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Texas Government CLEP TestUnder what does the legislature operate? - Answers -the constitution of Texas
What kind of government does Texas have? - Answers -unitary democratic state
government
Dillon Rule - Answers -theory of state dominance over local dominance
Of what does the executive branch consist? - Answers -the governor, lieutenant
governor, controller of public accounts, land commissioner, attorney general, agriculture
commissioner, the 3 member Texas railroad commission, the state board of education,
and the secretary of state
What limits the power of the governor? - Answers -the plural executive branch system
why are the governor's powers quite limited in comparison to other state governments
or the president of the united states? - Answers -because of so many publicly elected
officials
Why are executive officers directly answerable to the public? - Answers -because they
are elected independently
what does the governor do? - Answers -commands the state militia, vetoes bills, can
call in special sessions of the legislature, appoints members of executive boards, fills
judicial vacancies between elections
What executive officers are appointed? - Answers -Secretary of state and the state
board of education
what does the lieutenant governor do? - Answers -heads the senate and appoints its
committees
what is the Texas administrative code? - Answers -the compiled rules an regulations of
stat agencies published yearly by the secretary of state
What does the executive branch include? - Answers -several boards/commissions that
the governor appoints members to, like the Texas finance commission, confirmed by the
senate
, what is the overall effect of the state agencies? (executive branch) - Answers -a
sprawling network of administrative bodies that neither the governor nor the legislature
are able to coordinate or completely control
where are most state agencies headquartered? - Answers -Austin
Who appoints the directors of some state agencies? - Answers -the governor
Who exercises direct authority over said agencies? - Answers -also the governor
What is the texas legislature? - Answers -bicameral
bicameral - Answers -the legislature is divided into two assemblies/chambers/houses
What are the bicameral bodies in texas legislature? - Answers -Texas House of
Representatives and the Senate
How many members does the house of reps have? - Answers -150
how many members does the senate have? - Answers -31
Who presides over the house of representatives? - Answers -the speaker of the house
who presides over the senate? - Answers -the lieutenant governor
what important aspect of government does the senate control? - Answers -funding
when does the legislature convene? - Answers -noon on the second Tuesday in
January of odd numbered years
How many days can the governor call special sessions? - Answers -30
what is the maximum duration of a regular session? - Answers -140 days
what does the legislature go over in special sessions? - Answers -legislation that the
governor deems critically important in the conduct of state affairs; permitted to pass
laws only on the subjects submitted by the governor in the calling of the session
how many counties does Texas have? - Answers -254
how is each county run? - Answers -by a 5 member commissioner's court elected from
single member districts and a county judge elected at large
what does the commissioner's court do? - Answers -determines office budgets and sets
overall county policies
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