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Public Works
Finance
Local
State
100
one usually involving a dispute between two or more provate individuals or organizations.
What is Civil Case
100
an organization that supplies such necessites as electricity, gas or telephone service.
What is Public Utility
100
revenue distributed by one level of government to another.
What is Intergovernmental Revenue
100
the phenomenon of new people moving into a neighborhood, forcing out those who live there, and changing the areas
What is Gentrification
100
two-house legislative body
What is Bicameral
200
one in which the state brings charges against a citizen for violating the law.
What is Criminal Case
200
the means a local government uses to regulate the way land and building.
What is Zoning
200
the amount of money an owner may expect to receive if property is sold
What is MArket Value
200
the basic facilities of a city.
What is Infrastructure
200
the largest political subdivision of a state.
What is County
300
a method by which citizens propose a constitutional amendment or a law.
What is Initiative
300
investments in new facilities in an effort to promote economic growth.
What is Revitalization
300
tax in which people with lower incomes pay a larger portion of their income.
What is Regressive Tax
300
the power to turn down a particulr item in a bill without vetoing the entire bill.
What is Item Veto
300
a formall order given by a higher authority,
What is Mandate
400
payments people unable to work as a result of job-related injury or ill health receive.
What is Workers Compensation
400
a type of government that serves several different communities in the same region.
What is Metropolitan Government
400
an urban unit of government chartered by a state.
What is Municipality
500
land and whatever is attached to or growing in it.
What is Real Property
500
a unit of local government that deals wih a specifc function.
What is Special District