Local
This grants local governments to operate as a town or city.
What is a charter?
This person is elected and is the head of the Virginia Senate.
Who is the Lt. Governor?
Cheapeake government would develop a public safety/health plan for this type of health crisis.
What is an international health crisis?
A local law is also called this word.
What is an ordinance?
Counties, towns, and cities are all forms of this type of government.
What is local?
This group of people make the rules and laws for a county.
Who is the Board of Supervisors?
This group makes the laws for Virginia.
What is the General Assembly?
In this type of court case, you sue someone for compensation.
What is a civil case?
This court hears cases involving juveniles.
What is Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court?
In order, name the steps for a bill to become a law at the STATE level.
What is
1. Introduce
2. Committee
3. Debate
4. Vote
5. Sign by the Governor?
In Virginia Cities, this group exercises legislative powers and adopts the budget.
Who is the City Council?
State governments exercise power under this amendment to the US Constitution.
What is the 10th Amendment?
In Virginia, where do local governments get their power from?
What is the state?
It is responsibility of this government to promote public health, safety, and welfare.
What is the state?
Powers that are specifically listed in the VA Constitution are called these powers.
What are expressed powers?
This is who oversees the operation of k-12 public schools in a city or county.
Who is the School Board?
This court is the court of final appeal in Virginia.
What is the Virginia Supreme Court?
This court hears misdemeanor cases.
What is General District Court?
This group along with the Senate makes up the legislative branch at the state level.
What is the House of Delegates?
Chief Legislator and Party Chief describe some of the roles played by this person at the state level of government.
Who is the Governor?
This person is the mayor of Chesapeake.
Who is Rick West?
This person is elected to the executive branch like the Governor and Lt. Governor.
Who is the Attorney General?
This is the idea that powers are shared/divided between the state and federal levels of government.
What is Federalism?
This the only state court to have a judge and jury.
What is the Circuit Court?
The governor of Virginia influences policy making by doing these 2 things.
What is signing or vetoing bills?