Local Government in Texas
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| show | A country, such as the US, that possesses many units of local government controlled by citizens at the local level (US = most decentralized in world!)
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| show | 90,000
5,000
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| show | State
State constitutions and statutes
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| General-purpose governments | show 🗑
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| show | A government that has very limited authority or control over its finances and is governed by a set structure
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| show | Limited purpose
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| show | General-purpose
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| City governments are technically ___________ | show 🗑
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| show | Charters.
A document like a constitution, basic structure and organization, outline of power and authority
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| show | A city whose charter is created by state statutes (can choose from 7) 938
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| show | A city whose charter is created by the actions of local citizens. Pop must be 5,000+
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| show | Limitation on the power of cities, preventing them from passing ordinances that are explicitly prohibited by state law and from passing ordinances that by implication may violate state law
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| show | approval of city voters
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| show | The process of creating a city government.
Petition, election held, voters must approve, state issues charter
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| show | 201 citizens within 2-squre mile area
signed by 10% of voters and 50% of landowners
County judge calls election
City is created, general-law charter adopted. Second election held to elect officials.
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| show | MAY NOT
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| show | Annex.
City council, majority vote, unilaterally annes land
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| Impact, Texas | show 🗑
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| Two basic forms of government in US and Texas: | show 🗑
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| Traditional form of city government is | show 🗑
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| Weak executive | show 🗑
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| show | Appoint/remove, budget, no term limits, can veto
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| There are many more _________ forms in the general-law cities in Texas than in home-rule cities. | show 🗑
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| show | Commission form. Five commissioners to oversee rebuilding of city after hurricane. Single body of government.Transition.
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| Most popular form of government in Texas cities | show 🗑
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| show | A form of government in which voters elect a mayhor and a city council; the mayor and the city council appoint a professional administrator to manage the city.
All cities EXCEPT HOUSTON
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| City manger can do what? | show 🗑
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| _________ is the policy-making body. | show 🗑
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| p. 785 | show 🗑
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| show | NOT chief executive. NO separation of powers. member of city council. leader, presides, reps.
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| City manager | show 🗑
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| show | A system in which the city is divided into election districts and only the voters living in that district elect the council member from that district. Tranditional method. MOST
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| show | System in which all voters in the city elect the mayor and city council members
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| show | A system in which voters can concentrate all their votes on one canidate rather than casting one vote for each office up for election
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| Preferential voting | show 🗑
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| Many cities have moved since Voting Rights Act was amended from ___________ to ___________ | show 🗑
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| Mayors are generally elected in | show 🗑
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| Nonpartisan elections | show 🗑
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| show | Partisan
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| Voter turnout in city elections is _______ | show 🗑
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| Reasons for low voter turnout | show 🗑
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| show | Local elections held at a different time of year from state and national elections
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| ______ and ______ more accurately describe what happens in county government. | show 🗑
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| show | Property tax, sales tax
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| show | 6.25 state
2.0 local
8.25 total
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| State-level property tax in texas? | show 🗑
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| As taxes climb, local govt must abide by more and more mandates. | show 🗑
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| show | Laws enacted by federal or state governments that impose responsibilites and financial burdens on city and county governments
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| show | County government
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| show | The oldest type of local government, adapted from British, whose numbers vary greatly among states; it is the primary administrative arm of a state govt, providing services such as voter registration, courts and jails, roads and bridges
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| show | 254
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| show | Subdivision, arm.
Voter registrar, marriage, birth, car registration, courts.
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| All Texas counties provide | show 🗑
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| How are heads of major departments chosen? | show 🗑
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| County commissioner's court | show 🗑
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| County judge _____________ Commissioners _______________ | show 🗑
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| show | Chief administrative officer of the county commissioner's court; may also have judicial duties in rural counties
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| show | has very limited judicial functions
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| Seven constitutionally prescribed officers are elected by voters: | show 🗑
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| County sheriff | show 🗑
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| show | Elected county law enforcement court officers
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| show | Elected chief prosecuting attorneys for criminal cases
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| show | Elected officer responsible for collecting revenue for the state and the county.
Voter registrars, licenses, permits, property tax
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| show | Board elected by the governing bodies of all govt in the jurisdiction
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| County clerk | show 🗑
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| District clerk | show 🗑
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| show | ELected official who manages county funds
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| District judge | show 🗑
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| show | Lack of power, plural executive, Hire own staff, not always competent, designed for rural, lack general ordinacne authority, inequity of financial resources
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| show | Umbrella organization that represents elected county officials. Oopses granting county govt home rule.
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| show | Shadow.
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| show | fire, water, sewer, mass transport, soil and water conservation, flood conrtol
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| show | Multifunction districts generally created outside cities to provide water, sewage, and other services
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| Multiconty special districts are governed by ______________. Single-county special districts usually have ______________. | show 🗑
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| show | DO.
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| Demand today is not for consolidation but for | show 🗑
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| Independent school districts | show 🗑
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| Issues in school politics | show 🗑
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| State pays about ______% of education cost. | show 🗑
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| show | nickname for provision in the education statutes that consolidated property taxes so that they are distributed among rich and poor districts; revised later to require rich districts with a property tax base per pupil above 305,000 to share wealth
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| _______% of school districts in texas are poor districts. | show 🗑
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| show | Reduction in property tax for homes, more for business, tax increase on smoking, more franchise tax for businesses
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| show | Funding for teacher pay raise.
Required state's teachers to pass a test to prove their competency.
No-pass no-play.
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| First school accountability program under | show 🗑
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| Three curriculum issues | show 🗑
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