1 Executive departments; officers; when elected; terms; eligibility; books to be kept at seat of government; residence of officers; heads of departments; appointments
2 Governor; Lieutenant Governor; eligibility; qualifications; appointive officers, ineligible for other office
3 Treasurer; ineligibility
4 Election returns; canvass by Legislature; conduct of election contests
5 Impeachment
6 Supreme executive power
7 Message by Governor; budget; contents; budget bill; preparation; appropriations not to be in excess of budget; exception; excess subject to veto
8 Special sessions
10 Governor to appoint officers; removal
11 Elected state officer; vacation of office; Governor fill by appointment; term
12 Nonelective state officers; vacation; Governor; fill the officeby appointment; approval by Legislature
13 Board of parole; members; powers; reprieves; proceedings; power to pardon; limitations
14 Governor to be commander-in-chief of militia
15 Bills to be presented to Governor; approval; procedure; disapproval or reduction of items of appropriation; passage despite disapproval or reduction
16 Order of succession to become Governor; Lieutenant Governor; duties
19 State institutions; management, control, and government; determination by Legislature
20 Public Service Commission; membership; terms; powers
22 Executive officials to keep accounts; reports; false reports, penalty
23 Executive officials and heads of institutions; reports to Legislature; information from expending agencies
24 Great seal
25 Salaries of officials; fees
26 Officials to give bonds
27 Executive offices; creation of
28 Tax Equalization and Review Commission; members; powers; Tax Commissioner; powers
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Terms Used In Nebraska Constitution > Article IV - Executive

  • 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
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • 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.