Government, Juveniles, Georgia Law Flashcards
Enforcer of law branch
Executive
Length of term for governor
4 years
Governors can serve ____ (#) terms
2
Able to appoint state officials
Executive (governor)
Send requests and messages to legislature
Legislative (governor)
Sign bills into law
Legislative (governor)
Can call special sessions of legislature
Legislative (governor)
make sure laws are enforced
Executive (governor)
Pardon persons convicted of crimes
Judicial (governor)
Appoint state justices to fill unexpired terms
Judicial (governor)
In the event of a governors death, resignation, or impeach, the ______ _______ becomes governor
Lieutenant governor
Presiding officer of the state senate
Lieutenant governor
Who is the states chief executive
Governor
Serves as governor when the governor is out of state
Lieutenant governor
Branch that makes laws
Legislative
Georgia general assembly meets for ____ (#) days
40
Makes Georgia general assembly committee appointments
Lieutenant governor
Presiding officer of House of Representatives
Speaker of the house
Will be governor if governor and lieutenant governor are incapacitated
Speaker of the house
Members of the Georgia house and senate are organized into ________ (kind of group)
Committees
All bills must be reviewed by ________ or_______ before brought to the whole house or voted on
House or senate
Bills must not be changed after reviewed or _______
They must be reviewed again
House and senate members compromise a bill that has different versions approvals in the house and senate (committee)
Conference committee
Spending public money
Appropriation
Appropriation bills must originate in the
House
Branch that interprets the law
Judicial
Interprets state constitution
Judicial branch
Protect legal rights of citizens (branch)
Judicial branch
Enforce law of the state branch
Judicial branch
The range of actions over which the court has control or influence
Jurisdiction
A serious crime like burglary, punishable by more than ____ year(s) in prison and a fine of at least $______
Felony, 1, 1000
A less serious crime punishable by less than 1 year in prison and a fine of less than $1000
Misdemeanor
Cases involving violations of the law
Criminal law
Disputes between two or more persons or groups
Civil law
Group of citizens who determine whether or not there is sufficient evidence for a person accused of a crime to be indicted and tried in court
Grand jury
Deals with the wills and estates of deceased persons, may have a jury
Probate court
Only here civil cases involving sums under $15,000, bad checks, arrest warrants, etc., no jury
Magistrate court
Handles cases involving persons under the age of 17
Juvenile court
Can hear almost any civil and criminal case, judge and jury
Superior court
Jurisdiction over misdemeanor violation in civil cases, judge and jury
State courts
12 judges in panels of three to hear cases, no jury
Court of Appeals
The highest ranking court in Georgia court system
Supreme Court
How many Supreme Court justices are elected by popular vote
7
How long or terms of Supreme Court Justices
Six years
The Supreme Court is a(n) ______ court
Appellate
Means only reviews cases on appeal from lower ranking courts
Appellate
The Supreme Court automatically reviews all Georgia cases involving the _______ _________
Death penalty
Make sure one branch does not become too powerful
Separation of power and checks and balances
Citizens under the age of 17
Juveniles
Failure to attend school
Truancy
An act that would be considered a crime is committed by an adult
Delinquent act
And act that would not be considered a crime is committed by an adult
Status offense
Running away, truancy, and disobedience are examples of _______ behavior
Unruly
The city and county merge to reduce the expense of duplicated services and become one service provider with the single government
Consolidated government
Created for a single job or group tasks (School systems)
Special-purpose district
Additional sales tax, approved by popular vote to finance specific local projects over a five-year period
Special-purpose local option sales tax
Property tax and personal tax
Ad valorem tax
The county and City governments are funded primarily through ______ taxes
Property
Largest branch of state government
Executive
