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Arizona Constitution

Article 30 Section 1 – Marriage ARTICLE XXX. MARRIAGE 1. Marriage Section 1. Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.

Article 29 Section 1 – Public retirement systems 1. Public retirement systems Section 1. A. Public retirement systems shall be funded with contributions and investment earnings using actuarial methods and assumptions that are consistent with generally accepted actuarial standards. B.…

Article 28 Section 1 – English as the official language; applicability 1. English as the official language; applicability Section 1. (1) The English language is the official language of the state of Arizona. (2) As the official language of this…

Article 27 Section 1 – Regulation of ambulances; powers of legislature 1. Regulation of ambulances; powers of legislature Section 1. The legislature may provide for the regulation of ambulances and ambulance services in this state in all matters relating to…

Article 26 Section 1 – Powers of real estate broker or salesman 1. Powers of real estate broker or salesman Section 1. Any person holding a valid license as a real estate broker or a real estate salesman regularly issued…

Article 25 Section 0 – Right to work or employment without membership in labor organization ARTICLE XXV RIGHT TO WORK Right to work or employment without membership in labor organization No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or…

Article 22 Section 16 – Confinement of minor offenders 16. Confinement of minor offenders Section 16. It shall be unlawful to confine any minor under the age of eighteen years, accused or convicted of crime, in the same section of…

Article 22 Section 10 – Seals of supreme court, superior courts, municipalities, and county officers 10. Seals of supreme court, superior courts, municipalities, and county officers Section 10. Until otherwise provided by law, the seal now in use in the…

Article 22 Section 9 – Causes pending in supreme court of territory; records, papers, and property 9. Causes pending in supreme court of territory; records, papers, and property Section 9. Whenever a quorum of the judges of the Supreme Court…

Article 22 Section 6 – Territorial, district, county, and precinct officers 6. Territorial, district, county, and precinct officers Section 6. All Territorial, district, county, and precinct officers who may be in office at the time of the admission of the…

Article 22 Section 4 – Recognizances; bonds; estate; judgments; choses in action 4. Recognizances; bonds; estate; judgments; choses in action Section 4. All recognizances heretofore taken, or which may be taken, before the change from a Territorial to a State…

Article 22 Section 1 – Existing rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts, claims, or demands; process 1. Existing rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts, claims, or demands; process Section 1. No rights, actions, suits, proceedings, contracts, claims, or demands, existing at the…

Article 21 Section 1 – Introduction in legislature; initiative petition; election 1. Introduction in legislature; initiative petition; election Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the legislature, or by initiative petition…

Article 20 Section 1 – Toleration of religious sentiment The following ordinance shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of this state: First. Toleration of religious sentiment First. Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall…

Article 19 Section 0 – ARTICLE XIX ARTICLE XIX MINES (Version amended by 1992 Proposition 101) The office of mine inspector is hereby established. The legislature shall enact laws so regulating the operation and equipment of all mines in the…

Article 18 Section 1 – Eight-hour day 1. Eight-hour day Section 1. Eight hours and no more, shall constitute a lawful day’s work in all employment by, or on behalf of, the state or any political subdivision of the State.…

Article 17 Section 1 – Riparian water rights 1. Riparian water rights Section 1. The common law doctrine of riparian water rights shall not obtain or be of any force or effect in the state. Article 17 Section 2 –…

Article 16 Section 1 – Composition of militia 1. Composition of militia Section 1. The militia of the state of Arizona shall consist of all capable citizens of the state between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and of…

Article 15 Section 1 – Term limits on corporation commission; composition; election; office vacancies; qualifications Article 15 Section 2 – “Public service corporations” defined Article 15 Section 3 – Power of commission as to classifications, rates and charges, rules, contracts,…

Article 15 Section 19 – Power to impose fines 19. Power to impose fines Section 19. The corporation commission shall have the power and authority to enforce its rules, regulations, and orders by the imposition of such fines as it…

Article 15 Section 17 – Appeal to courts 17. Appeal to courts Section 17. Nothing herein shall be construed as denying to public service corporations the right of appeal to the courts of the state from the rules, regulations, orders,…

Article 15 Section 14 – Value of property of public service corporations 14. Value of property of public service corporations Section 14. The corporation commission shall, to aid it in the proper discharge of its duties, ascertain the fair value…

Article 15 Section 11 – Movable property as personal property; liability of property to attachment, execution and sale 11. Movable property as personal property; liability of property to attachment, execution and sale Section 11. The rolling stock and all other…