TEXAS GOVERNMENT 2306 - EXAM 3 NEWEST ACTUAL
2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT AND GRADED A+)
- Weak Mayor-Council
Weak Mayor-Council have Legislative and Administrative functions. Mayor is a co-equal with council members.
Form of municipal government, which City manager is appointed and implements policy.
- Strong Mayor-Council
- Weak Mayor-Council
- Council-Manager
- None of the Above. - -----Answers----Form of municipal
government, which City manager is appointed and implements policy.
- Council-Manager
Most popular for home-rule cities in Texas. Mayor and council are co-equals in adopting policy. The City manager is appointed and implements policy.
T or F
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Municipal Elections are Partisan elections. - -----Answers---
-FALSE
Municipal elections are Nonpartisan. The ballot does not list candidates political party.
Rule:
County and above are partisan, so anything below county elections are nonpartisan.
T or F
At Large elections is when all voters in the city vote for the official, such as Mayor. - -----Answers----TRUE
At-Large elections all voters int he city vote for the official, such as the Mayor and the Council members in smaller cities.
B .Both the governor and legislature; Texas has a dual budget system.
The Legislative Budget Board (LBB) was created by a 1949 law to
- Recommend appropriations for all agencies of state
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- Provide an estimate of the state's biennial revenues
- Implement the state's new welfare program
- lobby the federal government for more grants-in-aid to the
state. - -----Answers----The Legislative Budget Board (LBB) was created by a 1949 law to
- Recommend appropriations for all agencies of state
government.
One way to reduce the regressive nature of the Texas tax system would be to
- implement a flat tax
- increase the motor fuels tax
- eliminate the oil production and regulation tax
- implement a state income tax - -----Answers----One way
to reduce the regressive nature of the Texas tax system would be to
- implement a state income tax
Federal funds are the ____ largest source of revenue for Texas
- 1st
- 2nd
- 5th
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