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Nebraska Constitution, Article IV

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Article IV, Executive

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All articles235 Art. I31 Art. II1 Art. III30 Art. IV28 Art. V31 Art. VI6 Art. VII17 Art. VIII13 Art. IX5 Art. X8 Art. XI5 Art. XII8 Art. XIII4 Art. XIV1 Art. XV26 Art. XVI2 Art. XVII11 Art. XVIII8

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Neb. Const. art. IV, § 1 Executive departments; officers; when elected; terms; eligibility; books to be kept at seat of government; residence of officers; heads of departments; appointments
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The executive officers of the state shall be the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and the heads of such other executive departments as set forth herein or as may be established by law. The Legislatur…
Neb. Const. art. IV, § 2 Governor; Lieutenant Governor; eligibility; qualifications; appointive officers, ineligible for other office
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No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and who shall not have been for five years next preceding his election a resident and citizen of this state and a citizen of the United States. None…
Neb. Const. art. IV, § 3 Treasurer; ineligibility
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The treasurer shall be ineligible to the office of treasurer, for two years next after the expiration of two consecutive terms for which he was elected. Adopted in 1875. (The changes made to this section by Initiative 407 in 1992 and Initiative 408 in 1994 have been omitted becau…
Neb. Const. art. IV, § 4 Election returns; canvass by Legislature; conduct of election contests

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The returns of every election for the officers of the executive department shall be sealed up and transmitted by the returning officers to the Secretary of State, directed to the Speaker of the Legislature, who shall immediately after the organization of the Legislature, and befo…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 5 Impeachment

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A civil officer of this state shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office or for any misdemeanor in pursuit of such office.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 6 Supreme executive power

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The supreme executive power shall be vested in the Governor, who shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed and the affairs of the state efficiently and economically administered.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 7 Message by Governor; budget; contents; budget bill; preparation; appropriations not to be in excess of budget; exception; excess subject to veto

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The Governor may, at the commencement of each session, and at the close of his term of office and whenever the Legislature may require, give by message to the Legislature information of the condition of the state, and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient. At a…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 8 Special sessions

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The Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation, stating therein the purpose for which they are convened, and the Legislature shall enter upon no business except that for which they were called together.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 9 Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330

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Neb. Const. art. IV, § 9 Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330 Terminal constitutional section row. The heading records the current status; no operative text is published for this row. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nebraska_Constitution

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 10 Governor to appoint officers; removal

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The Governor shall appoint with the approval of a majority of the Legislature, all persons whose offices are established by the Constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointment or election is not otherwise by law or herein provided for; and no such person shall…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 11 Elected state officer; vacation of office; Governor fill by appointment; term

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If any elected state office created by this Constitution, except offices provided for in Article V of this Constitution, shall be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill that office by appointment, and the appointee shall hold the …

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 12 Nonelective state officers; vacation; Governor; fill the office by appointment; approval by Legislature

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If any nonelective state office, except offices provided for in Article V of this Constitution, shall be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill that office by appointment. If the Legislature is in session, such appointment shall b…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 13 Board of parole; members; powers; reprieves; proceedings; power to pardon; limitations

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The Legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of a Board of Parole and the qualifications of its members. Said board, or a majority thereof, shall have power to grant paroles after conviction and judgment, under such conditions as may be prescribed by law, for any of…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 14 Governor to be commander-in-chief of militia

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The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state (except when they shall be called into the service of the United States) and may call out the same to execute the laws, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 15 Bills to be presented to Governor; approval; procedure; disapproval or reduction of items of appropriation; passage despite disapproval or reduction

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Every bill passed by the Legislature, before it becomes a law, shall be presented to the Governor. If he approves he shall sign it, and thereupon it shall become a law, but if he does not approve or reduces any item or items of appropriations, he shall return it with his objectio…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 16 Order of succession to become Governor; Lieutenant Governor; duties

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In case of the conviction of the Governor on impeachment, his removal from office, his resignation or his death, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the Legislature and such other persons designated by law shall in that order be Governor for the remainder of the Governor's te…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 17 Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330

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Neb. Const. art. IV, § 17 Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330 Terminal constitutional section row. The heading records the current status; no operative text is published for this row. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nebraska_Constitution

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 18 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1

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Neb. Const. art. IV, § 18 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1 Terminal constitutional section row. The heading records the current status; no operative text is published for this row. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nebraska_Constitution

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 19 State institutions; management, control, and government; determination by Legislature

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The general management, control and government of all state charitable, mental, reformatory, and penal institutions shall be vested as determined by the Legislature.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 20 Public Service Commission; membership; terms; powers

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There shall be a Public Service Commission, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members, as the Legislature shall prescribe, whose term of office shall be six years, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the Legislature. Commissioners shall be elected by dist…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 21 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1

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Neb. Const. art. IV, § 21 Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1 Terminal constitutional section row. The heading records the current status; no operative text is published for this row. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nebraska_Constitution

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 22 Executive officials to keep accounts; reports; false reports, penalty

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The Legislature shall provide by statute for the keeping of accounts and the reporting by those agencies of the state which are required to administer cash funds not subject to appropriation by the Legislature, and an annual report thereof shall be made to the Governor under oath…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 23 Executive officials and heads of institutions; reports to Legislature; information from expending agencies

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All expending agencies of the state as the Legislature may provide shall at least ten days preceding each regular session of the Legislature severally report to the Governor, who shall transmit such reports to the Legislature, together with the reports of the Judges of the Suprem…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 24 Great seal

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There shall be a seal of the state, which shall be called the "Great Seal of the State of Nebraska," which shall be kept by the Secretary of State and used by him officially as directed by law.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 25 Salaries of officials; fees

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The officers provided for in this article shall receive such salaries as may be provided by law. Such officers, or such other officers as may be provided for by law, shall not receive for their own use any fees, costs, or interest upon public money in their hands. All fees that m…

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 26 Officials to give bonds

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All officers of government shall give bond as may be prescribed by law.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 27 Executive offices; creation of

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No executive state office other than herein provided shall be created except by a two-thirds majority of all members elected to the Legislature.

Neb. Const. art. IV, § 28 Tax Equalization and Review Commission; members; powers; Tax Commissioner; powers

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By January 1, 1997, there shall be a Tax Equalization and Review Commission. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor as provided by law. The commission shall have power to review and equalize assessments of property for taxation within the state and shall…