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UGA US/GA constitution exam
Questions with Detailed 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?
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Ans: electricity, natural gas, telecommunications
Question: term of office for governor
Ans: 4 years, 2 consecutive terms
Question: term of service for appellate judges
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
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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?
Ans: president of senate, successor of governor
Question: term for GA state legislators
Ans: 2 years
Question: eminent domain
Ans: taking of private property for public use
UGA US/GA constitution exam
Questions with Detailed 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?
, Page | 2
Ans: electricity, natural gas, telecommunications
Question: term of office for governor
Ans: 4 years, 2 consecutive terms
Question: term of service for appellate judges
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
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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?
Ans: president of senate, successor of governor
Question: term for GA state legislators
Ans: 2 years
Question: eminent domain
Ans: taking of private property for public use
