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| local governments ( school districts,water,hospitals) |
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| relationships between different govts. they may be on the same or diff levels |
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| a local govt for an incorporated community established by law as a city |
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| municipality with a character prescribed by the legislature |
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| municipality with a locallay drafted character |
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| a local law enacted by a city council or approved by popular vote in referendum election |
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| a process for removing elected officals through a pop. vote. in tx this power is available only at the local level not the stae |
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| a citizen drafted measure proposed by a specific number of percentage qualified voters. which becomes law if approved by pop vote. in tx this process occurs only at local level |
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| a process by which issues are referred to the voters to acept or reject. voters may also petition for avote to repeal an existing ordinance. in tx this process occurs at the local level. at the state level bons secured by taxes and state const amendments must be approved by the voters |
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| strong mayor council form |
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| a type of municpal govt with a separately elected legislative body and an executive head elected in a citywide election with a veto, appt, and removal powers |
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| a type of municpal govt with a seoaretly eleceted mayor and council but the mayor shares appointive and removal powers with the coincilwhich can override the mayors veto |
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| a type of municpal govt with a seoaretly eleceted mayor and council but the mayor shares appointive and removal powers with the coincilwhich can override the mayors veto |
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| a system of municipal govt in which an elected city coincil hires a manager to coordinate budgetary matters and supervise administrative depts |
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| a system of municipal govt in which an elected city coincil hires a manager to coordinate budgetary matters and supervise administrative depts |
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| social scientists distinguish between the middle class composed of people from white collor jobs and the working calss composed of blue collar jobs |
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| social scientists distinguish between the middle class composed of people from white collor jobs and the working calss composed of blue collar jobs |
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| a type of municpal govt in which each elected commisioner is a member of the citys policy making body but also heads and administtrative dept (publidc savfety) |
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| a type of municpal govt in which each elected commisioner is a member of the citys policy making body but also heads and administtrative dept (publidc savfety) |
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| an election in which candiadates are not identified on the ballot by party label |
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| an election in which candiadates are not identified on the ballot by party label |
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| the redrawing of districts after every 10 yr census occurs at all levels |
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| members of a policymaking body such as some city councils are elected on a citywide badid rather than from single member districts |
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| single member district election |
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| voters in an area elect one representative to serve on a policy making bofy |
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