State Government
The legislature is made up of 2 houses
What is bicameral
The head of the state's executive branch
Who is the governor?
The dominant unit of local government in most states
What is a county?
Counties vary widely in these
What is size and population?
A county service that Francisco goes to after breaking his ankles in basketball
What is a Hospital?
State Constitutions today give protections of this
What is civil rights?
Introduced by legislators, but may be written by officers and agencies of state and local government
What is a bill?
Where local governments get their power from
What is state government
The 13 English colonies in America borrowed this system and adapted it to their needs
What is the shire system?
The percentage of Americans that lived in cities by 1920; The percentage of Francisco's broken ankle to total ankle
What is 50%?
The 1st State Constitutions are modeled after colonial _________________?
What are charters?
The highest court at the state level
What is the Supreme Court?
Must follow these laws when providing services such as schools, libraries, police, water, and trash collection
What is state and federal laws?
The practice of dividing a city into districts and regulating property uses
What is Zoning?
The money that Francisco would pay the hospital (county service) for his broken ankles
What is a fee?
States provide these to state citizens
What is services?
The state is divided into legislative ______________ that contain roughly the same number of citizens
What are districts?
A type of local government
What are cities and/or counties?
Services the federal government demands but does not give counties money to pay for
What are unfunded mandates?
A county service that Francisco needs to go to because he cannot cope with having his ankle broken
What is Mental Health Services?
Basic support structures such as transportation, communication, and power systems
What is infrastructure?
The state's lawmaking body
What is legislature?
Main source of money for a county
What is property tax?
Counties have the power to make decisions for themselves about what services to provide
What is Home Rule?
A type of Mayor-Council Government that gives the role of mayor little executive power; Francisco's ankles
What is a Weak-Mayor Plan?