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Missed Texas constitution in book Texas legislature o Bicameral o House and senate (Texas) o They create the state laws To be texas senator o At least 26 o US citizen o Registered voter o Resident of state for 5 years o And the disrtic you wanyt to represent for 1 House o 21 o us citizen o registered voter o resident for 2 years o district for 1 year Texas senate has district lines house has more people lamar is under phelan (representative) state legislature vote and draw all of the district lines biennial regular sessions (odd numbered years) o no more than 140 days o this is not often part time legislature special sessions can’t exceed 30 days how a law becomes a law o bill is written o bill is read 1st time  makes laws shorter than federal law o sent to a committee depending on the subject matter  mark up  revise add to take awat from bill o floor debate  can filibuster  must talk about the bill  must stand, can’t lean o both house and senate vote o goes to governor o May need a conference committee  If there’s 2 different bills that are similar go to conference for a compromise

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o Governor signs bills into law, or they can veto the bill or they can do a post adjournment veto- veto after legislature is adjourned bc they can’t overturn the veto  Overturn 2/3 vote both houses  Post adjournment they cant vote Leadership o Texas house of representatives > speaker of the house  Runs the house  Not voted by texas, but picked by the representatives  Run debate  Assign people to committee o Texas senate > lieutenant governor  We vote on this person  Votes on bills all the time  Assigns senators to committee  Runs debate

Texas executive Head of executive—governor o Gregg abbot o At least 30 o US citizen o Live in state for 5 years prior to election o Very little constitutional power o Highest paid o Full time o 4 yr terms o no term limit o governor election during mid term  gubernatorial governor>lieutenant governor o they do not run as a team governor has o executive power  appointment power  executive budget o military power

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 national guard o veto power o power to call special sessions of legislature attorney general o lawyer for the state o child support land commissioner o maintain public lands secretary of state o election o corporations o appointed, not elected comptroller o manages our money o estimate bureaucracy o enforce state law o multimember appointed agencies...