texas gov crossword

2. A commission created in 1977 for the purpose of reviewing the effectiveness of state agencies.
5. it is the largest city in Texas.
9. a regulation enacted by a city government in each of Texas’s incorporated cities and towns.
11. Elected official who directs the collection of taxes and other revenues and estimate revenues for the budgeting process.
13. is the aggregate of all these ways of financing government and refers to all revenue that goes through agencies, including federal and state programs.
14. money spent by the state to pay off debt; includes interest and principal payments.
15. public official who is the main record-keeper of the county.
16. the major trial courts in Texas, which usually have general jurisdiction over a broad range of civil and criminal cases.

1. ticket voting a method of voting where a voter checks a box by one of the political parties on the ballot, which casts his/her vote for every candidate on the ballot with that political party affiliation.
3. a serious criminal offense, punishable by a prison sentence or a fine. A capital felony is punishable by death or a life sentence.
4. courts local trial courts with limited jurisdiction over violations of city ordinances and very minor criminal misdemeanors.
6. The most important single tax financing Texas government is the sales tax.
7. a specific type of special district that provides public education in a designated area.
8. precinct-level county official involved with serving legal papers and, in some counties, enforcing the law.
10. the legislature’s power to overrule ordinances or actions of local home-rule cities.
12. includes all grants, payments, and reimbursements received from the federal government by state agencies and institutions.