GA Government Bailey Smith 3rd Period

Analyze the role of the legislative branch in GA state government 1. Qualifications: U.S. citizen, Georgia resident for 2 years, district resident for 1 year, and age 21/25. Terms: 2 year terms and unlimited consecutive terms Elections: elected by the state population Duties: approve, draft, or veto bills, and speak for the people of their voting district 2. The organization of leadership in the General Assembly is the Senate and the House and then the state speaker of the House, elected by members of the House of Representatives, and the state President of the Senate elected by members of the Senate. The committee system includes the standing committee which lasts the entire term and the special committee which is for one specific task. Interim, conference, and joint committees are also part of the special committee. 3. A proposal of the bill is submitted to the clerk, the bill is assigned to a committee whom considers it, it is sent to the chamber (house/ senate), legislators debate it, it is sent to the other chamber and assigned to a committee then chamber, legislators debate it again, then it is sent to the governor who may sign, veto, or let it become law automatically, and if vetoed it may be passed by a two-thirds vote of the legislature.

Analyze the role of the executive branch in GA state government 1. Qualifications: U.S. citizen for 15 years, legal resident of GA for 6 years, minimum age is 30. Terms: 4 year terms, 2 consecutive terms and a 4-year wait after they are over for governor, and unlimited consecutive terms with no waiting period for lieutenant governor. Election: elected every 4 years Duties: governor duties include formal powers (executive, legislative, and judicial, which are written in the constitution) and informal powers (traditional and not from the constitution). Lieutenant duties include being the presiding officer of the state senate and controlling what happens to bills, becoming chief executive officer temporarily if the governor is out of state, and becomes governor permanently if the governor dies, resigns, or is impeached. 2. The executive branch is organized by the governor and the lieutenant governor, whom control some of the power. Major policy areas of state programs include following the law and tax income.

Analyze the role of the judicial branch in GA state government 1. There are eight different courts, which are the supreme court, the court of appeals, the superior court, the state court, the juvenile court, the probate court, the magistrate court, and the municipal “city” court. There are two types of courts-appellate and trial and each court hears a different type of case. 2. Judges are elected by the people for each court system except for the juvenile judge, who is appointed by the superior court judge. 3. Criminal law is a type of law pertaining to someone over the age of 18 who has committed a crime and civil law is a type of law pertaining to breaking the law other than committing a crime. Both are types of laws that are enforced and used by judges to decide cases.

Analyze the role of the juvenile justice system in GA 1. The juvenile justice system was founded in 1899 in Illinois, in 1911 in Fulton County, Georgia, and made statewide in 1950 to protect juveniles under the age of 18 from adult consequences and to rehabilitate them rather than punish them. 2. The juvenile justice system is used to handle juveniles under the age of 18 and the juvenile courts share jurisdiction with superior courts in capitol offenses, custody, and child support cases. The rights of juveniles when taken into custody are the right to be notified in writing of the charges against them, to be represented by an attorney, to call witnesses, to confront and cross-examine witnesses against them, not to be found guilty solely on the basis of confession, and not to have their names or photographs made public on a first offense unless tried as an adult. The adult system is used to handle adults over the age of 18 and is used to handle adult cases, which do not include the rights that juveniles have. In the criminal justice process, the criminal charged for a crime goes through intake, first appearance, bail, right to counsel, substance abuse evaluations, pre-indictment events, plea bargains, pretrial intervention program, the grand jury, the indictment process, conferences, trials, investigations, reports and sentencing, and finally post-conviction motions. 3. Ways to avoid trouble and settle disputes peacefully could include enacting stricter law enforcement and less harsh consequences for rule-breakers.