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State and Local Government Ga. Studies – J. Rogers

Georgia State Government Agencies Office of Governor/Lieutenant Governor Georgia General Assembly – House of Representatives and Senate Secretary of State The Lieutenant Governor presides over the Georgia State Senate of 56 representatives. The Speaker of the House of Reps. would become Governor if he or his Lieutenant Gov. could not fulfill his duties. He is elected by a majority vote and comes from the majority party.

Hierarchy of Government Power National President Congress Military Federal Taxes State Governor General Assembly National Guard State Taxes Local Mayor/City Manager Council/Committee Police Force Local Taxes

Citizen Rights and Responsibilities To vote for government reps. To a fair trial with jury To be a part of a political party To services provided by tax dollars RESPOSIBILITIES: 19 or over register to vote Serve on Jury Duty Know the issues before voting Pay federal and local taxes

How a bill becomes a law Bills are generated on interest groups who request legistlation Introduction of bill can only be made by a member of the House of Reps or Senate Bill are assigned to a committee to be looked over and possibly revise. All legislators are assigned to two or more committees Subcommittees receive the bill to further study it The bill is approved through the house it is in and then send to the other house for he same process to occur A conference committee then works out compromises in the two versions of the bill The bill goes back to the floor to be voted on The bill is sent to the Governor for approval

Assignment All work is due to me on Monday!! Use the Graphic Organizer provided to complete information on local government: Use pages 224-226 of the Old Coach Book and pages 157-159 of the New Coach Book to find your information. Then look up Douglas County, Ga government on the internet to answer the questions For your final Graphic Organizer on “Forms of Municipal Government”, use page 225 of the old Coach book to complete. All work is due to me on Monday!!

Local Government County: County Commissioner Mayor Sheriff Municipal: City Manager Mayor Sheriff Special Purpose districts are created to meet specific needs of the people in a specific county or city such as maintaining rec. parks, rebuilding town squares, setting up housing projects.

County, State, or Special Purpose? Douglas County Board of Education Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners Election Supervision and Records Commissioner of Labor

County, State, or Special Purpose? Douglas County Board of Education – Special Purpose County Parks and Recreation – Special Purpose County Board of Commissioners - County Election Supervision and Records – State Commissioner of Labor - State

Did you know??? The right to an education is NOT provided in the U.S. Constitution The largest part of Georgia’s revenue is spent on Education The Douglas County School Superintendent controls state education funds for Douglas County The Georgia State Motto is “Wisdom, Justice, Moderation”