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LEG BRANCH
EXEC BRANCH
JUD BRANCH
ETC. ETC.
100
Type of Power shared by both the National and the State governments
What is Concurrent power?
100
Proper name of the type of budget approved by the Virginia legislature, the Virginia General Assembly
What is a biennial budget?
100
The state responsibility which the governor shows by calling out the National Guard for help with a hurricane
What is Public Safety
100
Court that hears appellate cases sent to it from the Virginia Circuit Court
What is the Virginia Court of Appeals?
100
Type of power set aside for the state government by the 10th Amendment
What is reserved power?
200
This level provides services to its citizens
What is the local level
200
Names of the two houses of the bicameral Virginia General Assembly
What are the House of Delegates and the Senate?
200
The only Executive in Virginia who is hired
What is the County Manager?
200
Court with judicial review over state laws
What is the Virginia Supreme Court
200
Level of government that gives power to the local governments
What is the state?
300
Public Health, Safety, and Welfare are its major responsibilities
What is State government
300
Laws that Town Councils make
What are ordinances?
300
Executive Head of the Virginia state government
What is the Governor
300
The felony court with original jurisdiction
What is the Virginia Circuit Court?
300
Responsible for operating the county k-12 schools
What is the school board?
400
The division of government between national and state governments
What is Federalism
400
Name of the Legislative branch of Virginia
What is the General Assembly?
400
Name for the local law signed by the mayor of a city or town
What is an ordinance?
400
The court that hears misdemeanor cases and traffic violations
What is the Virginia General District Court
400
Written ordinance in a county charter or a written law in the Virginia Constitution
What is enumerated or expressed?
500
Foreign policy and regulating commerce are its responsibilities
What is the national level (federal level)
500
The name of the local legislative branch of County government
What is the Board of Supervisors?
500
When the Governor of Virginia proposes a new Virginia law or signs a bill into law, he is exercising a role of the Governor.
What is Chief Legislator?
500
The only court in Virginia with a judge and a jury
What is the Virginia Circuit Court?
500
"Mini-constitution" granted to towns, cities, and counties by the Virginia General Assembly
What is a charter?