The Montana Constitution
We the people of Montana grateful to God for the quiet beauty of our state, the grandeur of our mountains, the vastness of our rolling plains, and desiring to improve the quality of life, equality of opportunity and to secure the blessings of liberty for this and future generations do ordain and establish this constitution.
All provisions of the enabling act of Congress (approved February 22, 1889, 25 Stat. 676), as amended and of Ordinance No. 1, appended to the Constitution of the state of Montana and approved February 22, 1889, including the agreement and declaration that all lands owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the congress of the United States, continue in full force and effect until revoked by the consent of the United States and the people of Montana.
Popular sovereignty
Self-government
Inalienable rights
Individual dignity
Freedom of religion
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of speech, expression, and press
Right of participation
Right to know
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
Right to bear arms
Right of suffrage
Adult Rights
Rights of persons not adults
The administration of justice
Due process of law
State subject to suit
Habeas corpus
Initiation of proceedings
Bail
Excessive sanctions
Detention
Rights of the accused
Self-incrimination and double jeopardy
Trial by jury
Imprisonment for debt
Criminal justice policy--rights of the convicted
Eminent domain
Treason and descent of estates
Ex post facto, obligation of contracts, and irrevocable privileges
Civilian control of the military
Importation of armed persons
Unenumerated rights
Servicemen, servicewomen, and veterans
Power and structure
Size
Election and terms
Qualifications
Compensation
Sessions
Vacancies
Immunity
Disqualification
Organization and procedure
Bills
Local and special legislation
Impeachment
Districting and apportionment
Officers
Election
Qualifications
Duties
Compensation
Vacancy in office
20 departments
Appointing power
Budget and messages
Veto power
Special session
Pardons
Militia
Succession
Information for governor
Judicial power
Supreme court jurisdiction
Supreme court organization
District court jurisdiction
Justices of the peace
Judicial districts
Terms and pay
Selection
Qualifications
Forfeiture of judicial position Currentness
Removal and discipline
Tax purposes
Tax power inalienable
Property tax administration
Equal valuation
Property tax exemptions
Highway revenue non-diversion
Tax appeals
State debt
Balanced budget
Local government debt
Use of loan proceeds
Strict accountability
Investment of public funds and public retirement system and state compensation insurance fund assets
Prohibited payments
Public retirement system assets
Limitation on sales tax or use tax rates
Prohibition on real property transfer taxes
Protection and improvement
Reclamation
Water rights
Cultural resources
Severance tax on coal--trust fund
Noxious weed management trust fund
Preservation of harvest heritage
Educational goals and duties
Public school fund
Public school fund inviolate
Board of land commissioners
Public school fund revenue
Aid prohibited to sectarian schools
ondiscrimination in education
School district trustees
Boards of education
State university funds
Public land trust, disposition
Constitutional convention
Initiative for constitutional convention
Periodic submission
Call of convention
Convention expenses
Oath, vacancies
Convention duties
Amendment by legislative referendum
Amendment by initiative
Petition signers
Submission
The following provisions shall remain part of this Constitution until their terms have been executed. Once each year the attorney general shall review the following provisions and certify to the secretary of state which, if any, have been executed. Any provisions so certified shall thereafter be removed from this Schedule and no longer published as part of this Constitution.