1 Legislative authority; how vested; power of initiative; power ofreferendum
2 First power reserved; initiative
3 Second power reserved; referendum
4 Initiative or referendum; signatures required; veto; election returns; constitutional amendments; non-partisan ballot
5 Legislative districts; apportionment; redistricting, when required
6 Legislature; number of members; annual sessions
7 Legislators; terms; effect of redistricting; election; salary; expenses; mileage
8 Legislators; qualifications; one-year residence in district; removal from district, effect
9 Legislators; disqualifications; election to other office; resignation required
10 Legislative sessions; time; quorum; rules of procedure; expulsion of members; disrespectful behavior, penalty
11 Legislative journal; vote viva voce; open doors; committee votes
12 Legislators; terms; limitation
13 Style of bills; majority necessary to passage; yeas and nays entered on journal
14 Bills and resolutions read by title; printing; vote for final passage; bills to contain one subject; amended section to be set forth; signing of bills
15 Members privileged from arrest
16 Members of the Legislature and state officers; conflicts of interest; standards for
17 Impeachment; procedure
18 Local or special laws prohibited
19 Compensation; increase when; extra compensation to public officers and contractors prohibited; retirement benefits; adjustment
20 Salt springs, coal, oil, minerals; alienation prohibited
21 Donation of state lands prohibited; when
22 Appropriations for state; deficiencies; bills for pay of members and officials
24 Games of chance, lotteries, and gift enterprises; restrictions; use of state lottery proceeds; parimutuel wagering on horseraces; bingo games; laws relating to games of chance, applicability
25 Incidental expenses of state officers; specific appropriations always necessary; warrants for money
26 Privilege of members
27 Acts take effect after three months; emergency bills; session laws
29 Legislative authority in emergencies due to enemy attack upon United States
30 Legislature to pass necessary laws
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Terms Used In Nebraska Constitution > Article III - Legislative

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Law of descent: The State statutes that specify how a deceased person
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.