Constitution itself
The current constitution was adopted in this year
1945
this person is directly in charge of Missouri
the governor
The state Auditor serves a term of how many years?
4
MO legislative body is known as
the general assembly
MO Representatives serve for
2 years
How many branches of the MO gov are there and what is the most common form of local government?
Three
counties
In order to be a governor you must be....?
There are three requirements
30 years old
MO resident for 10 years
US citizen for 15 years
State treasurer serve for two terms of how many years?
4
MO GA has how many houses?
MO has this many counties?
2
114
Speaker of the House
This is how many constitutions MO has had
-this one was the shortest
-the 1865 Constitution reflected what?
4
1820
the Civil War
The governor serves a term of how many years?
4
The AG must be an attorney in which city during their term?
Jefferson City
Primary function of MO Legislative branch is
create laws
The second step of passing a bill into law, who may approve, rewrite or kill a bill is the
Committee
What is the structure of the MO constitution and which part clearly explains that the people establish the constitution and explains why it was created
Preamble, BOR, articles and amendments
preamble
and the Lt. Governor does not receive this one
Liaison with the federal government, recommends laws and budgets and signs/vetoes bills
ability to override the governor's decisions.
MO senator will serve for
4 years
There are how many ppl in THOR
Requirements of THOR (there are 3)
163
must be 24, voter in the state for 2 years, reside in the district they represent for at least one year and have a term limit of 8 years.
County Government does this
Municipal governments do this
City council does this
collect taxes, repairs roads and buildings run the jail, keeps track of births and deaths and marriages
build and care for sidewalks and street lights and run library, parks and local police departments
make the laws and help run city/town.
I borrowed heavily from earlier constitutions, streamlines the executive and judicial branches to better serve the people and meet the needs of the state in the 20th century.
the 1945 Constitution
As the treasurer I manage the states'
money
I am the president of the senate in MO
the Lt. Governor
The leader of the County commission is the
Presiding Commissioner.
The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law of the land is what?
the state motto