Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. County _____ receives and pays all county funds authorized by the Commissioners Court.
  2. 4. ____ taxes is where everyone pays the same % regardless of their income.
  3. 6. All death penalty convictions receive an automatic appeal hearing in Texas's Criminal Court of Appeals.
  4. 8. where the legislature proposes an ordinance and the voters approve or reject it.
  5. 10. The Timothy Cole _______ Review Commission try to identify patterns in wrongful convictions.
  6. 13. ____ (acronym) was created in 1949 and handles most routine decision-making about public education.
  7. 14. is a form of organization characterized by a hierarchical set of offices, each with a specific task, controlled through a clear chain of command.
  8. 17. The _______ justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions whose goals are to identify and catch unlawful individuals and to inflict a form of punishment on them.
  9. 18. Legal _______ provides up to 50-percent legal services to those who seek it.
  10. 19. County ______ maintain records and files for the county court and vital statistics
  11. 20. ___ V San Antonio argued that Texas school finance led to disparities in funding across ISDs.
  12. 22. County _______ represents the stat in civil and criminal cases
  13. 23. __ people are more likely to be the victims of physical violence than any other minority.
  14. 24. __ crimes are defined as criminal acts against another person motivated by bias or prejudice against a group of which the victim was a member.
  15. 25. The Public ______ Commission regulates public utilities such as phone services.
  16. 29. __ is money or collateral that a defendant puts up as a guarantee that he or she will show up for the trial and allows the defeants to be released from jail while waiting trail.
  17. 30. The Texas _____ Commission is a state agency that offers services to workers and employers.
  18. 31. the person who can directly appoint the executive directors of the Health and Human Sevice Commission and Texas Education Agency.
  19. 32. ____ laws are laws passed to reduce the local decision-making.
  20. 33. _____ districts are local governments bodies that usually have one function and serves a particular group of people in a particular geographic area.
  21. 35. ____ policy is regarding the taxing and spending of a government.
Down
  1. 2. The ______ review process is under which each state agency is reviewed at least once every 12 years to decide if it should be abolished, reorganized, or retained.
  2. 3. Two bureaucracies that are in charge of supervising convicts include the Community Justice Assitance Division and ____ Division
  3. 5. ___-law city must have a population more than 5,000 people.
  4. 7. ______ misconduct is the failure to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defense.
  5. 8. The _______ Commission grants permits for drilling oil and gas wells.
  6. 9. ___-law city must have a population of at least 201 people.
  7. 11. The American Reinvestment and _____ Act was signed in 2009 to create jobs.
  8. 12. establishes the institution of a city government and powers of municipal officers.
  9. 15. Texas has a __ budgeting system.
  10. 16. The ____ Gap is the difference in the amount of justice those who can pay get versus those who cannot.
  11. 18. County ____ checks the books and accounts of all officials who handle county funds.
  12. 21. ________ compensation payroll taxes are levied a portion of the compensation paid by the employer and fund unemployment insurance benefits.
  13. 26. The Texas Legislature passed a bill that required ___-based budgeting
  14. 27. ____ taxes is where higher income earners or wealthier pays a larger %
  15. 28. ____ taxes is where lower income earners pay a higher % of income than higher income earners
  16. 29. ___ is a significant source of income for Texas' charities.
  17. 34. ___ punishment is the death penalty.