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Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IV

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Article IV, The Executive

21 sections · 0 paragraphs in this article.

All articles174 Art. I29 Art. II17 Art. III32 Art. IV21 Art. V18 Art. VI7 Art. VII14 Art. VIII17 Art. IX14 Art. X4 Art. XI1

21 provisions·Filtered byArt. IV✕

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 1 Executive Department
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The Executive Department of this Commonwealth shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor General, State Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction and such other officers as the General Assembly may from time to time prescribe. (May 16, 1…
Pa. Const. art. IV, § 2 Duties of Governor; election procedure; tie or contest
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The supreme executive power shall be vested in the Governor, who shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed; he shall be chosen on the day of the general election, by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth, at the places where they shall vote for Representatives. Th…
Pa. Const. art. IV, § 3 Terms of office of Governor; number of terms
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The Governor shall hold his office during four years from the third Tuesday of January next ensuing his election. Except for the Governor who may be in office when this amendment is adopted, he shall be eligible to succeed himself for one additional term. (May 16, 1967, P.L.1044,…
Pa. Const. art. IV, § 4 Lieutenant Governor
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A Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly with the Governor by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices, for the same term, and subject to the same provisions as the Governor; he shall be President of the Senate. As such, he may vote in case of a …

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 4.1 Attorney General

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An Attorney General shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth on the day the general election is held for the Auditor General and State Treasurer; he shall hold his office during four years from the third Tuesday of January next ensuing his election and shall …

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 5 Qualifications of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and

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Attorney General. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General except a citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of 30 years, and have been seven years next preceding his election an inhabitant of this Commonw…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 6 Disqualification for offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General

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No member of Congress or person holding any office (except of attorney-at-law or in the National Guard or in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States) under the United States or this Commonwealth shall exercise the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or At…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 7 Military power

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The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military forces of the Commonwealth, except when they shall be called into actual service of the United States. (May 16, 1967, P.L.1044, J.R.4)

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 8 Appointing power

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(a) The Governor shall appoint a Secretary of Education and such other officers as he shall be authorized by law to appoint. The appointment of the Secretary of Education and of such other officers as may be specified by law, shall be subject to the consent of two-thirds or a maj…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 9 Pardoning power; Board of Pardons

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(a) In all criminal cases except impeachment the Governor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant reprieves, commutation of sentences and pardons; but no pardon shall be granted, nor sentence commuted, except on the recommendation in writing of a majority of the…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 10 Information from department officials

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The Governor may require information in writing from the officers of the Executive Department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. (May 16, 1967, P.L.1044, J.R.4)

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 11 Messages to the General Assembly

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He shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may judge expedient.

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 12 Power to convene and adjourn the General Assembly

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He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly, and in case of disagreement between the two Houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper, not exceeding four months. He shall have power to convene the Senate …

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 13 When Lieutenant Governor to act as Governor

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In the case of the death, conviction on impeachment, failure to qualify or resignation of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor for the remainder of the term and in the case of the disability of the Governor, the powers, duties and emoluments of the office s…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 14 Vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor

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In case of the death, conviction on impeachment, failure to qualify or resignation of the Lieutenant Governor, or in case he should become Governor under section 13 of this article, the President pro tempore of the Senate shall become Lieutenant Governor for the remainder of the …

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 15 Approval of bills; vetoes

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Every bill which shall have passed both Houses shall be presented to the Governor; if he approves he shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objections to the House in which it shall have originated, which House shall enter the objections at large u…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 16 Partial disapproval of appropriation bills

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The Governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or items of any bill, making appropriations of money, embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items of appropriation disapproved shall be void, unless re-passed …

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 17 Contested elections of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General; when succeeded

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside upon the trial of any contested election of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General and shall decide questions regarding the admissibility of evidence, and shall, upon request of the committee, pronounce his opinion u…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 18 Terms of office of Auditor General and State Treasurer; number of terms; eligibility of State Treasurer to become Auditor General

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The terms of the Auditor General and of the State Treasurer shall each be four years from the third Tuesday of January next ensuing his election. They shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth at general elections but shall not be eligible to serve continuousl…

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 19 State seal; commissions

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The present Great Seal of Pennsylvania shall be the seal of the State. All commissions shall be in the name and by authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and be sealed with the State seal and signed by the Governor. (May 16, 1967, P.L.1044, J.R.4)

Pa. Const. art. IV, § 20 Disaster emergency declaration and management

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(a) A disaster emergency declaration may be declared by executive order or proclamation of the Governor upon finding that a disaster has occurred or that the occurrence or threat of a disaster is imminent that threatens the health, safety or welfare of this Commonwealth. (b) Each…