POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Texas Ethics Commision II lobbyist Outline of Current Lecture I Legislature II Senate III House of representatives Current Lecture TX has a senate and a house of representatives This is established by the constitution The legislature is the most powerful branch of the TX government b c the constitution sets it up that way Possibly in response to E J Davis so want to take power away from executive branch 150 representatives in the house 55 are democrats 95 republicans 31 senators including LT Gov 12 democrats 19 republicans Legislature creates and debates and enacts laws can talk about bills resolutions Propose constitutional amendments Levy taxes redistrict can impeach and remove judicial and executive offices George D Bush is running for land commissioner Land commissioner determines financing Relates to UT and A M school systems 2 sessions of legislature regular and special sessions Special sections are called by the governor for 30 days at a time can extend and the topics are limited Cannot be called during regular session Regular sessions are mandated by the constitution Last 140 days unlimited topics Legislature must do redistricting as required by the constitution after denial census Some other states designate nonpartisan 3rd party to redistrict Influences of redistricting gerrymandering single member multi member districts Most county s in TX are single member districts There is a push for single member districts so minorities can be heard In 2010 census TX gained 4 districts because of an extra million in population These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Legislature redistricting board will be created to redistrict if it has not been done Restricts legislators from leaving the districts where they are now
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