• PREAMBLE
  • ARTICLE I Name and Boundaries
  • ARTICLE II Bill of Rights
    • Section 1. [Supreme law of the land.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Popular sovereignty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Right of self-government.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Inherent rights.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Rights under Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo preserved.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Right to bear arms.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Habeas corpus.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [Freedom of elections.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Military power subordinate; quartering of soldiers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Searches and seizures.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. STANDING TO CHALLENGE SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
          • C. STATE ACTION.
        • II. UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES DOCTRINE.
          • C. KNOCK AND ANNOUNCE DOCTRINE.
          • D. COMMUNITY CARETAKER DOCTRINE.
          • E. PLAIN VIEW DOCTRINE.
          • F. OTHER EXCEPTIONS.
          • G. TRAFFIC STOPS.
          • H. AUTOMOBILE SEARCHES.
          • I. LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND LICENSE PLATE CHECK.
          • J. IN CASES OF ARREST.
        • III. WARRANT REQUIREMENTS.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. PROBABLE CAUSE FOR WARRANT.
          • C. DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS.
        • IV. PROBABLE CAUSE.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. INVESTIGATORY STOP.
          • C. SEARCHES.
          • D. ARREST.
        • V. CONSENT TO SEARCH.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. CONSENT BY THIRD PARTY.
    • Sec. 11. [Freedom of religion.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 12. [Trial by jury; less than unanimous verdicts in civil cases.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. WAIVER OF JURY.
        • III. CASES NOT TRIABLE BY JURY.
    • Sec. 13. [Bail; excessive fines; cruel and unusual punishment.] (2016)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. BAIL.
        • II. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.
    • Sec. 14. [Indictment and information; grand juries; rights of accused.] (1993)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION.
        • III. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
        • IV. GRAND JURY.
        • V. PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
        • VI. REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL.
          • A. RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
            • 1. IN GENERAL.
            • 2. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
          • B. EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION.
        • VII. RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. TESTIMONIAL STATEMENTS.
          • C. HEARSAY EVIDENCE.
          • D. RIGHT TO CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES.
        • VIII. SPEEDY TRIAL.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. FACTORS CONSIDERED IN ANALYSIS.
          • C. SPECIFIC CASES.
        • IX. IMPARTIAL JURY.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. JURY SELECTION.
          • C. REPRESENTATIVE JURY.
          • D. JUROR CONDUCT.
        • X. VENUE.
        • XI. PROSECUTOR CONDUCT.
    • Sec. 15. [Self-incrimination; double jeopardy.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. SELF-INCRIMINATION.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. STATEMENTS MADE DURING INTERROGATION.
          • C. RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.
          • D. WAIVER OF RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION.
          • E. CONFESSIONS.
        • III. DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. PUNISHMENT.
          • C. TESTS.
          • D. MISTRIAL, DISMISSAL, APPEAL AND RETRIAL.
          • E. SPECIFIC OFFENSES.
            • 1. HOMICIDE, ASSAULT AND BATTERY, HARASSMENT, KIDNAPPING.
            • 2. CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
            • 3. SEXUAL CRIMES.
            • 4. PROPERTY CRIMES.
            • 5. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
            • 6. MOTOR VEHICLE CRIMES.
            • 7. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES.
    • Sec. 16. [Treason.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 17. [Freedom of speech and press; libel.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS.
        • II. LIBEL.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. CRIMINAL LIBEL.
    • Sec. 18. [Due process; equal protection; sex discrimination.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. DUE PROCESS.
          • A. GENERALLY.
          • B. EXERCISE OF POLICE POWERS.
          • C. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS.
          • D. TAXATION.
          • E. NOTICE OF JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
          • F. JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
          • G. SPECIFIC STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.
          • H. CRIMINAL CASES.
            • 1. IN GENERAL.
            • 2. PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS.
            • 3. TRIAL PROCEEDINGS.
            • 4. SENTENCING, APPEALS, PROBATION.
            • 5. EVIDENCE, IDENTIFICATION, CONFESSIONS.
            • 6. PROSECUTOR CONDUCT.
            • 7. RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
            • 8. SPECIFIC STATUTES.
        • III. EQUAL PROTECTION.
          • A. GENERALLY.
          • B. SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS.
          • C. TAXATION.
          • D. CRIMINAL CASES.
        • IV. EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
    • Sec. 19. [Retroactive laws; bills of attainder; impairment of contracts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 20. [Eminent domain.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. TAKING OR DAMAGING.
          • C. PUBLIC USE.
        • II. COMPENSABLE TAKINGS.
        • III. NONCOMPENSABLE TAKINGS.
        • IV. MEASURE OF COMPENSATION.
        • V. INVERSE CONDEMNATION.
    • Sec. 21. [Imprisonment for debt.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 22. [Alien landownership.][Repealed.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 23. [Reserved rights.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 24. [Victim's rights.] (1992)
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE III Distribution of Powers
    • Section 1. [Separation of departments; establishment of workers compensation body.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION OF POWER.
        • III. LEGISLATION AFFECTING JUDICIARY.
          • A. LEGISLATION VALIDLY AFFECTING COURTS.
          • B. LEGISLATION IMPROPERLY CONFERRING POWERS ON COURTS.
          • C. IMPROPER INTERFERENCE WITH JUDICIARY BY LEGISLATURE.
        • IV. JUDICIAL REVIEW OVER LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
        • V. POWERS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
  • ARTICLE IV Legislative Department
    • Section 1. [Vesting of legislative power; location of sessions; referendum on legislation.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. POWERS OF LEGISLATURE.
        • III. EXEMPTIONS FROM REFERENDUM POWER.
        • IV. REFERENDUM PROCEEDINGS.
    • Sec. 2. [Powers generally; disaster emergency procedure.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Number and qualifications of members; single-member districts; reapportionment.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Terms of office of members; time of election; filling of vacancies.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Time and length of sessions; items considered in even-numbered years.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. LENGTH OF SESSIONS.
        • III. LIMITATIONS IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS.
    • Sec. 6. [Special session; extraordinary session.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Judge of election and qualification of members; quorum.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [Call to order; presiding officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Selection and compensation of officers and employees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Compensation of members.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [Rules of procedure; contempt or disorderly conduct; expulsion of members.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 12. [Public sessions; journals.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 13. [Privileges and immunities.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 14. [Adjournment.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 15. [Laws to be passed by bill; alteration of bill; enacting clause; printing and reading of bill.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 16. [Subject of bill in title; appropriation bills.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. SUBJECT IN TITLE.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. TITLE ADEQUATE.
          • C. TITLE INADEQUATE.
        • III. SUBJECT OF BILL.
        • IV. APPROPRIATIONS.
    • Sec. 17. [Passage of bills.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 18. [Amendment of statutes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 19. [Introduction of bills.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 20. [Enrollment, engrossment and signing of bills.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 21. [Alteration or theft of bill.]
    • Sec. 22. [Governor's approval or veto of bills.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL OR VETO POWER.
        • III. BILLS APPROPRIATING MONEY.
    • Sec. 23. [Effective date of law; emergency acts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 24. [Local or special laws.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. VALID LEGISLATION.
        • III. INVALID SPECIAL LEGISLATION.
    • Sec. 25. [Validating unauthorized official acts; fines against officers, etc.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 26. [Grant of franchise or privilege.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 27. [Extra or increased compensation for officers, contractors, etc.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. EXTRA COMPENSATION.
        • III. INCREASE OR DIMINISHMENT OF OFFICER'S COMPENSATION.
    • Sec. 28. [Appointment of present and former legislators to office; interest of legislators in contracts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. APPOINTMENT TO CIVIL OFFICE DURING TERM.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. PROHIBITED APPOINTMENTS.
          • C. PERMITTED APPOINTMENTS.
        • III. CIVIL OFFICE CREATED OR BENEFITTED DURING LEGISLATOR'S TERM.
        • IV. CONTRACTS WITH STATE OR MUNICIPALITY.
    • Sec. 29. [Laws creating debts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 30. [Payments from treasury to be upon appropriations and warrant.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 31. [Appropriations for charitable, educational, etc., purposes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 32. [Remission of debts due state or municipalities.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 33. [Prosecutions under repealed laws.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 34. [Change of rights or procedure in pending cases.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. RIGHT OR REMEDY.
        • III. EVIDENCE OR PROCEDURE.
    • Sec. 35. [Power and procedure for impeachment and trial.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 36. [Officers subject to impeachment.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 37. [Railroad passes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 38. [Monopolies.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 39. ["Bribery" and "solicitation" defined.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 40. [Penalty for bribery.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 41. [Compelling testimony in bribery cases.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 42. [Hearings on confirmation of gubernatorial appointments.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE V Executive Department
    • Section 1. [Composition of department; terms of office of members; residing and maintaining records at seat of government.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Canvass of elections; tie votes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Qualifications of executive officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Governor's executive power; commander of militia.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Governor's appointive and removal power; interim appointees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Governor's power to pardon and reprieve.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Succession to governorship.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [Lieutenant governor to be president of senate.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Public accounts and reports.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [State seal.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [Commissions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 12. [Compensation of executive officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 13. [Residence of public officers; election from equal districts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 14. [State transportation commission.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 15. [Confirmation of cabinet secretaries.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 16. [Vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 17. [State ethics commission.] (2017)
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE VI Judicial Department
    • Section 1. [Judicial power vested.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Supreme court; appellate jurisdiction.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Supreme court; original jurisdiction; supervisory control; extraordinary writs.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. SUPERINTENDING CONTROL.
        • III. QUO WARRANTO.
        • IV. MANDAMUS.
        • V. PROHIBITION.
        • VI. HABEAS CORPUS.
    • Sec. 4. [Supreme court; selection of chief justice.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Supreme court; quorum; majority concurring in judgments.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Supreme court; absent or disqualified justice.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Supreme court; terms, sessions and recesses.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [Supreme court; qualifications of justices.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Supreme court; officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Supreme court; additional justices.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [Supreme court; salary of justices.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 12. [Judicial districts; district judges.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 13. [District court; jurisdiction and terms.] (2017)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. ORIGINAL AND APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
        • III. ISSUANCE OF WRITS.
    • Sec. 14. [District court; qualifications and residence requirement of judges.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 15. [District court; judges pro tempore.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 16. [District court; additional judges; redistricting.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 17. [District court; judges' compensation.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 18. [Disqualification of judges or magistrates.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 19. [Ineligibility of justices or judges for nonjudicial offices.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 20. [Style of writs and processes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 21. [Judges as conservators of the peace; preliminary examinations in criminal cases.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 22. [County clerk as district and probate court clerk.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 23. [Probate court.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 24. [District attorneys.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 25. Repealed. (2001)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 26. [Magistrate court.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 27. [Appeals from probate courts and other inferior courts.] (2017)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 28. [Court of appeals; number, qualifications, compensation; quorum; majority concurring in judgment; power of chief justice to select acting justices.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 29. [Court of appeals; jurisdiction; issuance of writs.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 30. [Fees collected by judiciary paid to state treasury.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 31. [Justices of the peace abolished.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 32. [Judicial standards commission.] (2011)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 33. [Retention or rejection at general election.] (1994)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 34. [Vacancies in office; date for filing declaration of candidacy.] (2014)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 35. [Appellate judges nominating commission.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 36. [District court judges nominating committee.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 37. [Metropolitan court judges nominating committee.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 38. [Chief judge of district and metropolitan court districts.] (1996)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 39. [Creation of public defender department and public defender commission.] (2012)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • ADDENDA JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION
      • Explanatory Note. (2011)
      • Rules of the Judicial Nominating Commission. (1996)
      • Oath. (1996)
      • Open Meetings Resolution. (1996)
      • Applicant Questionnaire. (1996)
  • ARTICLE VII Elective Franchise
    • Section 1. [Qualifications of voters; absentee voting; school elections; registration.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. QUALIFICATIONS.
        • III. RESIDENCY.
        • IV. VOTING PLACE.
        • V. SCHOOL ELECTIONS.
    • Sec. 2. [Qualifications for holding office.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. QUALIFICATIONS.
        • III. RESIDENCY.
    • Sec. 3. [Religious and racial equality protected; restrictions on amendments.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Residence.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Election by ballot; plurality elects candidate.] (2003)
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE VIII Taxation and Revenue
    • Section 1. [Levy to be proportionate to value; uniform and equal taxes; percentage of value taxed; limitation on annual valuation increases.] (1997)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. TANGIBLE PROPERTY.
        • III. EQUAL AND UNIFORM.
        • IV. METHODS.
    • Sec. 2. [Property tax limits; exception.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. TWENTY-MILLS LIMITATION.
    • Sec. 3. [Tax-exempt property.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. EXEMPT PROPERTY.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
          • C. CHURCH PROPERTY.
          • D. EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
          • E. CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
        • III. TRANSFERRED PROPERTY.
        • IV. AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTIONS.
    • Sec. 4. [Misuse and deposit of public money.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Head of family and veteran exemptions.] (2004)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Assessment of lands.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Judgments against local officials.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [Exemption of certain personalty in transit through the state.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Elected governing authority prerequisite to levy of tax.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Severance tax permanent fund.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [Exemption of national guard members.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 12, 13. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 14. [Accrual of elderly taxpayers' real property taxes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 15. [Property tax exemption for disabled veterans.] (2001)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 16. [Property tax exemption for property of veterans' organization chartered by United States congress.] (2010)
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE IX State, County and Municipal Indebtedness
    • Section 1. [Debts of territory and its counties assumed.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Payment of county debts by another county.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [State refunding bonds for assumed debts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Sale of lands for certain bond payments.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Remission of county debts to state prohibited.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Militia warrants.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [State indebtedness; purposes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [State indebtedness; restrictions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Use of borrowed funds.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [County indebtedness; restrictions.] (1991)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. PURPOSES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
        • III. PROCEDURE.
    • Sec. 11. [School district indebtedness; restrictions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. VOTER QUALIFICATIONS.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.
        • III. ELECTION PROCEDURES.
    • Sec. 12. [Municipal indebtedness; restrictions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. NATURE OF DEBTS TO WHICH SECTION APPLIES.
        • III. LIMITATION OF TAX LEVY.
        • IV. ELECTIONS.
          • A. VOTER REQUIREMENTS.
          • B. PROCEDURES.
    • Sec. 13. [County and municipal debt limit; exceptions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. NATURE OF DEBTS TO WHICH SECTION APPLIES.
        • III. PROVISO REGARDING WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS.
    • Sec. 14. [Aid to private enterprise; veterans' scholarship programs; student loans; job opportunities; affordable housing.] (2009)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. DONATION.
        • III. BARGAINED-FOR EXCHANGE.
        • IV. RECIPIENTS OF AID.
        • V. EXCEPTIONS FROM PROHIBITION.
    • Sec. 15. [State and local refunding bonds.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 16. [State highway bonds.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE X County and Municipal Corporations
    • Section 1. [Classification of counties; salaries and fees of county officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. LEGISLATURE TO FIX SALARIES.
        • III. NO OTHER FEES TO OWN USE.
    • Sec. 2. [Terms of county officers.] (1997)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Removal of county seats.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Combined city and county corporations.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Incorporated counties.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Municipal home rule.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Five-member boards of county commissioners.] (1992)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [New activity or service mandated by state rule or regulation.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Recall of elected county officials.] (1996)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Urban counties.] (2014)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [Single urban governments.] (1999)
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XI Corporations Other Than Municipal
    • Section 1. [Creation and composition of public regulation commission.] (2012)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Section 1. (Proposed.) [Creation and composition of public regulation commission.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Responsibilities of public regulation commission.] (2012)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. (Proposed.) [Responsibilities of public regulation commission.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. to 12. Repealed. (1998)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 13. [General corporation laws.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 14. [Corporations subject to police power.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 15. to 17. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 18. [Eminent domain of corporate property.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 19. [Chartering corporations.] (2012)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 20. [Creation of office of superintendent of insurance.] (2012)
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XII Education
    • Section 1. [Free public schools.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Permanent school fund.] (1996)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Control of constitutional educational institutions; use of state land proceeds and other educational funds.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. STATE CONTROL.
        • III. NO SUPPORT OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
    • Sec. 4. [Current school fund.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Compulsory school attendance.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Public education department; public education commission.] (2004)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. POWERS OF BOARD.
        • III. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD.
    • Sec. 7. [Investment of permanent school fund.] (2014)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [Teachers to learn English and Spanish.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Religious tests in schools.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Educational rights of children of Spanish descent.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [State educational institutions.] (2004)
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 12. [Acceptance and use of Enabling Act educational grants.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 13. [Board of regents for educational institutions.] (2013)
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONS.
    • Sec. 14. [Recall of local school board members.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 15. [Local school boards having seven single-member districts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XIII Public Lands
    • Section 1. [Disposition of state lands.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Duties of land commissioner.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. EXTENT OF COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY.
    • Sec. 3. [Patents for public lands.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XIV Public Institutions
    • Section 1. [State institutions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Federal land grants and donations.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Control and management.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XV Agriculture and Conservation
    • Section 1. [Department of agriculture.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Forest fire prevention.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XVI Irrigation and Water Rights
    • Section 1. [Existing water rights confirmed.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Appropriation of water.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. PUBLIC WATERS.
        • III. APPROPRIATION FOR BENEFICIAL USE.
        • IV. EMINENT DOMAIN.
        • V. EQUITABLE APPORTIONMENT.
    • Sec. 3. [Beneficial use of water.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Drainage districts and systems.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Appeals in matters relating to water rights.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Water trust fund.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XVII Mines and Mining
    • Section 1. [Inspector of mines.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Mining regulations; employment of children under fourteen.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XVIII Militia
    • Section 1. [Composition, name and commander in chief of militia.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Organization, discipline and equipment of militia.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XIX Amendments
    • Section 1. [Proposing and ratifying amendments.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENTS.
        • III. PUBLICATION.
        • IV. RATIFICATION.
        • V. PROVISO.
    • Sec. 2. [Constitutional conventions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Initiative restricted.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Amendment of compact with United States.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Repealed.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XX Miscellaneous
    • Section 1. [Oath of officer.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Tenure of office.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Date terms of office begin.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Vacancies in offices of district attorney or county commissioner.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. VACANCY.
        • III. APPOINTEE.
        • IV. SUCCESSOR.
    • Sec. 5. [Interim appointments.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Date of general elections.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Canvass of returns for officers elected by more than one county.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [First national election.]
    • Sec. 9. [State officers limited to salaries.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Child labor.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [Women as public officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 12. [Publication of laws in English and Spanish.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 13. [Sacramental wines.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 14. [Public officers barred from using railroad passes.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 15. [Penitentiary to be reformatory and industrial school; labor by inmates.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 16. [Railroad's liability to employees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 17. [Repealed.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 18. [Leasing of convict labor prohibited.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 19. [Eight-hour day in public employment.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 20. [Waiver of indictment; proceedings on information.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 21. [Pollution control.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 22. [Public employees and educational retirement systems trust funds; expenditures and encumbrances prohibited; administration; vesting of property rights.] (1998)
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XXI Compact with the United States
    • ANNOTATIONS
    • Section 1. [Religious toleration; polygamy.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Control of unappropriated or Indian lands; taxation of federal government, nonresident and Indian property.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. JURISDICTION OVER INDIANS.
          • A. IN GENERAL.
          • B. SPECIFIC CASES.
        • III. TAXATION OF INDIANS.
    • Sec. 3. [Assumption of territorial debts.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Public schools.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 5. [Suffrage.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Capital.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Reclamation projects.]
    • Sec. 8. [Allotted Indian lands subject to federal liquor control.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Consent to Enabling Act provisions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Compact irrevocable.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 11. [Consent to exchange of lands.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XXII Schedule
    • Section 1. [Effective date of constitution.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 2. [Federal Employers' Liability Act.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 3. [Federal Mining Inspection Act.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 4. [Territorial laws.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
        • I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION.
        • II. CONSISTENCY WITH CONSTITUTION.
    • Sec. 5. [Pardons for violation of territorial laws.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 6. [Territorial property vested in state.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 7. [Obligations due territory or subdivision.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 8. [Territorial judicial process and proceedings.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 9. [Territorial courts and officers; seals.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 10. [Pending actions.]
    • Sec. 11. [Execution and deposit of constitution.]
    • Sec. 12. [Territorial obligations; names of political subdivisions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 13. [Election to ratify constitution.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 14. [Ballots for ratifying constitution.]
    • Sec. 15. [Canvass of ratification election returns.]
    • Sec. 16. [Submission of constitution to president and congress.]
    • Sec. 17. [Proclamation for first election of officers.]
    • Sec. 18. [Conduct of first state election; certification of results to president.]
    • Sec. 19. [First state officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 20. [First legislative session; oaths of members; election of United States senators.]
    • Sec. 21. [Supplementary legislation.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Sec. 22. [Terms of first officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XXIII Intoxicating Liquors [Repealed]
    • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE XXIV Leases on State Land
    • Section 1. [Contracts for the development and production of minerals or development and operation of geothermal steam and waters on state lands.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • Signers of the Constitution as Originally Adopted
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Historical New Mexico Constitutions

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Constitution of the State of New Mexico (2019)

Collection Historical New Mexico Constitutions
File Number N.M. Const. 2019

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