment shall prevent its return, in which case it shall become a law unless the governor, within ten days next after the adjournment, Sundays excepted, shall file such bill with his objections thereto, in the office of secretary of state, who shall lay the same before the legislature at its next session in like manner as if it had been returned by the governor. If any bill presented to the governor contain several Sections or items, he may object to one or more Sections or items while approving other portions of the bill. In such case he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the Section, or Sections; item or items to which he objects and the reasons therefor, and the Section or Sections, item or items so objected to, shall not take effect unless passed over the governor's objection, as hereinbefore provided. Veto power does not extend to initiated or referred measures: Art. 2 Section 1(d).
SECTION 13 VACANCY IN APPOINTIVE OFFICE.
SECTION 14 SALARY.
SECTION 15 COMMISSIONS, HOW ISSUED
SECTION 16 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DUTIES AND SALARY.
SECTION 17 SECRETARY OF STATE, DUTIES AND SALARY.
SECTION 18 SEAL.
SECTION 19 STATE TREASURER, DUTIES AND SALARY.
SECTION 20 STATE AUDITOR, DUTIES AND SALARY.
SECTION 21 ATTORNEY GENERAL, DUTIES AND SALARY
SECTION 22 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, DUTIES AND SALARY.
SECTION 23 COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS - COMPENSATION.
SECTION 24 RECORDS, WHERE KEPT, ETC.
SECTION 25 QUALIFICATIONS, COMPENSATION, OFFICES WHICH MAY BE ABOLISHED.
No person, except a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of this state, shall be eligible to hold any state office. The compensation for state officers shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected. The legislature may in its discretion abolish the offices of the lieutenant governor, auditor and commissioner of public lands. [AMENDMENT 31, 1955 Senate Joint Resolution No. 6, p 1861. Approved November 6, 1956.]
Increase or diminution of compensation during term of office prohibited. county, city, town or municipal officers: Art. 11 Section 8. judicial officers: Art. 4 Section 13. public officers: Art. 2 Section 25.
Original text - Art. 3 Section 25 QUALIFICATIONS - No person, except a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of this state, shall be eligible to hold any state office, and the state treasurer shall be ineligible for the term succeeding that for which he was elected. The compensation for state officers shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected. The legislature may in its discretion abolish the offices of the lieutenant governor, auditor and commissioner of public lands.