The General Corporation Law and the Nonprofit Corporations Law ...

Rights of private property.

SEC. 14. Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation having been first made to, or paid into court for, the owner, and no right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation other than municipal until full compensation therefor be first made in money or ascertained and paid into court for the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation, which compensation shall be ascertained by a jury, unless a jury be waived, as in other civil cases in a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.

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Special privileges, limitations on.

SEC. 21. No special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted which may not be altered, revoked, or repealed by the legislature, nor shall any citizen, or class of citizens, be granted privileges or immunities which, upon the same terms shall not be granted to all citizens.

60 Cal. 189; 62 Cal. 539; 65 Cal. 35; 69 Cal. 151; 72 Cal. 389; 73 Cal. 371, 375; 83 Cal. 396, 412; 110 Cal. 652; 112 Cal. 471; 114 Cal. 496; 118 Cal. 5; 127 Cal. 7; 129 Cal. 343; 134 Cal. 55, 59; 137 Cal. 481; 143 Cal. 414, 573; 144 Cal. 173; 148 Cal. 265; 149 Cal. 400; 151 Cal. 334; 152 Cal. 233; 6 Cal. App. 237, 240, 241; XXXVI Cal. Dec. 264; VII Cal. App. Dec. 112.

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Public credit to corporations prohibited.

Charges by certain corporations, regulation of.

Money, how appropriated; how drawn.

SEC. 22. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and upon warrants duly drawn thereon by the controller; and no money shall ever be appropriated or drawn from the state treasury for the use or benefit of any corporation, association, asylum, hospital, or any other institution not under the exclusive management and control of the state as a state institution, nor shall any grant or donation of property ever be made thereto by the state; provided, that notwithstanding anything contained in this or any other section of this constitution, the legislature shall have the power to grant aid to institutions conducted for the support and maintenance of minor orphans, or half-orphans, or abandoned children, or aged persons in indigent circumstances such aid to be granted by a uniform rule, and proportioned to the number of inmates of such respective institutions; provided further, that the state shall have at any time the right to inquire into the management of such institution; provided further, that whenever any county, or city and county, or city, or town, shall provide for the support of minor orphans, or half-orphans, or abandoned children, or aged persons in indigent circumstances, such county, city and county, city, or town shall be entitled to receive the same pro rata appropriations as may be granted to such institutions under church or other control. An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of public moneys shall be attached to and published with the laws at every regular session of the legislature.

61 Cal. 267; 69 Cal. 74, 77; 71 Cal. 630, 631; 77 Cal. 133, 134; 80 Cal. 221; 84 Cal. 58; 92 Cal. 55; 106 Cal. 116, 119; 114 Cal. 395; 120 Cal. 386; 121 Cal. 19; 123 Cal. 151; 126 Cal. 118; 139 Cal. 400; 144 Cal. 684; 151 Cal. 800; VII Cal. App. Dec. 109.

Local and special legislation forbidden.

SEC. 25. The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say: Sixth-Changing the names of persons or places.

Subdivision 6-123 Cal. 527.

Sixteenth-Releasing or extinguishing, in whole or in part, the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation or person to this state, or to any municipal corporation therein.

Subdivision 16-126 Cal. 117.

Nineteenth-Granting to any corporation, association, or individual any special or exclusive right, privilege, or immunity. Subdivision 19-100 Cal. 120; 114 Cal. 496; 118 Cal. 306; 124 Cal. 698; 143 Cal. 414.

Twenty-third—Regulating the rate of interest on money.
Subdivision 23-67 Cal. 360.

Twenty-fifth-Chartering or licensing ferries, bridges, or

roads.

Subdivision 25-114 Cal. 496.

Twenty-sixth-Remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures. Thirty-third-In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable.

Subdivision 33-55 Cal. 490, 491, 495; 81 Cal. 498; 84 Cal. 76; 91 Cal. 249; 94 Cal. 620; 100 Cal. 120; 109 Cal. 497; 111 Cal. 371, 372, 569; 112 Cal. 471; 114 Cal. 410; 117 Cal. 363; 118 Cal. 306, 404; 119 Cal. 523; 124 Cal. 698; 126 Cal. 230; 127 Cal. 7, 684; 130 Cal. 134; 132 Cal. 221; 140 Cal. 487; 144 Cal. 269; 148 Cal. 148; 149 Cal. 399; 150 Cal. 322; 152 Cal. 231; 1 Cal. App. 573; 6 Cal. App. 240; VII Cal. App. Dec. 111.

Citations to section 25-General:

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267; 122 Cal. 148, 556; 123 Cal. 25, 527, 528; 124 Cal. 696, 698; 126 Cal. 117, 122, 123, 230; 127 Cal. 7; 132 Cal. 221; 135 Cal. 471, 518; 137 Cal. 518, 520; 138 Cal. 381; 139 Cal. 541; 140 Cal. 480; 142 Cal. 195; 143 Cal. 414; 144 Cal. 269; 1 Cal. App. 573; XXXVI Cal. Dec. 264, 312.

Lotteries prohibited.

SEC. 26. The legislature shall have no power to authorize lotteries or gift enterprises for any purpose and shall pass laws to prohibit the sale in this state of lottery or gift enterprise tickets or tickets in any scheme in the nature of a lottery. The legislature shall pass laws to prohibit the fictitious buying and selling of the shares of the capital stock of corporations in any stock board, stock exchange or stock market under the control of any corporation or association. All contracts for the purchase or sale of shares of the capital stock of any corporation or association without any intention on the part of one party to deliver and of the other party to receive the shares, and contemplating merely the payment of differences between the contract and market prices on divers days, shall be void, and neither party to any such contract shall be entitled to recover any damages for failure to perform the same, or any money paid thereon, in any court of this state. [Amendment adopted November 3, 1908.]

[Original section.] SEC. 26. The legislature shall have no power to authorize lotteries or gift enterprises for any purpose, and shall pass laws to prohibit the sale in this state of lottery or gift enterprise tickets, or tickets in any scheme in the nature of a lottery. The legislature shall pass laws to regulate or prohibit the buying and selling of the shares of the capital stock of corporations in any stock board, stock exchange, or stock market under the control of any association. All contracts for the sale of shares of the capital stock of any corporation or association, on margin, or to be delivered at a future day, shall be void, and any money paid on such contracts may be recovered by the party paying it by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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