§ 4.
Corporations subject to eminent domain--Police power.
The exercise of the right of
eminent domain shall never be abridged or so construed as to prevent the Legislature from taking
the property and franchises of incorporated companies and subjecting them to public use, the
same as the property of individuals; and the exercise of the police power of the state shall never
be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as
to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the state.
History: Repeal proposed by SL 1975, ch 3, rejected Nov. 2, 1976.