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Performance

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Expenditure by workload or presentation of unit cost by activity

Primary organizational feature: tasks, activities, or direct output performed

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Line item

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Expenditure by commodity or resources purchased

Primary organizational feature: resource purchased

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Powerful major/non powerful major

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Developing and making policy

  • pork barrel projects
  • marshaling legislative action
  • management
  • master of ceremonies
  • coordinating intergovernmental relations
  • promoting economic development
  • leading the political party
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HR speaker

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Presiding officer and majority party’s chief leader in the state legislature

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Senate president

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Presiding officer in the state senates when the lieutenant governor does not preside.

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Standing committee

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Legislative committees that have some permanence, usually across legislative sessions

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Joint committees

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Committee made up of members of both parties some temporary, some permanent

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Conference committee

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Special type of committee made up of members of both houses that work out differences on legislation

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Interim committees

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Designed to get a head start on the legislative session

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Make laws?

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Governor signs bills into law and legislature has the opportunity to veto

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Approve budgets

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Legislators possess the power of the purse, they determine what will be taxed

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Serve constituents

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Provide casework which includes information for constituent programs and may intercede on behalf of constituents.

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Oversight

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Legislators oversee the operation of the bureaucracy and the executive branch agencies. Their primary purpose is to ensure implementation according to legislative intent

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How bill becomes a law

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  1. Drafting of bills
  2. Introduction of bills
  3. Reference to committee
  4. Consideration by 1st house
  5. Consideration by 2nd house
  6. Concurrence in amendments
  7. Enrollment, ratification, and publication
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Functionality

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More efficient with better organization

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Accountability

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Being responsive to the public it represents, open access to the public

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Informed

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Having the information necessary to make knowledgeable choices

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Independent

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Making decisions without executive influence

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Representative

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Reflects the diversity of the electorate “ one man one vote” principle

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Delegate

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Vote the way constituents request

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Trustee

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Legislator who takes in all considerations and make his best judgment

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Politico

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A legislator who functions as a delegate or trustee, depending on situation

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District/state difference

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Legislators represent districts while the governor represents the interests of the entire state.

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Piecemeal/comprehensive difference

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Legislators follow certain pieces of legislation, focusing on particular bills of interest.

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The compromise/ coherence difference
Legislators thrive on compromise and accommodation taking support for discrete legislation
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The short range/ long range difference
Legislative perspective is immediate; governor takes a longer term view, the administration is responsible for implementation of policy
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The collective responsibility/ individual responsibility
Legislature acts as a whole and share responsibility; difficult to hold entire legislature responsible
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Secretary of State
Responsible for notary publics, regular -regular corporations and trademarks - determine eligibility of political parties and candidates - conduct vote registrations programs - publish statutes, registers driver licenses, publish state constitutions, files rules and regulations
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Lt. Governor
Orderly succession to the governorship if they were unable to fill out a term of if they are out of the state or incapacitated
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Continuation budget
That provides for the continuing level of service of existing programs
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Expansion budget
That provides for expansion of existing programs, new programs, and salary increases and/or benefits for teachers and state employees
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Capital improvement budget
That provides for construction of new facilities, repair and renovations to existing facilities, major equipment purchases, land purchases and improvements to infrastructure
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Information technology budget
That provides for the request of information technology of 100,000 or greater, and a description of the request and its relationship to the agency's present or future technical infrastructure
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Civil law
Crimes that relate to contractual and liability relationships between organizations, between individuals and organizations
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Criminal law
Crimes against person and property that with fundamental law and order in a society
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Grand jury
Panel assembled to consider whether enough evidence exists to issue an indictment
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Indictment
A formal charge accusing someone of committing a crime
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Out of court settlement
When the parties in a civil suit agreed on how to resolve a dispute after formal complaints are filed but before a judge or jury announces decision
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Plea bargain
When someone admits guilt of a crime or crimes in order to avoid being charged or tried for a crime or crimes that carry more severe penalties
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Deposition
A statement made under oath, prior to a trail, in response to questions orally posed by the attorney of one side to a witness or party on the other side of a legal dispute
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Affidavit
A sworn written statement which may be used in a court proceeding
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Restraining order
Court directive prohibiting one party from being in certain places or engaging in certain behaviors, usually issued while a dispute is being resolved
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Injunction
A court directive to an individual or organization either to do or not to a particular act
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Judicial activism in the state
State supreme courts have become increasingly more active in creating public policy
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Problems with activism
Lack of expertise in many areas, decisions with financial impacts and many issues should not be decided state by state, but applicable to all
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Attorney General
State's chief legal counsel, the AG renders formal legal opinions, provides advice for legislation for the governor

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