Local Government
Created local governments.
What are states
The most revenue earning tax in Texas.
What are Sales Tax?
Paying money to ensure you come back when it is your time in court.
What is Bail?
The ratio of state employees to Tx. residents.
How is it decreasing?
The state budget has to be equal to or less than the state income.
What is a balanced budget?
The three forms of Municipal Government.
What are Strong mayor-council, Weak mayor-council, Council-manager?
There are three types of tax classifications.
What is progressive, flat, and regressive taxes?
The two classifications of crimes.
What are misdemeanors and felonies?
The process of reviewing an agency to determine what to do with it.
What is Sunset Review Process?
The type of municipal elections held.
What is non-partisan?
The powers that states give local governments.
What is Dillon's Rule?
The type of services that can be taxed.
What are tangible goods?
What deal is offered to the defendant.
What is a plea bargain?
The fund gets an additional 1/4 of its revenues from the motor tax.
What is Available School Fund?
The two types of funds state revenue is funneled into.
What are General Revenue funds & Dedicated Funds?
The two types of Education Special Districts.
What are ISDs and Community College Districts?
What are flat taxes?
The two bureaucracies in charge of reintegrating prisoners into society.
What are The Community Justice Assistance Division & Parole Division?
An agency that is more concerned with serving industry interest than public interest.
What is agency capture?
The type of court cases that have no right to an attorney.
What are Civil Cases?
Home-rule city charter's may also include this.
What are Recall, Referendum, and Initiative?
Texas' dual budgeting system requires two budget bills.
What are the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) and Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy (GOBP)?
The four-part mission of TDCJ.
Why provide public safety, promote positive behavioral changes, reintegrate offenders into society, and assist crime victims?
They are Medicaid, CHIP, WIC, SNAP, and TANF.
The state level bureaucracy that provides statewide direction for all public college and university.
What is Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board?