Community Services
What are the four types of community service that your local government provides?
What do people pay to get the community services?
Taxes
What branch of state government writes bills to make into laws?
The Legislative Branch
A way of enjoying yourself
Recreation
Which government branch decides if a law has been broken?
The judicial branch
Police and fire departments are part of this type of community service:
Safety
What is the name for the money charged for certain services, like to use a community swimming pool?
Fees
The leader of the COMMUNITY
Mayor
Who can veto a bill that the state legislature rights?
Governor
Two types of education services your local government provides are...
How do members of the city council get elected?
Adults vote for them.
If the governor vetoes a bill, how can it still become a bill?
The legislative branch can vote on it.
The people who make rules and laws for a COMMUNITY
Council
What happens if an elected leader does not do a good job?
They may not be re-elected, or elected again.
police and fire chief
The State Legislature is made up of two parts which are...
The House of Representations and the Senate
A person running for office (before they're elected)
Community leaders are able to make and carry out laws because people give their ______________.
*Hint: The word means the same thing as "permission"
consent
Building and repairing roads would be considered this type of community service.
Who makes local laws? (There are two answers.)
The mayor and city council
Who works in courts?
The head of the executive branch in the state government
Governor
Name two responsibilities people in a community have.
Follow all the laws
Voting
Helping out in the community (like cleaning up after yourself)