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| texas has wut kind of legislature? |
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| Bicameral legis made up of? |
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| texas house of representatives and senate |
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| how many in texas house of reps? |
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| how many members in senate? |
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| how many yrs r reps elected? |
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| how many yrs r senators elected |
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| a session of the texas legis that beings on the second tuesday in january of odd numbered years and lasts for a max of 140 days |
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| a legislative session called by the governor and limited to not more than 30 days |
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| redrawing of boundaries following the federal decennial census to create districts with approximately equal population |
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| drawing the boundaries of a district to include or exclude certain groups of voters and thus affect election outcomes |
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| base annual salary for texas member of legislature |
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| qualifications of being a member of texas legislature- house of reps |
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21 yrs or older citizen 2 years state resident 1 yr resident of district |
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| qualifications to be in senate |
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26 yrs or older citizen 5 yrs resident of state 1 yr resident of district |
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| basic product of legislature? |
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how many bills considered? how many acutally passed? |
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6,000 considered 1,000-1,500 passed |
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| to obtain info about problems that may require legislation, the legislature has the power to subpoena witnesses to testify, administer oaths, and compel submission of records and documents |
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| involves bringing charges by a simple majority vote of house of members present. resembles the indictment process of a grand jury. |
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| before makin an appointment the governor is expected to obtain approval from the state senator in whose district the prospective appointee resides; failure to obtain such approval will probably cause the senate to "bust" to appointee. |
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| duty of the lieutenant governor |
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-appoints all commitee chairs and vice chairs -appoints senate commitee and standing subcomitee members -determines the senate commitee to which a bill will be sent after introduction -recognizes senators who wish to speak on the senate floor or make a motion -votes to break a tie vite in the senate |
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| duties of speaker of the house |
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-appoints all chairs and vice-chairs of house substantive and procedural commitees -appoints all members of house procedural commitees -appoints house substantive commitee members within limitations of the seniority rule -recognizes members who wish to speak on the house floor or to make a motion -assigns bills and resolutions to house commitees |
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| 34 commitees, appointed by house of speaker, considers bills and resolutions related to the subject identified by its name and may recommend passage of proposed legislation to the appropriate calendar commitee |
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| 6 commitees, these house of commitees consider bills and resolutions relating primarily to internal legislative matters |
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| 2 commitees, creadted independently by the speaker, a select commitee may work on emergency legislation early in a session before substantive commitees are appointed |
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| an organization of legislators who seek to maximize their influence over issues in which they have a common interest |
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