Article 3, Arizona Constitution

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Article III of the Arizona Constitution is entitled Distribution of Powers. It has only one section and has never been amended.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Distribution of Powers “ The powers of the government of the state of Arizona shall be divided into three separate departments, the legislative, the executive, and the judicial; and, except as provided in this constitution, such departments shall be separate and distinct, and no one of such departments shall exercise the powers properly belonging to either of the others. ”

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Arizona State Legislature, "Arizona Constitution" (Links to each section)
• Arizona State Legislature, "Arizona Constitution" (Entire Document in PDF)

Additional reading

• McClory, Toni, (2000). Understanding the Arizona Constitution, Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press.