This parish official represents the parish in criminal cases.
What is the district attorney?
100
This word means that the legislative branch of Louisiana has two chambers, or houses.
What is bicameral?
100
This official is responsible for keeping records of expenses for the state and returning unclaimed property to citizens.
What is the treasurer?
100
These laws deal with relationships among or between people.
What is civil law?
200
This tax is paid on specific items, such as gasoline and alcohol.
What is excise tax?
200
This parish official is the chief law enforcement officer.
What is the sheriff?
200
These are the people legislators represent.
What are constituents?
200
This official keeps the official records of the state and supervises elections.
What is the secretary of state?
200
This is the highest court in the state.
What is the Louisiana supreme court?
300
This tax is paid for removing natural resources from the state.
What is severance tax?
300
This word means to try to influence a legislator about a law.
What is lobbying?
300
These are the actions a governor can take on a bill.
What is signing a bill, vetoing a bill, or allowing a bill to become a law without a signature?
300
This is the maximum number of terms the governor may serve.
What is two consecutive terms?
300
This refers to a less serious crime, such as littering.
What is a misdemeanor?
400
This excuses part of the home's value from the property tax calculation.
What is homestead exemption?
400
This party has the most registered voters in Louisiana.
What is the Democratic Party?
400
This group of people, from both the house and senate, works out differences between the house and senate bill and submits the bill back to both chambers for another vote.
What is a conference committee?
400
This department is headed by the lieutenant governor.
What is the State Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism?
400
These courts are the main trial courts for the state.
What are district courts?
500
These are paid to the landowner by a company extracting oil or gas.
What are royalties?
500
This is the election in which all candidates from all parties compete.
What is an open primary?
500
This elected officer presides over sessions in the house.
What is the speaker of the house?
500
These are the main duties of the governor.
What is submitting a budget, appointing citizens to boards and commissions, passing administration bills, and calling special sessions?
500
This is the number of people who serve on a grand jury.