POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I Powers of the governor Outline of Current Lecture I Plural Executive II Officials of the Plural Executive Current Lecture Plural executive the governor elected department heads and the secretary of state as provided by the TX constitution The Lt Gov is popularly elected constitutional official who serves as the president of the Senate and is first in the line of succession Lt gov is the most powerful TX official functions in legislative branch Attorney general the constitutional official elected to head the office of the attorney general which represents the state government in lawsuits and provides legal advice to state and local officials Attorney general is on of the most visible and powerful officeholders in TX State s chief lawyer is a major player in making many important public policy decisions Office of the attorney general has about 4000 employees The comptroller of public accounts is an elected constitutional officer responsible for collecting taxes keeping accounts estimating revenue and serving as tresureer for the state One of comptrollers duties id to designate hundreds of TX financial institutions banks savings associations and credit unions Commissioner of the general land office head of the general land office this elected constitutional officer oversees the state s extensive landholdings and related mineral interest especially oil and gas leasing for the benefit of the Permanent School Fund The permanent school fund is financed by oil and gas leases rentals and royalties which provide hundreds of millions of revenue for TX public schools The land office is responsible for awarding leases for oil gas and sulfur found on land owned by the state 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 The commissioner of agriculture elected official whose position is created by statute who head the TX Dept of Agriculture which promotes the sale of agriculture commodities and regulates pesticides aquaculture egg qualities
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