4.   Powers and duties.
5.   Repealed.
6.   Pardoning power.
7.   Lieutenant governor, when governor.
8.   Secretary of state, when governor.
9.   Repealed.
10.   Governor to approve or veto bills; proceedings on veto.
ARTICLE VI.
ADMINISTRATIVE.
Section
1.   Election of secretary of state, treasurer and attorney general; term.
1m.   Repealed.
1n.   Repealed.
1p.   Repealed.
2.   Secretary of state; duties, compensation.
3.   Treasurer and attorney general; duties, compensation.
4.   County officers; election, terms, removal; vacancies.
ARTICLE VII.
JUDICIARY.
Section
1.   Impeachment; trial.
2.   Court system.
3.   Supreme court: jurisdiction.
4.   Supreme court: election, chief justice, court system administration.
5.   Court of appeals.
6.   Circuit court: boundaries.
7.   Circuit court: election.
8.   Circuit court: jurisdiction.
9.   Judicial elections, vacancies.
10.   Judges: eligibility to office.
11.   Disciplinary proceedings.
12.   Clerks of circuit and supreme courts.
13.   Justices and judges: removal by address.
14.   Municipal court.
15.   Repealed.
16.   Repealed.
17.   Repealed.
18.   Repealed.
19.   Repealed.
20.   Repealed.
21.   Repealed.
22.   Repealed.
23.   Repealed.
24.   Justices and judges: eligibility for office; retirement.
ARTICLE VIII.
FINANCE.
Section
1.   Rule of taxation uniform; income, privilege and occupation taxes.
2.   Appropriation; limitation.
3.   Credit of state.
4.   Contracting state debts.
5.   Annual tax levy to equal expenses.
6.   Public debt for extraordinary expense; taxation.
7.   Public debt for public defense; bonding for public purposes.
8.   Vote on fiscal bills; quorum.
9.   Evidences of public debt.
10.   Internal improvements.
ARTICLE IX.
EMINENT DOMAIN AND PROPERTY OF THE STATE.
Section
1.   Jurisdiction on rivers and lakes; navigable waters.
2.   Territorial property.
3.   Ultimate property in lands; escheats.
ARTICLE X.
EDUCATION.
Section
1.   Superintendent of public instruction.
2.   School fund created; income applied.
3.   District schools; tuition; sectarian instruction; released time.
4.   Annual school tax
5.   Income of school fund.
6.   State university; support.
7.   Commissioners of public lands.
8.   Sale of public lands.
ARTICLE XI.
CORPORATIONS.
Section
1.   Corporations; how formed.
2.   Property taken by municipality.
3.   Municipal home rule; debt limit; tax to pay debt.
3a.   Acquisition of lands by state and subdivisions; sale of excess.
4.   General banking law.
5.   Repealed.
ARTICLE XII.
AMENDMENTS.
Section
1.   Constitutional amendments.
2.   Constitutional conventions.
ARTICLE XIII.
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Wisconsin Constitution updated by the Legislative Reference Bureau. Published November 8, 2024. Click for the Coverage of Annotations for the Annotated Constitution. Report errors at 608.504.5801 or lrb.legal@legis.wisconsin.gov.