California

* California Constitution - CONS

372 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § SEC. 3 — The Legislature shall define residence and provide for registration and free elections.
• § SEC. 3.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, the Legislature shall prescribe the qualifications required of county superintendents of schools, and for these purposes shall c
• § SEC. 3.2 — Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, any two or more chartered counties, or nonchartered counties, or any combination thereof, may, by a majority vote of the electors of
• § SEC. 3.3 — Except as provided in Section 3.
• § SEC. 3.5 — In any year in which the assessment ratio is changed, the Legislature shall adjust the valuation of assessable property described in subdivisions (o), (p) and (q) of Section 3 of this article to maint
• § SEC. 30 — (a) This Constitution shall not be construed by the courts to prohibit the joining of criminal cases as prescribed by the Legislature or by the people through the initiative process.
• § SEC. 31 — The power to tax may not be surrendered or suspended by grant or contract.
• § SEC. 32 — No legal or equitable process shall issue in any proceeding in any court against this State or any officer thereof to prevent or enjoin the collection of any tax.
• § SEC. 33 — The Legislature shall pass all laws necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
• § SEC. 34 — Neither the State of California nor any of its political subdivisions shall levy or collect a sales or use tax on the sale of, or the storage, use or other consumption in this State of food products f
• § SEC. 35 — (a) The people of the State of California find and declare all of the following: (1) Public safety services are critically important to the security and well-being of the State’s citizens and to the g
• § SEC. 36 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Public Safety Services” includes the following: (A) Employing and training public safety officials, including law enforcement personnel, attorneys assigned to cr
• § SEC. 4 — The Legislature shall not pass any laws permitting the leasing or alienation of any franchise, so as to relieve the franchise or property held thereunder from the liabilities of the lessor or grantor,
• § SEC. 4.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or existing law, a person elected to or serving in the Legislature on or after November 1, 1990, shall participate in the Federal Social Securi
• § SEC. 5 — (a) It shall be competent in any city charter to provide that the city governed thereunder may make and enforce all ordinances and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to restrict
• § SEC. 6 — Authority may be provided by statute for the Governor to assign and reorganize functions among executive officers and agencies and their employees, other than elective officers and agencies administer
• § SEC. 6½ — Nothing in this constitution contained shall forbid the formation of districts for school purposes situate in more than one county or the issuance of bonds by such districts under such general laws as
• § Sec. 7 — (a) The retirement allowance for any person, all of whose credited service in the Legislators’ Retirement System was rendered or was deemed to have been rendered as an elective officer of the State wh
• § SEC. 7 — Voting shall be secret.
• § SEC. 7.5 — (a) The right to marry is a fundamental right.
• § SEC. 8 — A city, county, or other public body may not regulate matters over which the Legislature grants regulatory power to the Commission.
• § SEC. 8.5 — An act amending an initiative statute, an act providing for the issuance of bonds, or a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature and submitted to the voters for approval may not do either
• § SEC. 9 — (a) The referendum is the power of the electors to approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes except urgency statutes, statutes calling elections, and statutes providing for tax levies or appropr
• § Section 1 — No low rent housing project shall hereafter be developed, constructed, or acquired in any manner by any state public body until, a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town or county, as th
• § SECTION 1 — The Legislature shall not borrow revenue from the Highway Users Tax Account, or its successor, and shall not use these revenues for purposes, or in ways, other than those specifically permitted by thi
• § Section 2 — The provisions of this Article shall be self-executing but legislation not in conflict herewith may be enacted to facilitate its operation.
• § Section 25 — The people shall have the right to fish upon and from the public lands of the State and in the waters thereof, excepting upon lands set aside for fish hatcheries, and no land owned by the State shall
• § Section 3 — If any portion, section or clause of this article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall for any reason be declared unconstitutional or held invalid, the remainder of this Ar
• § Section 4 — The provisions of this Article shall supersede all provisions of this Constitution and laws enacted thereunder in conflict therewith.
• § Section 5 — This article shall take effect for the tax year beginning on July 1 following the passage of this Amendment, except Section 3 which shall become effective upon the passage of this article.
• § SECTION 5 — (a) The Director of Corrections or any county Sheriff or other local government official charged with jail operations, may enter into contracts with public entities, nonprofit or for profit organizati
• § SECTION 5.5 — Prudent State Reserve.
• § Section 6 — If any section, part, clause, or phrase hereof is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining sections shall not be affected but will remain in full force and effect.