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A typical percentage of voter turnout in a Texas municipal election is
10 percent or less
A general law municipality becomes eligible for home-rule status when its population exceeds
5,000
The minimum population necessary for a community to incorporate is
201
A local law is a(n)
ordinance
Initiative, referendum, and recall are limited in Texas to
home-rule cities
A vote to remove an elected official prior to the end of his term and following a citizen petition is called a(n)
recall
The form of municipal government in which the mayor shares authority with a city council and often elected department heads is
weak mayor-council
The forms of municipal government characterized by a dispersed administrative structure are
commission and weak mayor-council
The most popular form of municipal government among Texas home-rule cities is
council-manager
Who makes policy in a council-manager city?
City council
A form of municipal election in which a voter can cast more than one vote for a candidate is
cumulative
Most Texas cities regulate land use within their boundaries through
ordinance-making authority
Under the Texas constitution, counties
are administrative arms of the state
The number of counties in Texas is
254
Which county official has both administrative and judicial responsibilities?
County judge
Colonias are
sub-standard housing tracts located in predominantly Spanish-speaking parts of Texas
A unit of local government performing a single function to a particular group of people in a designated geographic area is a(n)
special district government
The governing body, which constructs and maintains school buildings and selects textbooks, is the
board of trustees for the independent school district