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32 Cards in this Set
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An executive branch in which power and policy implementation are divided among several executive agencies rather than centralized under one person; the governor does not get to ppoint most agency heads.
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Plural executive
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The constitutional declaration that the lieutenant governor succeeds to the governorship of there is a vacancy
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succession
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The governor in his or her role as the official head representing the state fo Texas in its relationships with the national gov., other states, and foreign dignitaries.
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Chief of state
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The governor, as the top official of te executive branch of the Texas state government
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Chief executive officer
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The governor in his or her role as head of the state militia
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Commander in chief
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The governor, who is charged with preparing the state budget proposal for the legislature
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chief budget officer
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The governor's authority to reduce the legnth of a person's prison sentence.
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clemency
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Message that the governor delivers to the legislature, pronouncing policy goals, budget priorities, and authorizations for the legislature to act.
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Governor's message
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A process by which a governor, when selecting an appointee, defers to the state senator in whose district the nominee resides
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senatorial courtesy
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Higher and lower numbers, respectively, than would be expected from a group in comparison with that group's numbers in the general population
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overrepresentation and underrepresentation
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The elected offical who is the chief counsel for the state of Texas
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attorney general
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The elected official who is the state's tax collector.
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Comptroller of public accounts
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The elected official responsible for managing and leasing the state's property, including oil, gas, and mineral interests
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Land commissioner
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The elected state offical in charge of regulating and promoting agriculture.
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Agriculture commissioner
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Terms of office for members of boards and commissions that begin and end at different times, so thta a governor is a majority of the body for a long time
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Staggered terms
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A full-time, three-memebr paid commission elected bythe people to regulate oil and gas and some transportation entities
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Railroad commission
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The fifteen-member elected body that sets some education policy for the state and has limited authority to oversee the Texas Education Agency and local school districts.
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State Board of Education
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The state agency that oversees local school districts and disburses state funds to districts.
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Texas Education Agency
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A statute containing Texas's rule-making process
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Administrative Procedures Act
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The state official appointed by the governor to be the keeper of the state's records, such as state laws, election data and filings, public notifacations, and corporate characters.
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Texas secretary of state
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A full-time, three-memeber paid commission appointed by the governor to regulate public utilities in Texas
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Public Utility Commission
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A government commission recieving petitions from companies or individuals, hearing evidence in a hearing similar to a judicial proceeding, and ruling on the petition.
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Quasi-judicial
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A full-time, three-memebr paid commission appointed by the governor to adminsiter the state's enviornmental programs. (Formerly the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission)
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Texas Commission on Enviornmental Quality
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The official appointed by the governor to direct the Department of Insurance and regulate the insurance industry
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insurance commissioner
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The official appointed by the governor to oversee the state's multi-agency healthand human service programs
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executive commissioner fo health and human services commission
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A government regulatory agency that consistently makes decisions favorable to the private interests that it regulates.
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captutred agency
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Officials appointed by the governor to represent the public before regulatory agencies.
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Public councels
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A law that sets a date for a program or regularization to expire unless reauthorized by the legislature
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sunset law
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A term used for policies that open up agencies to public participation and scrutiny and that minimize conflicts of interest.
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good government
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A unit of measurement for number of employees
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Full-time equivalent (FTE)
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AN exchange of personnel between private interests and public regulators.
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revloving door
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AN exchange of personnel between private interests and public regulators.
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revloving door
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