Unit 11 SG Local & State Government of GA

Unit 11 SG Local & State Government of GA

1.The 2 houses that make up GA’s State Legislature or the GA General Assembly are the House of Representatives and the Senate.

2. What are the qualifications for being a GA Representative or a Senator?

- Age House: 21 Senate: 25

- US Citizen & GA resident for 2 years

- Resident of district for at least 1 year

3. What is the title for the leader of the House of Representatives? Speaker of the House

4. What is the title for the leader of the Senate? Lt. Governor

5. List the main job for each branch of GA’s state government:

- Legislative: ______Makes laws

- Executive: ______Enforces laws

- Judicial: ______Interprets laws

6. What are the qualifications for being a Governor of GA?

- Age: 30

-US Citizen for at least 15 years

-GA resident for at least 6 years

7. What are of GA’s Executive “Major Policy Areas”? Education, Human Services, Public Safety, Transportation, Natural Resources

8. What must happen for a person to go to an Appellate Court? Must go to a Trial Court first

9. What are 3 courts found in each of GA’s counties? Probate, Magistrate, & Juvenile

10. Minor crimes are called felonies, and major crimes are called misdemeanors.False

11. Criminal law involves a __crime___. Civil law involves someone doing __wrong___.

12. The person who complains about another person doing them wrong is the ___plaintiff______in a Civil Case.

13. The person who has supposedly done wrong is the ___defendant___ in a Civil Case.

14. What happens to a bill if the Governor does the following:

Signs It: ______Becomes a law

Ignores It: ______Becomes a law

Vetoes It: ______Dies unless it is overridden with 2/3 vote in the General Assembly

15. After the American Revolution “Parishes” became “Counties.” How many counties are in GA? 159

16. What are the functions of the County Government?

- keep track of land ownership, auto registration, manage marriage licenses

- Register voters, build/maintain roads, operate local courts

- Operates local school system

17. How is the local school system paid for? Property Tax Revenue

18. What is an example of County Government? Sheriff’s Dept.

19. What is another name for a city or a town? Municipality

20. When citizens demand more services from government, what is the result? Taxes increase

21. What is a special government created to serve a specific need? Special Purpose District

22. What is GA’s largest revenue source? Personal Income Tax

23. What are the 3 forms of city government? Council Manager, Strong Mayor Council, Weak Mayor Council

24. Crimes such as rape, murder, and grand theft are considered to be __felonies_____.

25. List the steps of how a bill becomes a law.

Starting in Seante:

1. Committee
2. Senate Floor
3. House of Representatives
4. Governor

Starting in H.O.R.:

1. Committee
2. House of Rep. Floor
3. Senate
4. Governor

26. List the steps of the pretrial AND trial of the Adult Judicial System.

Pretrial:

- Arrest, Booking, Initial Appearance, Preliminary Hearing, Grand Jury Indictment, Arraignment, Possible Plea Bargain

Trial:

- Jury Selection, Opening Statements, Presentation of Evidence, Closing Statements, Jury Deliberation and Verdict, Sentencing

27. List the steps of the Juvenile Judicial System.

- Intake, Detention Hearing, Adjudicatory Hearing, Dispositional Hearing

28. List the 7 Delinquent Behaviors.

- Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, Armed Robbery, Rape, Aggravated Sexual Battery, Aggravated Child Molestation, Aggravated Sodomy

29. What is a status offense? Offense that would not be a crime if committed by an adult

30. What is informal adjustment? Period of time where a child is under careful oversight of the court