Article III. Legislature

Index

• § 1. Legislative Power
• § 2. Number and Terms of Senators and Assemblymen
• § 3. Senate Districts
• § 4. Readjustments and Reapportionments; When Federal Census to Control
• § 5. Apportionment of Assemblymen; Creation of Assembly Districts
• § 5-A. Definition of Inhabitants
• § 6. Compensation, Allowances and Traveling Expenses of Members
• § 7. Qualifications of Members; Prohibitions On Certain Civil Appointments; Acceptance to Vacate Seat
• § 8. Time of Elections of Members
• § 9. Powers of Each House
• § 10. Journals; Open Sessions; Adjournments
• § 11. Speeches
• § 12. Bills May Originate In Either House; May Be Amended By the Other
• § 13. Enacting Clause of Bills; No Law to Be Enacted Except By Bill
• § 14. Manner of Passing Bills; Message of Necessity For Immediate Vote
• § 15. Private Or Local Bills to Embrace Only One Subject, Expressed In Title
• § 16. Existing Law Not to Be Made Applicable By Reference
• § 17. Cases In Which Private Or Local Bills Shall Not Be Passed
• § 18. Extraordinary Sessions of the Legislature; Power to Convene On Legislative Initiative
• § 19. Private Claims Not to Be Audited By Legislature; Claims Barred By Lapse of Time
• § 20. Two-Thirds Bills
• § 21. Certain Sections Not to Apply to Bills Recommended By Certain Commissioners Or Public Agencies
• § 22. Tax Laws to State Tax and Object Distinctly; Definition of Income For Income Tax Purposes By Reference to Federal Laws Authorized
• § 23. When Yeas and Nays Necessary; Three-Fifths to Constitute Quorum
• § 24. Prison Labor; Contract System Abolished
• § 25. Emergency Governmental Operations; Legislature to Provide For