Chapter 3 Texas Government correctly answered rated A+ 2023/2024

Chapter 3 Texas Government Statutory Law - correct answer Law Passed by legislatures and wirtten into codes Deadwood - correct answer State constitutional provisions voided by a conflicting U.S. constiutional or statutory law; also provisions made irrelevant by changing circumstances. Writ Of Habeas Corpus - correct answer A court order requiring that an individual be presented in person and that legal cause be shown for confinement; it may result in release from unlawful detention Speration Of Power - correct answer Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Checks and Balances - correct answer The concept that each branch of governent is assigned power to limit abuses in the others, for example, the executive veto could be used to prevent legislative excesses. Bicameral - correct answer 150 member House. 31 Member Senate Representatives serve 2 year terms; Senators serve 4 year terms. No Term limits. Bienial Regular Sessions - correct answer Held once every two years for 140 days each. Begins on the second Tuesday in January in odd numbered years. Special Sessions - correct answer A 30 day legislative session called by Texas Govenor who also sets its agenda "Govenor's Call" Plural Executive - correct answer An executive branch with power divided among several independent officers and a weak cheif executive. (Line) Item Veto - correct answer Executive authority to veto sections of a bill and allow the remainder to become law. Partisan Elections - correct answer General elections in which candidates are nominated by political parties and thier party label appears on the ballot Counties - correct answer Created to administer state law at the local level Cities - correct answer General Law and home rule, based on populations Special Districts - correct answer Created to perform certain functions that counties and cities dont or cant perform. Suffrage - correct answer Legal right to vote. Denied to those under 18, convicted felons and individuals found mentally incompetent by court law. Initative - correct answer an election method that allows citizens to place a proposal on the ballot for voter approval. If the measure passes, it becomes law. Referendum - correct answer An election that permits voters to determine if an ordinance statue will go into effect. Popular Recall - correct answer special election to remove an official before the end of his or her term, initiated by citizen petition.