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17 Cards in this Set
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Office of the Governor |
known as the chief executive and has less formal powers than most governors |
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Legislative Power |
Message (Platform), veto power, special session |
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Formal Powers (few)
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Persuasion, Personality and Media |
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Formal Qualifications |
30 years old, Resident of Texas for 5 years, US Citizen |
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Informal Qualifications |
Born in Texas, Charismatic, White Man, Wealthy, Christian |
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Line of succession |
Lieutenant Governor, Senate president pro tempore, speaker of the house, Attorney General, (not as important) Chief Justices |
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Term of office |
4 year term, no limit to times they can be re-elected |
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Removal |
First you go through Texas House with majority vote than one or more impeachment articles most be approved by 2/3 of the Senate vote |
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Appointment power |
Mostsignificant power, highest governor can appoint is Secretary of State |
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Veto power |
Skillful governor can use the threat of the veto to influence legislation |
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Line item veto |
Skillfulgovernor can use the threat of the veto to influence legislation |
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Executive Order |
issuesthem to advance their agenda, used to set policy within the executive branch |
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Judicial Powers for Governor |
Appointment |
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Budgetary powers |
workswith legislative board to make 2 budgets, then is required to distribute toeach legislator before State of State address |
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Special Sessions |
No restriction on number of sessions called (30 days) |
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Clemency |
Power to pardon, commute, or parole a sentence |
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State of the State address |
speech customarily given once each year by the governors of each of the statesof the United States |
