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- 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.
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- 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.