Article III, Minnesota Constitution

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## Contents

* 1 Section 1
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 Additional reading
* 5 Footnotes

Article III of the Minnesota Constitution is entitled Distribution of the Powers of Government and consists of one section.

## Section 1[edit]

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Division of Powers

The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments: legislative, executive and judicial. No person or persons belonging to or constituting one of these departments shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others except in the instances expressly provided in this constitution.[1]

## See also[edit]

* 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[edit]

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* Minnesota State Legislature, "Constitution of the State of Minnesota"
* Minnesota Secretary of State, "Amendments to Minnesota's Constitution proposed to the voters since 1858"
* Minnesota Historical Society, "Minnesota's Constitution(s)"
* Minnesota Statutes, "161.114 Constitutional trunk highways"
* Minnesota Legislative Manual 1973-74

## Additional reading[edit]

* Morrison, Mary Jane (2002). The Minnesota State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press
* MinnPost, "An interactive history of constitutional amendments in Minnesota"
* Riner, Steve (2003). "Legal Basis for Establishment of Minnesota Trunk Highways". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Minnesota State Legislature, "Constitution of the State of Minnesota," accessed March 28, 2014

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