POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture I The Executive Branch II governor Outline of Current Lecture I Powers of the governor Current Lecture Governor has appointive and removal power Governor can make an appointment when the TX legislature is not in session known as a recess appointment Martial law temporary rule by the military authorities when civil authorities are unable to handle a riot or other civil disorder Governor submits budget to legislature at beginning of each regular session A line item veto action by the governor to eliminate an individual budget item while permitting enactment of other parts of an appropriation bill Executive order governor issues executive orders to set policy within the executive branch and to create task forces council and other bodies Contingency rider authorization for spending state money to finance provisions of a bill if it passes Proclamation a governor s official public announcement Such as a calling a special election or declaring a disaster area Legislative power a power of the governor exercised through messages delivered to the TX legislature vetoes of bills and concurrent resolutions and calls for special sessions of the legislature Message power the governor s state of the state address at the commencement of a legislative session and messages delivered in person or in writing are examples of the guber national exercise of message power to communicate within legislative and the public Veto power authority of the governor to reject a bill or concurrent resolution passed by the legislature 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 Pork barrel politics a legislature tactic to obtain funding for a pet project usually designed to be of special benefit to the legislators district
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