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Paragraph 2. The compensation of State Deputies shall be
established by an act of the State Legislative Assembly, in the
proportion of seventy-ve percent, at most, of the compensation
established, in legal tender, for Federal Deputies, as provided
by articles 39, paragraph 4, 57, paragraph 7, 150, II, 153, III,
and 153, paragraph 2, I.
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“Article 28. ..............................................................................
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Paragraph 1. The Governor who takes another post or function
in governmental entities or entities owned by the Government
shall lose his ofce, with the exception of the taking of ofce
by virtue of a public sector entrance examination, and with due
regard for the provisions in article 38, I, IV, and V.
Paragraph 2. The compensation of the Governor, the Vice-
Governor, and of the State Cabinet Members shall be established
by an act of the State Legislative Assembly, as provided by articles
37, XI, 39, paragraph 4, 150, II, 153, III, and 153, paragraph 2, I.”
“Article 29. ..............................................................................
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V – compensation of the Mayor, the Vice-Mayor, and the Local
Cabinet Members established by an act of the Town Council, as
provided by articles 37, XI, 39, paragraph 4, 150, II, 153, III,
and 153, paragraph 2, I;
VI – compensation of Local Councilmen established by an act of
the Town Council, in the proportion of seventy-ve percent, at
most, of the compensation established, in legal tender, for State
Deputies, as provided by articles 39, paragraph 4, 57, paragraph
7, 150, II, 153, III, and 153, paragraph 2, I;
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Article 3. The head paragraph, items I, II, V, VII, X, XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII,
and XIX, and paragraph 3 of article 37 of the Federal Constitution shall henceforth
read as follows, paragraphs 7 through 9 being added to the said article:
“Article 37. The governmental entities and entities owned by
the Government in any of the powers of the Union, the states, the
Federal District and the Municipalities shall obey the principles
of lawfulness, impersonality, morality, publicity, and efciency,
and also the following:
I – public ofces, positions and functions are accessible to all
Brazilians who meet the requirements established by law, as
well as to foreigners, under the terms of the law;
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