Exam 10: Local Government in Texas

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A) law enforcement.
B) bridge and road construction.
C) flood control.
D) record keeping.
E) county tax rates.

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A) It is the most popular form of city government in Texas.
B) No city in Texas today has a pure commissioner system, but a handful claim a variation of the system.
C) While less popular than the mayor-council system, over 100 cities in Texas today use the commissioner style.
D) Commissioner systems have never been used in Texas.
E) About half the cities in Texas use a pure commissioner form of government.

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A) Commissioners are generally elected on an at-large basis.
B) The commissioner form of government does not have separately elected mayors.
C) The commissioner form of government was designed to bring good business practices into local government.
D) The commissioner form of government is currently popular among the largest cities in Texas.
E) In the commissioner form of government, the commission acts in both legislative and executive capacities.

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A) county government
B) municipal government
C) special districts
D) city government
E) state government

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A) end of Reconstruction in 1876.
B) hurricane at Galveston in 1900.
C) Great Depression of 1929.
D) discovery of oil in 1901.
E) tornado at Wichita Falls in 1978.

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A) the expense of city police salaries
B) the financial burden of capital murder trials
C) the spiraling costs of public education
D) the growing number of constables being employed at the county level
E) unexpected road and bridge maintenance

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A) County judges administer all special districts within their jurisdiction.
B) They are run by a board elected by residents within the district.
C) For each special district, the governor appoints members to a review board.
D) They are run by special district administrators who answer directly to the state legislature.
E) The county commissioners' court administers all special districts within its jurisdiction.

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A) the Texas legislature
B) the governor
C) Texas voters in the areas that will be covered
D) the county commissioners' court, with local voter approval
E) city councils

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A) in the Texas Constitution.
B) in municipalities.
C) in the federal government.
D) with Texas legislators.
E) in the county charter.

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A) They are a board that establishes new special districts when needed.
B) They are a regional board meant to coordinate local planning and economic development.
C) They are a tax board meant to establish local property tax rates.
D) They are an administrative board that runs utility districts in rural areas.
E) They are a regional board meant to establish user fees for regional waterways and recreational areas.

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A) sheriff.
B) constable.
C) justice of the peace.
D) city police chief.
E) county attorney.

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A) State investigations have discovered numerous "phantom districts" that do not provide a service, yet bill the local counties for administrative costs.
B) Real estate developers have moved a few people onto land, rent free, who then vote for huge bond measures that future residents are obliged to pay.
C) The special districts for homeland security throughout Texas were uncoordinated and ill- prepared for September 11, 2001.
D) There has been widespread corruption among board members receiving bribes from citizens to lower their user fees.
E) Some districts have dealt with people buying property just outside the district boundaries and then demanding services from the district without having to pay for them.

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A) mayor-council
B) council-manager
C) commissioner
D) council-mayor
E) at-large

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A) constable
B) sheriff
C) county judge
D) county commissioners' court
E) city council

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A) They create and regulate cities.
B) They act as legislative bodies, making most of the local laws.
C) They provide the main form of government in rural areas.
D) They have very broad governmental powers.
E) There are generally more county governments in Texas than any other form of government.

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