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UGA US/GA Constitution Exam Questions With Revised Answers The presiding officer of the state senate specified by the GA constitution is - answerthe lieutenant governor what was the lieutenant governor's duty proposed by Marvin Griffin? - answerto appoint chairmen to the senate committees with...

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UGA US/GA Constitution Exam Questions
With Revised Answers

The presiding officer of the state senate specified by the GA constitution is - answer✔✔the
lieutenant governor

what was the lieutenant governor's duty proposed by Marvin Griffin? - answer✔✔to appoint
chairmen to the senate committees with governor's approval

consolidation starts... - answer✔✔through passage of an act in general assembly, approved by
majority of voters in affected counties

sovereign immunity - answer✔✔legal doctrine where a state cannot commit a legal wrong doing
and is immune from civil suit/criminal prosecution

GA public service commission 3 amenities? - answer✔✔electricity, natural gas,
telecommunications

term of office for governor - answer✔✔4 years, 2 consecutive terms

term of service for appellate judges - answer✔✔6 years

how can a line-item veto be overridden? - answer✔✔2/3 vote from general assembly

qualifications to serve as GA's attorney general? - answer✔✔US citizen for 10 years, GA
resident 4 years, 25 years old, state bar member 7 years

home rule - answer✔✔local government is granted powers to write/amend its charter and to take
any action not prohibited by the state

how many members of state board of pardons and paroles are there? - answer✔✔5 members,
appointed by governor

executive clemency - answer✔✔the power to grant reprieves, pardons, and paroles

king vs. chapman - answer✔✔outlawed GA's use of white primary

GA governor exercises ability of line-item veto for? - answer✔✔spending bills

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votes on bills in the general assembly must always be _____ if a bill involves _____ -
answer✔✔roll call, appropriations

lieutenant governor's 2 main purposes? - answer✔✔president of senate, successor of governor

term for GA state legislators - answer✔✔2 years

eminent domain - answer✔✔taking of private property for public use

term of house of representatives - answer✔✔2 years

term of senator - answer✔✔6 years
how many legislators must be present for general assembly to transact legislative business? -
answer✔✔3/5 of the assembly

judicial vacancies filled by - answer✔✔appointed by governor

US house member qualifications? - answer✔✔25 years old, US citizen at least 7 years, live in
state represented

courts of limited jurisdiction - answer✔✔magistrate, probate, municipal, juvenile state

US senate qualifications? - answer✔✔30 years old, citizen of US for 9 years, inhabitant of state
when chosen

GA house qualifications? - answer✔✔21 years old, citizen of US, GA citizen 2 years

GA senate qualifications? - answer✔✔25 years old, US citizen, GA citizen 2 years

power to impeach is given to _____ and the trial is given to the _____ - answer✔✔house, senate
with the exception of some juveniles, what is the primary trial court for hearing felony cases? -
answer✔✔superior court

how are GA state legislators elected? - answer✔✔directly elected by their district

to pass a bill in GA house or in the senate requires a favorable vote of - answer✔✔a majority of
all members

a bill vetoed by the governor is dead unless - answer✔✔the general assembly overrides the veto
by a 2/3 vote of the total membership of each house

bills raising revenue/appropriating money must originate in - answer✔✔the house

how many members are in the GA house of reps? - answer✔✔180

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