Kelly v. State

As broad as the exception is in Article III, Sec. 56 — “except as otherwise provided in this Constitution,” the Legislature shall not pass any local or special law authorizing matters therein proscribed — it does not admit evasion on the theory asserted by the State and accepted by the court of appeals, viz:

“The State contends that this section [1, art. V], rather than art. Ill, § 56, is controlling in this case. We agree. We hold that art. 1918c is not an unconstitutional ‘local or special law,’ in violation of art. Ill, § 56. The Legislature is authorized by art. V., § 1 to create courts…