UGA constitution exam Questions and Verified Answers

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UGA constitution exam
Questions and Verified
Answers
Question: the presiding officer of the state senate specified by the GA constitution is

Ans: the lieutenant governor


Question: what was the lieutenant governor's duty proposed by Marvin Griffin?

Ans: to appoint chairmen to the senate committees with governor's approval


Question: consolidation starts...

Ans: through passage of an act in general assembly, approved by majority of voters
in affected counties


Question: sovereign immunity

Ans: legal doctrine where a state cannot commit a legal wrong doing and is
immune from civil suit/criminal prosecution


Question: GA public service commission 3 amenities?

Ans: electricity, natural gas, telecommunications


Question: term of office for governor

Ans: 4 years, 2 consecutive terms


Question: term of service for appellate judges

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Ans: 6 years


Question: how can a line-item veto be overridden?

Ans: 2/3 vote from general assembly


Question: qualifications to serve as GA's attorney general?

Ans: US citizen for 10 years, GA resident 4 years, 25 years old, state bar member 7
years


Question: home rule

Ans: local government is granted powers to write/amend its charter and to take
any action not prohibited by the state


Question: how many members of state board of pardons and paroles are there?

Ans: 5 members, appointed by governor


Question: executive clemency

Ans: the power to grant reprieves, pardons, and paroles


Question: king vs. chapman

Ans: outlawed GA's use of white primary


Question: GA governor exercises ability of line-item veto for?

Ans: spending bills


Question: votes on bills in the general assembly must always be _____ if a bill involves
_____

Ans: roll call, appropriations


Question: lieutenant governor's 2 main purposes?