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California Constitution Art. III, § 3

ARTICLE III STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Current as of September 28, 2026Cal. Const., art. III, § 3Official source ↗

Sec. 3 added Nov. 7, 1972, by Prop. 6. Res.Ch. 120, 1972.

The powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial. Persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this Constitution.