Constitution
Texas has had this many constitutions.
What is 8?
This person is the head of the executive branch, and the commander in chief of the Texas National Guard.
The judicial branch is composed of this:
What is a system of courts?
This word, meaning two chambers, best describes the House-Senate system of the Texas Legislature.
What is bicameral?
This level of government is responsible for keeping records, collecting taxes, and running elections.
What is county government?
The currently governing Texas Constitution has this many articles.
What is 17?
This person is the chief lawyer for the state of Texas.
Who is the attorney general?
These are the two categories of legal disputes.
What are Criminal and Civil law?
Texas legislature sessions last this many days.
What is 140?
This kind of tax is responsible for funding most of both county and city governments.
What are property taxes?
The currently governing Constitution of Texas is from this year.
What is 1876?
This is the job of the executive branch.
What is to carry out the laws of the state?
This is a mutually beneficial agreement between the defendant and the state.
What is a plea bargain?
Special sessions of the legislature can only be called by this person for thirty days at a time.
Who is the governor?
This kind of law redistributes revenue from wealthy school districts to poorer school districts.
What is a robinhood law?
The first constitution over Texas was of this nation.
What is the Republic of Mexico?
This is temporary rule by the military, usually in times of great danger or disaster.
What is martial law?
This is an crime, like murder, that can be punished with the death penalty.
What is a capital offense?
This person leads the Texas Senate, but does not vote unless there is a tie.
Who is the lieutenant governor?
This person is hired by some city governments to run the day to day affairs.
What is a city manager?
This is Article 1 of the Texas Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is a power of the governor only to be used on the budget to reject certain parts of it while passing the rest.
What is a line-item veto?
This is a formal charge of wrongdoing submitted by a grand jury.
What is an indictment?
This type of law requires a state agency to be retired unless the legislature votes to renew it.
What is a sunset law?
Texas has this many counties.
What is 254?