Sec. 36. REVIVAL OR AMENDMENT BY REFERENCE; RE-ENACTMENT AND title; but
in such case the act revived, or the section or sections amended, shall be
re-enacted and published at length.
Sec. 37. REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE AND REPORT. No bill shall be considered,
unless it has been first referred to a committee and reported thereon, and no
bill shall be passed which has not been presented and referred to and reported
from a committee at least three days before the final adjournment of the
Legislature.
Sec. 38. SIGNING BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; ENTRY ON JOURNALS. The
presiding officer of each House shall, in the presence of the House over which he
presides, sign all bills and joint resolutions passed by the Legislature, after their
titles have been publicly read before signing; and the fact of signing shall be
entered on the journals.
Sec. 39. TIME OF TAKING EFFECT OF LAWS; EMERGENCIES; ENTRY ON JOURNAL.
No law passed by the Legislature, except the general appropriation act, shall
take effect or go into force until ninety days after the adjournment of the
session at which it was enacted, unless the Legislature shall, by a vote of
two-thirds of all the members elected to each House, otherwise direct; said vote
to be taken by yeas and nays, and entered upon the journals.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 39:
See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 40. SPECIAL SESSIONS; SUBJECTS OF LEGISLATION; DURATION. When the
Legislature shall be convened in special session, there shall be no legislation
upon subjects other than those designated in the proclamation of the Governor
calling such session, or presented to them by the Governor; and no such
session shall be of longer duration than thirty days.
Sec. 41. ELECTIONS BY SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In all
elections by the Senate and House of Representatives, jointly or separately, the
vote shall be given viva voce, except in the election of their officers.
Sec. 42. (Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)
Sec. 43. REVISION OF LAWS. (a) The Legislature shall provide for revising,
digesting and publishing the laws, civil and criminal; provided, that in the
adoption of and giving effect to any such digest or revision, the Legislature shall
not be limited by sections 35 and 36 of this Article.
(b) In this section, "revision" includes a revision of the statutes on a particular
subject and any enactment having the purpose, declared in the enactment, of
codifying without substantive change statutes that individually relate to different
subjects.
(Subsec. (a) amended and (b) added Nov. 4, 1986.)
Sec. 44. COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS, SERVANTS, AGENTS, AND
CONTRACTORS; EXTRA COMPENSATION; UNAUTHORIZED CLAIMS;
UNAUTHORIZED EMPLOYMENT. The Legislature shall provide by law for the
compensation of all officers, servants, agents and public contractors, not
provided for in this Constitution, but shall not grant extra compensation to any
officer, agent, servant, or public contractors, after such public service shall have
been performed or contract entered into, for the performance of the same; nor
grant, by appropriation or otherwise, any amount of money out of the Treasury
of the State, to any individual, on a claim, real or pretended, when the same
shall not have been provided for by pre-existing law; nor employ any one in the
name of the State, unless authorized by pre-existing law.
Sec. 45. CHANGE OF VENUE IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES. The power to
change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the courts, to be
exercised in such manner as shall be provided by law; and the Legislature shall
pass laws for that purpose.
in such case the act revived, or the section or sections amended, shall be
re-enacted and published at length.
Sec. 37. REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE AND REPORT. No bill shall be considered,
unless it has been first referred to a committee and reported thereon, and no
bill shall be passed which has not been presented and referred to and reported
from a committee at least three days before the final adjournment of the
Legislature.
Sec. 38. SIGNING BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; ENTRY ON JOURNALS. The
presiding officer of each House shall, in the presence of the House over which he
presides, sign all bills and joint resolutions passed by the Legislature, after their
titles have been publicly read before signing; and the fact of signing shall be
entered on the journals.
Sec. 39. TIME OF TAKING EFFECT OF LAWS; EMERGENCIES; ENTRY ON JOURNAL.
No law passed by the Legislature, except the general appropriation act, shall
take effect or go into force until ninety days after the adjournment of the
session at which it was enacted, unless the Legislature shall, by a vote of
two-thirds of all the members elected to each House, otherwise direct; said vote
to be taken by yeas and nays, and entered upon the journals.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 39:
See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 40. SPECIAL SESSIONS; SUBJECTS OF LEGISLATION; DURATION. When the
Legislature shall be convened in special session, there shall be no legislation
upon subjects other than those designated in the proclamation of the Governor
calling such session, or presented to them by the Governor; and no such
session shall be of longer duration than thirty days.
Sec. 41. ELECTIONS BY SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In all
elections by the Senate and House of Representatives, jointly or separately, the
vote shall be given viva voce, except in the election of their officers.
Sec. 42. (Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)
Sec. 43. REVISION OF LAWS. (a) The Legislature shall provide for revising,
digesting and publishing the laws, civil and criminal; provided, that in the
adoption of and giving effect to any such digest or revision, the Legislature shall
not be limited by sections 35 and 36 of this Article.
(b) In this section, "revision" includes a revision of the statutes on a particular
subject and any enactment having the purpose, declared in the enactment, of
codifying without substantive change statutes that individually relate to different
subjects.
(Subsec. (a) amended and (b) added Nov. 4, 1986.)
Sec. 44. COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS, SERVANTS, AGENTS, AND
CONTRACTORS; EXTRA COMPENSATION; UNAUTHORIZED CLAIMS;
UNAUTHORIZED EMPLOYMENT. The Legislature shall provide by law for the
compensation of all officers, servants, agents and public contractors, not
provided for in this Constitution, but shall not grant extra compensation to any
officer, agent, servant, or public contractors, after such public service shall have
been performed or contract entered into, for the performance of the same; nor
grant, by appropriation or otherwise, any amount of money out of the Treasury
of the State, to any individual, on a claim, real or pretended, when the same
shall not have been provided for by pre-existing law; nor employ any one in the
name of the State, unless authorized by pre-existing law.
Sec. 45. CHANGE OF VENUE IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES. The power to
change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the courts, to be
exercised in such manner as shall be provided by law; and the Legislature shall
pass laws for that purpose.
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