Established by Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution of 1876, the office of governor of Texas was created as a state office. It was initially established by the Constitution of 1845 that succeeded the president of the Republic of Texas office. Today the state of Texas is overseen by the chief executive of Texas (the governor) and run by the other branches of the government, one of which is the legislative. The governor has several duties that place his state rank at a status superior to the rest of governmental officers. His duties include signing bills approved by the Legislature, appointing officers to state offices or even declaring special elections for vacant spots in certain elected offices and several other duties. On the other
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Under the House Bill 2, the law prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and clinics be licensed as ambulatory surgery centers and such would require costly renovations to meet the architectural and equipment standards. Aware of the backlash and outcome passing such bill would create; Former Governor Rick Perry with the power invested in him as the chief executive of Texas took it upon himself to pass the bill. On the other hand he vetoes an equal pay bill that was supposed to allow women suffering wage discrimination to take legal action. Both governmental decision to sign and veto defeats the initiative made by the legislative branch, this is because regardless of whatever bill is passed , it all comes down to the governor to determine what gets signed or vetoed. One would wonder why the legislative branch has not attempted to exercise the Texas constitution article 15 …show more content…
A great deal of influence in the Texas government was gained by Former Governor Rick Perry through his use of the power of appointment. Research data shows that more than 2,000 officials selected by the governor are making decisions that affect Texas today. These appointed members are spread around the branches of the government including the legislature expanding the power the governor holds. This is another reason why most laws signed or vetoed by the governor are rarely overridden by the legislature but for this to happen two-thirds of the officers from the house of representative and two-thirds of the members from the senate have to vote to override it as stated in the Texas Constitution Article IV, Section 14. Since most members in the legislative offices were selected and appointed by the governor, the two-third vote is mostly never
Under the House Bill 2, the law prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and clinics be licensed as ambulatory surgery centers and such would require costly renovations to meet the architectural and equipment standards. Aware of the backlash and outcome passing such bill would create; Former Governor Rick Perry with the power invested in him as the chief executive of Texas took it upon himself to pass the bill. On the other hand he vetoes an equal pay bill that was supposed to allow women suffering wage discrimination to take legal action. Both governmental decision to sign and veto defeats the initiative made by the legislative branch, this is because regardless of whatever bill is passed , it all comes down to the governor to determine what gets signed or vetoed. One would wonder why the legislative branch has not attempted to exercise the Texas constitution article 15 …show more content…
A great deal of influence in the Texas government was gained by Former Governor Rick Perry through his use of the power of appointment. Research data shows that more than 2,000 officials selected by the governor are making decisions that affect Texas today. These appointed members are spread around the branches of the government including the legislature expanding the power the governor holds. This is another reason why most laws signed or vetoed by the governor are rarely overridden by the legislature but for this to happen two-thirds of the officers from the house of representative and two-thirds of the members from the senate have to vote to override it as stated in the Texas Constitution Article IV, Section 14. Since most members in the legislative offices were selected and appointed by the governor, the two-third vote is mostly never