Across
- 3. elected state official who directs the collection of taxes and other revenues and estimates revenues for the budgeting process
- 5. the second-highest elected official in the state and president of the state Senate
- 7. Any communication between the governor and the legislature is part of the message power.
- 9. the complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel
- 11. a legislative session called by the governor that addresses an agenda set by him or her and that lasts no longer than 30 days
- 12. having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses
- 17. A veto of a bill after the legislature adjourns
- 19. occurring every two years
- 22. the state budget prepared and submitted by the governor to the legislature, which indicates the governor’s spending priorities. The executive budget is overshadowed in terms of importance by the legislative budget
- 25. are called to address critical problems as defined by the governor
- 26. an executive branch in which power is fragmented because the election of statewide officeholders is independent of the election of the governor
- 27. an expression of opinion on an issue by a legislative body
- 28. commissioner elected state official who is primarily responsible for enforcing agricultural laws
- 30. a person who is represented by an elected official
Down
- 1. districts a district in which one official is elected rather than multiple officials
- 2. elected state official who serves as the state’s chief civil lawyer
- 4. 140-day period, occurring only in odd-numbered years, during which the Texas legislature meets to consider and pass bills
- 6. affect only units of local government such as a city, a county, special districts, or more than one city in a county
- 8. elected state official who is the manager of most publicly owned lands
- 10. state official, appointed by the governor, whose primary responsibility is administering elections
- 13. the ability to veto individual parts of an appropriations bill
- 14. nonlegislative activities legislators perform to assist people living in their districts, including writing letters of recommendation, giving speeches to civic groups, or working to solve a problem for someone in their community
- 15. daily payment to a public official engaged in state business
- 16. give individuals or corporations an exemption from state law, and are less common than local bills.
- 18. apply to all people and/or property in the state.
- 20. informal requirement that the appointee’s state senator must approve
- 21. the state budget that is prepared and submitted by the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) and that is fully considered by the House and Senate
- 23. a proposed law that has been sponsored by a member of the legislature and submitted to the clerk of the House or Senate
- 24. the governor’s power to turn down legislation; can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate
- 28. the power of the chief executive, whether the president of the United States or the governor of a state, to appoint persons to office
- 29. rewarding supporters by appointing them to office