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Maine Constitution, Article IX

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Article IX, General Provisions

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All articles145 Art. I24 Art. II5 Art. III2 Art. IV-18 Art. IV-28 Art. IV-323 Art. V-114 Art. V-25 Art. V-36 Art. VI6 Art. VII5 Art. VIII-12 Art. VIII-21 Art. IX30 Art. X6

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Me. Const. art. IX, § 1 Oaths and subscriptions
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Every person elected or appointed to either of the places or offices provided in this Constitution, and every person elected, appointed, or commissioned to any judicial, executive, military or other office under this State, shall, before entering on the discharge of the duties of…
Me. Const. art. IX, § 2 Offices incompatible with each other; election to Congress disqualifies
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No person holding the office of Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, or of any inferior court, Attorney General, district attorney, Treasurer of the State, Adjutant General, judge of probate, register of probate, register of deeds, sheriffs or their deputies, clerks of the judi…
Me. Const. art. IX, § 3 Commissions
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All commissions shall be in the name of the State, signed by the Governor, attested by the Secretary or a deputy of the Secretary and have the seal of the State thereto affixed.
Me. Const. art. IX, § 4 Elections on the first Wednesday after first Tuesday of January may be adjourned from day to day
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In case the elections, required by this Constitution on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of January biennially, by the 2 Houses of the Legislature, shall not be completed on that day, the same may be adjourned from day to day, until completed, in the following order: T…

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Me. Const. art. IX, § 5 Removal by impeachment or address

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Every person holding any civil office under this State, may be removed by impeachment, for misdemeanor in office; and every person holding any office, may be removed by the Governor on the address of both branches of the Legislature. But before such address shall pass either Hous…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 6 Tenure of office

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The tenure of all offices, which are not or shall not be otherwise provided for, shall be during the pleasure of the Governor.

Me. Const. art. IX, § 7 Valuation

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While the public expenses shall be assessed on estates, a general valuation shall be taken at least once in 10 years.

Me. Const. art. IX, § 8 Taxation

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All taxes upon real and personal estate, assessed by authority of this State, shall be apportioned and assessed equally according to the just value thereof. 1. Intangible property. The Legislature shall have power to levy a tax upon intangible personal property at such rate as it…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 9 Power of taxation

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The Legislature shall never, in any manner, suspend or surrender the power of taxation.

Me. Const. art. IX, § 10 Tenure of sheriffs

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Sheriffs shall be elected by the people of their respective counties, by a plurality of the votes given in on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November, and shall hold their offices for 4 years from the first day of January next after their election, unless sooner remove…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 11 Attorney General

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The Attorney General shall be chosen biennially by joint ballot of the Senators and Representatives in convention. Vacancy in said office occurring when the Legislature is not in session, may be filled by appointment by the Governor, subject to confirmation as required by this Co…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 12 Voting districts

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The Legislature may by law authorize the dividing of towns into voting districts for all state and national elections, and prescribe the manner in which the votes shall be received, counted, and the result of the election declared.

Me. Const. art. IX, § 13 Bribery at elections

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The Legislature may enact laws excluding from the right of suffrage, for a term not exceeding 10 years, all persons convicted of bribery at any election, or of voting at any election, under the influence of a bribe.

Me. Const. art. IX, § 14-D Authority to insure Maine veterans' mortgage loans, and to appropriate moneys and issue bonds for the payment of same

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For the purposes of recognizing the services and sacrifices of Maine's men and women who have served their state and country through honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war or national emergency; enlarging the opportunities for employment of Main…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 14 Authority and procedure for issuance of bonds

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The credit of the State shall not be directly or indirectly loaned in any case, except as provided in sections 14-A, 14-B, 14-C and 14-D. The Legislature shall not create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, on behalf of the State, which shall singly, or in the aggregate,…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 14-A Authority to insure industrial, manufacturing, fishing, and agricultural mortgage loans

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For the purposes of fostering, encouraging and assisting the physical location, settlement and resettlement of industrial, manufacturing, fishing, agricultural and recreational enterprises within the State, the Legislature by proper enactment may insure the payment of mortgage lo…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 14-B Authority to insure revenue bonds of the Maine School Building Authority

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In order to encourage and assist in the provision and construction of public school buildings in the State, the Legislature by proper enactment may insure the payment of revenue bonds of the Maine School Building Authority on school projects within the State not exceeding in the…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 14-C Authority to insure mortgage loans for Indian housing

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For the purpose of fostering and encouraging the acquisition, construction, repair and remodeling of houses owned or to be owned by members of the 2 tribes on the several Indian reservations, the Legislature by proper enactment may insure the payment of mortgage loans on such hou…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 15 Municipal borrowing regulated by Legislature through general law

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The Legislature shall enact general law regulating the total borrowing capacity of municipal corporations.

Me. Const. art. IX, § 16 Seat of government

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Augusta is hereby declared to be the seat of government of this State. Section 17. Continuity of Government in case of enemy attack. Notwithstanding any general or special provision of this Constitution, the Legislature, in order to insure continuity of state and local governmen…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 18-A Funding of retirement benefits under the Maine State Retirement System

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Beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 1997, the normal cost of all retirement and ancillary benefits provided to participants under the Maine State Retirement System must be funded annually on an actuarially sound basis. Unfunded liabilities may not be created except th…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 18-B Payment of unfunded liabilities of the Maine State Retirement System

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Each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 1997, the Legislature shall appropriate funds that will retire in 31 years or less the unfunded liabilities of the Maine State Retirement System that are attributable to state employees and teachers. The unfunded li…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 18 Limitation on use of funds of Maine State Retirement System

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All of the assets, and proceeds or income therefrom, of the Maine State Retirement System or any successor system and all contributions and payments made to the system to provide for retirement and related benefits shall be held, invested or disbursed as in trust for the exclusiv…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 19 Limitation on expenditure of motor vehicle and motor vehicle fuel revenues

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All revenues derived from fees, excises and license taxes relating to registration, operation and use of vehicles on public highways, and to fuels used for propulsion of such vehicles shall be expended solely for cost of administration, statutory refunds and adjustments, payment …

Me. Const. art. IX, § 20 Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund

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The principal amount of the Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund or any successor fund may not be expended unless the expenditure is approved in a separate measure by a 2/3 vote of all the members elected to each House of the Legislature and by the Governor.

Me. Const. art. IX, § 21 State mandates

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For the purpose of more fairly apportioning the cost of government and providing local property tax relief, the State may not require a local unit of government to expand or modify that unit's activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues unless the …

Me. Const. art. IX, § 22 Revenues generated by fisheries and wildlife management

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The amount of funds appropriated in any fiscal year to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, or any successor agency responsible for fisheries and wildlife management, other than commercial marine fisheries management, may not be less than the total revenues collected,…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 23 State park land

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State park land, public lots or other real estate held by the State for conservation or recreation purposes and designated by legislation implementing this section may not be reduced or its uses substantially altered except on the vote of 2/3 of all the members elected to each Ho…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 24 Reapportionment

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Congressional districts must be reapportioned as follows. 1. Procedure. Beginning in 2021 and every 10 years thereafter, when the Secretary of State has received notification of the number of congressional seats to which the State is entitled and the Federal Decennial Census popu…

Me. Const. art. IX, § 25 Apportionment of county commissioner districts

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County commissioner districts must be apportioned as follows. 1. Redistricting, generally. Beginning in 2021 and every 10 years thereafter, the apportionment commission established under Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A shall review the existing county commissioner districts a…