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| relative to a two-house legislative body |
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| a grant of money to s state or local government for a general purpoes. |
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| ONE USUALLY INVOLVING A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS |
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| the care and protection of natural resources, including the land, the lake, ricers, and forests: oil, natural fas, and other enrgy sources: and wildlife. |
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| constitutional commission |
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| group of experts appointed to stuy a state constitution and recommend changes |
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| constitutional convention |
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| a gathering of citizens elected to consider changing or replacing a constitution. |
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| a document that gives a corporations legal status |
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| one in which the state brings charges against a citizen for violating the law. |
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| tax on the manufacture, transportation, sale ,or consumption of certain items such as gasoline, liquor, or cigarettes. |
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| the legal procedure through which a person accused of a crime who has fled to another state is returned to the state where the crime took place. |
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| money that is payed to the federal government |
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| a sentence that requires an offender to stay at home except for certain functions the court permits. |
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| a method y which citizens propose a constituitional amendment or law |
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| intergovernmental revenue |
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| revenue distributed by one level of government to another. |
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| the oiwer to turn fown a particular item in a bill without vetoing the entire bill |
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| the presiding officer of the upper house in some state legislatures |
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| a formal order given by a higher authority |
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| a system of fixed, required terms of imprisonment for certain types of crimes. |
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| means by which a prisoner is allowed to serve the rest of a sentence in the community under the supervision od a parole officer. |
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| the largest number of votes in an election |
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| tax based on taxpayer's ability to pay |
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| tax that is assessed at the same rate for everyone. |
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| an organization that supplies such neccessities as electricity, gas, or telephone service. |
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| tax whereby people with lower incomes pay a larger portion of their income. |
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| a prison program incolving shorter sentences in a highly structered environment where offenders participate in work, community service, education, and counseling. |
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| program designed to show young offenders how terrible prison life is, by means of brief incarceration followed by supervised release. |
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| unemployment compensation |
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| payments by a state to workers who lose their jobs. |
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| a program in many states whereby the state government provides financial aid to victims of certain crimes. |
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| payments by a state to people who are unable to work as a result of a job-related injury or ill health. |
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