ARTICLE IX

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Note

  This article was renumbered from Article VIII to be Article IX by Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978.  The former Article IX now appears as Article X.

Law Journals and Reviews

  Environmental Protection Based on State Constitutional Law:  A Call for Reinterpretation.  12 UH L. Rev. 123.

PUBLIC HEALTH

     Section 1.  The State shall provide for the protection and promotion of the public health. [Ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]

Attorney General Opinions

  Enumeration of certain powers by this section was not intended to restrict the legislature.  Att. Gen. Op. 68-17.