It's Still The Law In Oklahoma: Current Oklahoma Constitution

Schedule

§ Attestations.

Preamble

§ Preamble.

Article 1 - Federal Relations

§ Article 1 section 1. Supreme law of land

§ Article 1 section 2. Religious liberty - Polygamous or plural marriages

§ Article 1 section 3. Unappropriated public lands - Indian lands - Jurisdiction of United States

§ Article 1 section 4. Territorial debts and liabilities

§ Article 1 section 5. Public schools

§ Article 1 section 6. Right of suffrage

§ Article 1 section 7. Repealed

Article 2 - Bill of Rights

§ Article 2 section 1. Political power - Purpose of government - Alteration or reformation

§ Article 2 section 2. Inherent rights

§ Article 2 section 3. Right of assembly and petition

§ Article 2 section 4. Interference with right of suffrage

§ Article 2 section 5. Public money or property - Use for sectarian purposes

§ Article 2 section 6. Courts of justice open - Remedies for wrongs - Sale, denial or delay

§ Article 2 section 7. Due process of law

§ Article 2 section 8. Right to bail - Exceptions

§ Article 2 section 9. Excessive bail or fines - Cruel or unusual punishment

§ Article 2 section 9A. Death penalty - Effect of laws - Method of execution

§ Article 2 section 10. Habeas corpus - Suspension

§ Article 2 section 11. Officers - Personal attention to duties - Intoxication

§ Article 2 section 12. Officers of United States or other states - Ineligibility to office

§ Article 2 section 12A. Candidacy as United States Representative or Senator - Term limits - Write-ins

§ Article 2 section 13. Imprisonment for debt

§ Article 2 section 14. Military subordinate to civil authorities - Quartering without owner's consent

§ Article 2 section 15. Bills of attainder - Ex post facto laws - Obligation of contracts - Forfeitures

§ Article 2 section 16. Treason

§ Article 2 section 17. Indictment or information - Preliminary examination - Prosecutions in courts not of record

§ Article 2 section 18. Grand jury

§ Article 2 section 19. Trial by jury

§ Article 2 section 20. Rights of accused in criminal cases

§ Article 2 section 21. Self-incrimination - Double jeopardy

§ Article 2 section 22. Liberty of speech and press - Truth as evidence in prosecution for libel

§ Article 2 section 23. Private property - Taking or damaging for private use

§ Article 2 section 24. Private property - Public use - Character of use a judicial question

§ Article 2 section 25. Contempt - Definition - Jury trial - Hearing

§ Article 2 section 26. Bearing arms - Carrying weapons

§ Article 2 section 27. Witnesses not excused from testifying - Immunity from prosecution

§ Article 2 section 28. Corporate records, books and files

§ Article 2 section 29. Transportation out of State

§ Article 2 section 30. Unreasonable searches or seizures - Warrants, issuance of

§ Article 2 section 31. State - Engagement in occupation or business

§ Article 2 section 32. Perpetuities - Monopolies - Primogeniture - Entailments

§ Article 2 section 33. Effect of enumeration of rights

§ Article 2 section 34. Rights of victims

§ Article 2 section 35. Marriage Defined - Construction of law and Constitution - Recognition of out-of-state marriages - Penalty

§ Article 2 section 36. Right to hunt, fish, trap and harvest game and fish

§ Article 2 section 36A. Prohibition of special treatment or discrimination based on race or sex in public employment, education or contracts

§ Article 2 section 37. Health care systems - Payment and participation

Article 3 - Suffrage

§ Article 3 section 1. Qualifications of electors

§ Article 3 section 2. State Election Board - Creation - Membership

§ Article 3 section 3. Mandatory primary system - Nomination of candidates

§ Article 3 section 4. Manner of holding and conducting elections - Registration of electors

§ Article 3 section 5. Free and equal elections - Interference by civil or military power - Privilege from arrest

Article 4 - Distribution of Powers

§ Article 4 section 1. Departments of government - Separation and distinction

Article 5 - Legislative Department

Article 6 - Executive Department

In General

§ Article 6 section 1. Executive officers enumerated - Offices and records - Duties

§ Article 6 section 2. Supreme power vested in Governor

§ Article 6 section 3. Eligibility to certain state offices

§ Article 6 section 4. Terms of office - Succession

§ Article 6 section 5. Returns of election - Tie votes

Governor

§ Article 6 section 6. Commander-in-Chief of militia - Calling out militia

§ Article 6 section 7. Extraordinary sessions of Legislature

§ Article 6 section 8. Execution of laws - Intercourse with other states and United States - Conservator of peace

§ Article 6 section 9. Messages and communications to Legislature

§ Article 6 section 10. Reprieves, commutations, paroles and pardons

§ Article 6 section 11. Approval or veto of bills - Passage over veto - Failure to return bill

§ Article 6 section 12. Appropriation bills - Approval or disapproval - Emergency bills

§ Article 6 section 13. Officers' commissions - Vacancies

§ Article 6 section 14. Adjournment of Legislature - Changing place of meeting

Lieutenant Governor

§ Article 6 section 15. Qualifications - President of Senate - Impeachment, etc., during vacancy in Governor's office

§ Article 6 section 16. Devolution of powers and duties of Governor upon Lieutenant Governor

Secretary of State

§ Article 6 section 17. Duties generally

§ Article 6 section 18. Custody and use of seal - Designation

State Auditor and Inspector

§ Article 6 section 19. Qualifications, powers and duties

Commissioner of Labor

§ Article 6 section 20. Department created - Duties

§ Article 6 section 21. Board of Arbitration and Conciliation

The Insurance Commissioner

§ Article 6 section 22. Insurance Department established - Function

§ Article 6 section 23. Commissioner - Election - Terms of office - Qualifications

§ Article 6 section 24. Bond of commissioner - Additional duties and qualifications

Department of Mines

§ Article 6 section 25. Creation of office - Term and qualifications - Duties, oath and bond

§ Article 6 section 26. Repealed

Commissioner of Charities and Corrections

§ Article 6 section 27. Repealed

§ Article 6 Section 28. Repealed

§ Article 6 Section 29. Repealed

§ Article 6 section 30. Repealed

Board of Agriculture

§ Article 6 section 31. Creation and membership - Status, authority and duties

§ Article 6 section 31a. Board of Regents for agricultural and mechanical schools and colleges - Members - Vacancies - Removal - Terms

Commissioners of the Land Office

§ Article 6 section 32. Membership and functions

§ Article 6 section 33. Accounts and reports of officers and commissioners

§ Article 6 section 34. Compensation of officers

Seal of the State

§ Article 6 section 35. Description of seal

Article 7 - Judicial Department

§ Article 7 section 1. Courts in which judicial power vested

§ Article 7 section 2. Supreme Court Justices - Number - Terms - Vacancies - Qualifications - Chief Justice - Vice Chief Justice

§ Article 7 section 3. Election of Justices and Judges - Vacancies

§ Article 7 section 4. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court - Writs

§ Article 7 section 5. Sessions - Quorum - Intermediate appellate courts - Form of decisions - Clerk of Supreme Court

§ Article 7 section 6. Administrative authority - Director and staff

§ Article 7 section 7. District Courts - Jurisdiction - Courts abolished - Transfer of jurisdiction, files etc.

§ Article 7 section 8. Classes of District Court Judges - Selection - Terms - Jurisdiction - Qualifications

§ Article 7 section 9. Election of District Judges and Associate District Judges

§ Article 7 section 10. Judicial Administrative Districts

§ Article 7 section 11. Salaries and expenses - Retirement

§ Article 7 section 12. Continuing provisions

§ Article 7 section 13. Savings clause

§ Article 7 section 14. Effective dates - Implementing acts

§ Article 7 section 15. Jury trials - Verdicts

§ Article 7 section 16. Repealer

Article 7A - Court on the Judiciary

§ Article 7A section 1. Removal of judges from office - Compulsory retirement - Causes

§ Article 7A section 2. Creation of Court on the Judiciary - Trial and Appellate Divisions - Jurisdiction - Membership

§ Article 7A section 3. Presiding judge - Rules - Meetings - Clerk - Powers

§ Article 7A section 4. Invoking jurisdiction by petition - Hearing

§ Article 7A section 5. Appeal to Appellate Division

§ Article 7A section 6. Established rules to apply - Judge pro tem - Compensation

§ Article 7A section 7. Exclusive jurisdiction

Article 7B - Selection of Justices and Judges

§ Article 7B section 1. Governing provisions - Definitions

§ Article 7B section 2. Declaration of candidacy - Election

§ Article 7B section 3. Judicial Nominating Commission

§ Article 7B section 4. Vacancy in Judicial Office - Filling

§ Article 7B section 5. Terms and election

§ Article 7B section 6. Political activity prohibited

§ Article 7B section 7. Effective date

Article 8 - Impeachment and Removal from Office

§ Article 8 section 1. Officers subject to impeachment - Grounds - Suspension from office upon felony conviction - Reinstatement - Temporary judges

§ Article 8 section 2. Removal of officers not subject to impeachment

§ Article 8 section 3. Presiding officer in case of impeachment - Presentation of impeachment

§ Article 8 section 4. Oath or affirmation - Number concurring

§ Article 8 section 5. Judgment of impeachment

§ Article 8 section 6. Necessary laws to be passed

Article 9 - Corporations

General

§ Article 9 section 1. Corporation - Company - Charter - License

Railroad, Transportation, Transmission and Public Service Corporations

§ Article 9 section 2. Rights as to construction of lines

§ Article 9 section 3. Receipt of cars, tonnage and passengers from other lines

§ Article 9 section 4. Oil pipe line companies - Regulation - Duties

§ Article 9 section 5. Telegraph and telephone companies - Transmission of messages - Physical connections to lines

§ Article 9 section 6. Railroads as public highways - Offices - Meetings - Reports - Enforcement

§ Article 9 section 7. Movable property as personal property - Liability of property to execution

§ Article 9 section 8. Consolidation of public service corporations - Common officer

§ Article 9 section 9. Sales and leases - Additional restrictions on consolidation

§ Article 9 section 10. Street railroads - Consent to construction and operation.

§ Article 9 section 11. Acceptance of provisions of Constitution

§ Article 9 section 12. Transportation of railroad's own commodities

§ Article 9 section 13. Free transportation of passengers

§ Article 9 section 14. Repealed

Corporation Commission

§ Article 9 section 15. Creation - Terms of office - Vacancies

§ Article 9 section 16. Qualifications of commissioners

§ Article 9 section 17. Oath of office - Additional oath

§ Article 9 section 18. Powers and duties - Notice before taking action - Process for witnesses - Authority of Legislature - Municipal powers

§ Article 9 section 18a. Organization - Quorum - Necessary vote

§ Article 9 section 18b. Company defined

§ Article 9 section 19. Powers of court of record - Additional powers - Failure or refusal to obey orders

§ Article 9 section 20. Appeals to Supreme Court - Other courts to have no jurisdiction - Mandamus and prohibition

§ Article 9 section 21. Supersedeas - Security - Accounts - Refunds - Precedence of appeals

§ Article 9 section 22. Statement of reasons for action - Cause heard on record - Certification of facts and evidence - New or additional evidence

§ Article 9 Section 23. Repealed

§ Article 9 section 24. Rights of action not affected - Questioning action of Commission

§ Article 9 section 25. Reports and recommendations

§ Article 9 section 26. Railway depots and depot buildings

§ Article 9 section 27. Railroad crossings at grade

§ Article 9 section 28. Inspection of books and papers - Examination of officers and agents

§ Article 9 section 29. Record of financial transactions

§ Article 9 section 30. Greater charge for less distance

§ Article 9 section 31. Foreign corporations - Eminent domain - Restrictions on exercise

§ Article 9 section 32. Through rates - Investigation - Notice - Application to Interstate Commerce Commission

§ Article 9 section 33. Switches to mines, mills, elevators and industries

Construction of Laws - Power of Legislature

§ Article 9 section 34. Definitions - Avoidance of conflicts with U. S. Constitution

§ Article 9 section 35. Power of Legislature

§ Article 9 section 36. Common law doctrine abrogated - Liability for acts of receivers - Power of Legislature

Fares

§ Article 9 section 37. Repealed

Private Corporations

§ Article 9 section 38. Creation or licensing - Necessity of general law

§ Article 9 section 39. Restrictions on issuance of stock

§ Article 9 section 40. Influencing elections or official duty

§ Article 9 section 41. Banks and trust companies - Restriction on controlling other stock

§ Article 9 section 42. Arbitration of differences with employees

§ Article 9 section 43. Foreign corporations - Designation of resident agent - Service - Place of suit

§ Article 9 section 44. Foreign corporations subject to same restrictions and requirements as domestic corporations

§ Article 9 section 45. Monopoly or destruction of competition - Discrimination prohibited

§ Article 9 section 46. Grants of special or exclusive privileges

§ Article 9 section 47. Power to alter, amend or repeal charters or franchises

§ Article 9 section 48. Penalties and regulations

Article 10 - Revenue And Taxation

§ Article 10 section 1. Fiscal year

§ Article 10 section 2. Tax to defray state expenses

§ Article 10 section 3. Tax to pay deficiency

§ Article 10 section 4. Levy to pay state debt

§ Article 10 section 5. Surrender of power of taxation - Uniformity of taxes

§ Article 10 section 6. Property exempt from taxation - Property exempt under territorial law - Certain property exempted for limited time - Special election to determine whether certain property exempt

§ Article 10 section 6A. Intangible personal property exempt from ad valorem or other tax

§ Article 10 section 6A. Tangible personal property moving through state - Situs

§ Article 10 section 6B. Qualifying manufacturing concern--Ad valorem tax exemption

§ Article 10 section 6C. Tax relief for historic preservation, reinvestment, or enterprise areas - Economic stagnation or decline - Use of local taxes and fees for public investments - Development or redevelopment of unproductive, etc. areas

§ Article 10 section 7. Assessments for local improvements

§ Article 10 section 8. Valuation of property for taxation

§ Article 10 section 8A. Approval of exemption of household goods of heads of families and livestock employed in support of family - Adjusted millage rate - Computation procedure - Maximum rate

§ Article 10 section 8B. Limit on percentage of fair cash value of real property

§ Article 10 section 8C. Limit on fair cash value on homestead

§ Article 10 section 8D. Household personal property exemption - Permanently disabled veterans

§ Article 10 section 8E. Homestead exemption - Military service disability

§ Article 10 section 8F. Homestead exemption - Surviving spouse of military service members who died in the line of duty

§ Article 10 section 9. Amount of ad valorem tax

§ Article 10 section 9A. Additional county ad valorem tax levy for department of health

§ Article 10 section 9B. Technology center school districts for technology center schools - Tax levies

§ Article 10 section 9C. Emergency Medical Service Districts

§ Article 10 section 9D. Solid waste management services

§ Article 10 section 10. Increased rate for public buildings or for building fund for school districts - Permanent levy

§ Article 10 section 10A. Tax levy for cooperative county libraries and joint city-county libraries

§ Article 10 section 10B. Municipal-owned hospitals - Operation and maintenance - Tax levy

§ Article 10 section 11. Officer receiving interest, profit or perquisites

§ Article 10 section 12. Special forms of taxation - Amounts - Reference to Federal taxation

§ Article 10 section 12a. Common school taxes on property of public service corporations

§ Article 10 section 13. Independence of state taxation

§ Article 10 section 14. Levy and collection by general laws and for public purposes - Assumption of debts

§ Article 10 section 15. Pledge or loan of credit - Donation - Exceptions

§ Article 10 section 16. Borrowing money - Specification of purpose - Use.

§ Article 10 section 17. Aid to corporations, etc., by counties, cities, towns, etc.

§ Article 10 section 18. Repealed

§ Article 10 section 19. Specification of purpose of tax - Devotion to another purpose

§ Article 10 section 20. Taxes for county, city, town or municipal purposes

§ Article 10 section 21. State Board of Equalization - Assessment levels

§ Article 10 section 22. Classification of property

§ Article 10 section 22A. Ad valorem tax exemption - Prohibition on filing for years prior to original application

Public Indebtedness

§ Article 10 section 23. Balanced Budget - Procedures

§ Article 10 section 23a. Surplus accruing to General Revenue Fund - Payment of bonded indebtedness - Investments - Appropriation of surplus

§ Article 10 section 23b. Contracts for incarceration of state inmates with counties and municipalities

§ Article 10 section 24. Debts in case of invasion, insurrection, or war

§ Article 10 section 25. Authorization of debt - Annual tax - Submission to voters - Final passage

§ Article 10 section 26. Indebtedness of political subdivisions - Assent of voters - Limitation of amount - Annual tax

§ Article 10 section 27. Indebtedness for purchase, construction or repair of public utilities

§ Article 10 section 27A. Municipal water and water facilities - Financing

§ Article 10 section 27B. Political subdivisions - Public utilities financing - Indebtedness

§ Article 10 section 28. Revenue for sinking fund - Uses to which applied

§ Article 10 section 29. Bonds and evidence of indebtedness - Certificates as to compliance with law

§ Article 10 section 30. System of accounting

§ Article 10 section 31. Indebtedness for construction, equipment, etc., of state buildings - Use of part of cigarette tax for payment

§ Article 10 section 32. State public common school building equalization fund

§ Article 10 section 33. Indebtedness for construction of buildings and other capital improvements - Restrictions - Term - Sources of payment

§ Article 10 section 33A. State Industrial Finance Authority

§ Article 10 section 34. Indebtedness for capital improvements to institutions of higher education - School and hospital for mentally retarded children

§ Article 10 section 35. Municipal and county levy for securing and developing industry

§ Article 10 section 36. Indebtedness for capital improvements - University Medical Center

§ Article 10 section 37. Bond issue for capital improvements at state institutions

§ Article 10 section 38. Indebtedness for capital improvements at state institutions

§ Article 10 section 39. Water resources and sewage treatment programs - Funding - State financial assistance - State liability

§ Article 10 section 39A. Water Infrastructure Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund - Creation, purpose, and administration - Authority to issue bonds

§ Article 10 section 40. Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund

§ Article 10 section 41. Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund

§ Article 10 section 42. Economic development credit enhancement reserve fund - General obligation bonds

§ Article 10 section 43. State construction, remodeling or other capital improvements - Amount of indebtedness - Payment and discharge of debt - Issuance of bonds

Article 11 - State And School Lands

§ Article 11 section 1. Acceptance of grants and donations - Pledge of faith of state

§ Article 11 section 2. Permanent school fund - How constituted - Use - Reimbursement for losses

§ Article 11 section 3. Interest and income - Use and apportionment

§ Article 11 section 4. Sale of lands for charitable, penal, educational and public purposes

§ Article 11 section 5. University and college lands - Control of institutions - Diversion of funds

§ Article 11 section 6. Investment of permanent common school and other educational funds

§ Article 11 section 7. Grants of commercial and agricultural leases in trust property

Article 12 - Homestead And Exemptions

§ Article 12 section 1. Extent and value of homestead - Rights of Indians

§ Article 12 section 2. Exemption from forced sale - Consent of spouse to sale - Mortgages

§ Article 12 section 3. Statutes nullified - Exemption as to purchase price restricted - Incumbering personal exemptions - Change or amendment of article

Article 12A - Homestead Exemptions From Taxation

§ Article 12A section 1. Exemption from ad valorem taxation authorized

§ Article 12A section 2. Duration of exemption - Increase of homestead

Article 13 - Education

§ Article 13 section 1. Establishment and maintenance of public schools

§ Article 13 section 1a. Appropriation and allocation of funds for support of common schools

§ Article 13 section 2. Institutions for deaf, deaf and mute, or blind

§ Article 13 section 3. Repealed

§ Article 13 section 4. Compulsory school attendance

§ Article 13 section 5. Board of Education

§ Article 13 section 6. Textbook system for common schools - Official multiple textbook lists

§ Article 13 section 7. Instruction in agriculture, horticulture, stock feeding and domestic science

§ Article 13 section 8. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma

Article 13A - Oklahoma State System Of Higher Education

§ Article 13A section 1. Oklahoma State System of Higher Education

§ Article 13A section 2. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education - Establishment - Membership - Appointment - Terms - Vacancy - Powers as coordinating board of control.

§ Article 13A section 3. Appropriations - Allocation

§ Article 13A section 4. Co-ordination of private, denominational and other institutions of higher learning

Article 13B - Board Of Regents Of Oklahoma Colleges

§ Article 13B section 1. Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges - Creation, members, terms, etc.

§ Article 13B section 2. Powers and duties of Board - Officers, supervisors, etc.

§ Article 13B section 3. Successor to existing governing boards - Records, papers, etc.

§ Article 13B section 4. Salaries and expenses - Allocation of funds for payment

Article 14 - Banks And Banking

§ Article 14 section 3. Excessive rate - Forfeiture of interest - Recovery of double interest

§ Article 14 section 1. Banking department

§ Article 14 section 2. Classification of loans and lenders - Licenses - Maximum rates of interest

Article 15 - Oath of Office

§ Article 15 section 1. Officers required to take oath or affirmation - Form

§ Article 15 section 2. Administration and filing of oath - Refusal to take - False swearing

Article 16 - Public Roads

§ Article 16 section 1. Powers of Legislature respecting highways

§ Article 16 section 2. Acceptance of lands granted or reserved for highway

§ Article 16 section 3. System of levees, drains, and ditches and irrigation

Article 17 - Counties

Counties and Townships

§ Article 17 section 1. Counties to be bodies politic and corporate

§ Article 17 section 2. County and township offices

§ Article 17 section 3. Provision for persons in need

Creation and Alteration of Counties

§ Article 17 section 4. Legislature to provide for creation or alteration - Submission to vote - Area, population and taxable wealth

§ Article 17 section 5. Disorganization of county

Removal of County Seat

§ Article 17 section 6. Procedure for removal of county seat

§ Article 17 section 7. Bribery.

County Seats and Counties

§ Article 17 section 8. Description of counties - Designation of county seats

Article 18 - Municipal Corporations

§ Article 18 section 1. Creation - General or special laws - Classification

§ Article 18 section 2. Existing municipal corporations continued - Rights and powers

City Charters

§ Article 18 section 3(a). Framing and adoption of charter - Approval by Governor - Effect - Record - Amendment

§ Article 18 section 3(b). Election of board of freeholders

Initiative and Referendum

§ Article 18 section 4(a). Reservation of powers

§ Article 18 section 4(b). Petition - Signatures - Filing

§ Article 18 section 4(c). Presentation of petition to legislative body - Submission to voters

§ Article 18 section 4(d). Submission to referendum vote

§ Article 18 section 4(e). Submission of amendment to charter

Franchises

§ Article 18 section 5(a). Grant, extension or renewal - Approval by voters - Term

§ Article 18 section 5(b). Petition - Calling election - Result of election

§ Article 18 section 6. Right to engage in business or enterprise

§ Article 18 section 7. Control and regulation not divested - Surrender of powers - Exclusive franchises

Article 19 - Insurance

§ Article 19 section 1. Foreign insurance companies - Conditions of doing business

§ Article 19 section 2. Entrance fees - Annual tax

§ Article 19 section 3. Non-profit insurance organizations

§ Article 19 section 4. Fees paid to State Treasurer

Article 20 - Manufacture And Commerce

§ Article 20 section 1. Manufacture or sale of denaturized alcohol

§ Article 20 section 2. Flash test and specific gravity test for kerosene oil

Article 21 - Public Institutions

§ Article 21 section 1. Establishment and support

Article 22 - Alien And Corporate Ownership Of Lands

§ Article 22 section 1. Aliens - Ownership of land prohibited - Disposal of lands acquired

§ Article 22 section 2. Corporations - Buying, acquiring or dealing in real estate

Article 23 - Miscellaneous

Labor

§ Article 23 section 1. Hours of labor on public work

§ Article 23 section 1A. Participation in labor organization as condition of employment prohibited

Convict Labor

§ Aricle 23 section 2. Contracting prohibited

Child Labor

§ Article 23 section 3. Children under fifteen

§ Article 23 section 4. Employment underground in mines - Hours of labor underground

§ Article 23 section 5. Health and safety of employees

Contributory Negligence

§ Article 23 section 6. Contributory negligence - Assumption of risk - Questions for jury

Personal Injuries

§ Article 23 section 7. Right of action - Amount of recovery - Exclusiveness of remedy under Workers' Compensation Law

Waiver of Rights

§ Article 23 section 8. Contracts waiving benefits of constitution invalid

§ Article 23 section 9. Stipulation for notice or demand

Salary or Emoluments of Public Officials

§ Article 23 section 10. Change of salary during term - Extension of term - Continuance until qualification of successor

Races Defined

§ Article 23 section 11. Repealed

State Agency Retirement Systems

§ Article 23 section 12. State Administered Retirement Systems - Limitation on Use of Monies

Article 24 - Constitutional Amendments

§ Article 24 section 1. Amendments proposed by Legislature - Submission to vote

§ Article 24 section 2. Constitutional convention to propose amendments or new constitution

§ Article 24 section 3. Right of amendment by initiative petition not impaired

Article 25 - Social Security

§ Article 25 section 1. Relief and care of needy aged and disabled persons - Co-operation with Federal Plan

§ Article 25 section 2. Repealed

§ Article 25 section 3. Repealed

§ Article 25 section 4. Repealed

§ Article 25 section 5. Effect of legislation contemporaneously adopted

§ Article 25 section 6. Authority of Legislature to create department to administer and execute laws enacted pursuant to Section 1 of Article 25

Article 26 - Department Of Wildlife Conservation

§ Article 26 section 1. Creation of Department - Wildlife Conservation Commission - Membership - Appointment - Tenure - Vacancies - Oath and Bonds

§ Article 26 section 2. Game and fish laws not repealed - Acquisition of property

§ Article 26 section 3. Director of Wildlife Conservation

§ Article 26 section 4. Disposition of funds

Article 27 - Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board [REPEALED]

§ Article 27 sections 1-11. Repealed

Article 28 - Alcoholic Beverage Laws And Enforcement

§ Article 28 section 1. Creation of Commission - Appointment - Membership - Powers - Tenure

§ Article 28 section 1. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 1A. Transition from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission

§ Article 28 section 1A. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 2. Exclusion of beer or cereal malt beverages containing not more than 3.2% of alcohol by weight

§ Article 28 section 2. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 3. Enactment of laws by Legislature - Nondiscrimination in sales to licensed wholesale distributiors - Sales by winemakers

§ Article 28 section 3. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 4. Retail sales by package stores and by the individual drink

§ Article 28 section 4. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 5. Prohibition of sales to certain persons - Limitation on advertising - Penalties

§ Article 28 section 5. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 6. Prohibition of sales on certain days - Penalties

§ Article 28 section 6. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 7. Taxation and licensing - Distribution of funds

§ Article 28 section 7. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 8. State and political subdivisions prohibited from engaging in business - Exceptions

§ Article 28 section 8. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 9. Occupation Tax

§ Article 28 section 9. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 10. Restrictions on issuance of licenses

§ Article 28 section 10. Repealed

§ Article 28 section 11. Repealer

Article 28A - Alcoholic Beverage Laws and Enforcement [effective October 1, 2018]

§ Article 28A section 1. Alcoholic beverages, defined - Governing laws

§ Article 28A section 2. Enactment of laws by Legislature - Direct shipment of alcoholic beverages - Direct sales of wine

§ Article 28A section 3. Legislature to prescribe licenses - On-premise and off-premise consumption

§ Article 28A section 4. Licenses - Requirements - Ineligible persons

§ Article 28A section 5. Sales prohibited to certain persons - Penalties

§ Article 28A section 6. Legislature to designate when alcoholic beverages may be sold or served

§ Article 28A section 7. Taxation of alcoholic beverages

§ Article 28A section 8. State and other governing entities prohibited from engaging in alcoholic beverage business

§ Article 28A section 9. Authority to levy occupation tax

§ Article 28A section 10. Effective dates

Article 29 - Ethics Commission

§ Article 29 section 1. Ethics Commission - Appointments - Qualifications - Terms - Vacancies - Quorum

§ Article 29 section 2. Appropriation - Compensation - Staff

§ Article 29 section 3. Ethics Rules

§ Article 29 section 4. Investigation - Decision - Subpoena Power

§ Article 29 section 5. Ethics Interpretations

§ Article 29 section 6. Criminal Penalties

§ Article 29 section 7. Removal

Article 30 - Official Actions of the State of Oklahoma

§ Article 30 section 1. Official actions of State - English language

§ Preamble.

§ 1. Existing rights, actions, proceedings, contracts, claims, and processes

§ 2. Laws of the Territory of Oklahoma – extended and to remain in force

§ 3. Debts, fines, penalties and forfeitures accruing to theTerritory of Oklahoma

§ 4. Constitution takes effect and force - when

§ 5. Notaries public - Continuation of duties of office

§ 6. Female persons as notaries - Females eligible to office of County Superintendent of Public Instruction

§ 7. Property, credits, claims, and choses in action belonging to Territory of Oklahoma

§ 8. Judgments and property records in Indian Territory and Osage Reservation effectual to impart notice

§ 9. Judgments and property records of Oklahoma Territory effectual to impart notice

§ 10. Continued corporate existence of cities and towns - Officers - Ordinances

§ 11. Taxes assessed or due in incorporated cities and towns

§ 12. Local improvements and public buildings being made or constructed in Indian Territory

§ 13. Congressional acts concerning mining - Chief Mine Inspector to perform duties of Oil Inspector

§ 14. Licensure of dental surgeons

§ 15. Compensation of certain state officers

§ 16. Salaries of Supreme Court Justices and judges of District Court

§ 17. Compensation of other State officers

§ 18. Terms, duties, powers, qualifications, and compensation of county and township officers

§ 19. Boards of Regents of certain colleges, schools, and universities

§ 20. Division of property, assets and liabilities among existing and new counties

§ 21. Property, credits, claims, choses in action, and liabilities of Day County

§ 22. Procurement, sufficiency, and necessity of official seals

§ 23. Transfer of books, records, papers of county probate courts

§ 24. Seal of probate courts and county courts

§ 25. Indebtedness of county, city, or other municipality

§ 26. Transfer of papers, records, proceedings, and seal to Supreme Court of State

§ 27. Transfer of cases from District Court of the Territory to District Courts of the State

§ 28. Amendment of Enabling Act accepted

§ 29. Eligibility to be elected judge of District Court

§ 30. Eligibility to be elected to State office

§ 31. Osage County - Taxation - Assessments, tax books, records, collections

§ 32. New and existing school districts – Equitable division of property, assets and liabilities

§ 33. Licensed attorneys - Eligibility to practice without examination

§ 34. Newspapers entitled to publish legal notices, advertisements, etc.

§ 35. Debts of Constitutional Convention - Expenses of holding ratification election

§ 36. Ordinance of Constitutional Convention - Ratification and validity

§ 37. Illegal or invalid indebtedness not legalized or made valid

§ 38. Jurisdiction to make equitable division of county property, assets, and liabilities

§ 39. Superintendents of public instruction in Indian Territory and Osage Reservation

§ 40. Terms of officers of State government

§ 41. Qualification of Constitutional officers - Oath and bond

§ 42. Officers elected at time of adoption of Constitution - Official bonds

§ 43. Filing and preservation of Constitution - Secretary of State

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Current Oklahoma Constitution

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Schedule

Preamble

Article 1 - Federal Relations

Article 2 - Bill of Rights

Article 3 - Suffrage

Article 4 - Distribution of Powers

Article 5 - Legislative Department

Initiative and Referendum

The Senate

The House of Representatives

Legislative Apportionment

Qualifications and Rights of Members

Sessions of Legislature

Organization and Rules

Powers and Duties

Limitations

Miscellaneous Provisions

Article 6 - Executive Department

In General

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Secretary of State

State Auditor and Inspector

Commissioner of Labor

The Insurance Commissioner

Department of Mines

Commissioner of Charities and Corrections

Board of Agriculture

Commissioners of the Land Office

Seal of the State

Article 7 - Judicial Department

Article 7A - Court on the Judiciary

Article 7B - Selection of Justices and Judges

Article 8 - Impeachment and Removal from Office

Article 9 - Corporations

General

Railroad, Transportation, Transmission and Public Service Corporations

Corporation Commission

Construction of Laws - Power of Legislature

Fares

Private Corporations

Article 10 - Revenue And Taxation

Public Indebtedness

Article 11 - State And School Lands

Article 12 - Homestead And Exemptions

Article 12A - Homestead Exemptions From Taxation

Article 13 - Education

Article 13A - Oklahoma State System Of Higher Education

Article 13B - Board Of Regents Of Oklahoma Colleges

Article 14 - Banks And Banking

Article 15 - Oath of Office

Article 16 - Public Roads

Article 17 - Counties

Counties and Townships

Creation and Alteration of Counties

Removal of County Seat

County Seats and Counties

Article 18 - Municipal Corporations

City Charters

Initiative and Referendum

Franchises

Article 19 - Insurance

Article 20 - Manufacture And Commerce

Article 21 - Public Institutions

Article 22 - Alien And Corporate Ownership Of Lands

Article 23 - Miscellaneous

Labor

Convict Labor

Child Labor

Contributory Negligence

Personal Injuries

Waiver of Rights

Salary or Emoluments of Public Officials

Races Defined

State Agency Retirement Systems

Article 24 - Constitutional Amendments

Article 25 - Social Security

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