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| TEXAS GOVERNOR • Constitutional (formal) requirements: | • At least thirty years of age • Resident of Texas for at least five years • 4 years terms • U.S. citizen |
| TEXAS GOVERNOR • Informal requirements (common characteristics) | • White, Protestant, independently wealthy men, often lawyers with previous political experience, Conservative ideology • Two Women have served as Texas Governor |
| Texas governor | Greg Abbott, since january 20, 2015. Rick Perry dic 20, 2000 to jan 20, 2015 Texas governor is the head of the executive branch of Texas's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Compensation *The current annual salary is $150,000. *The national average for governors is $132,554. *The president earns $400,000 |
| IMPEACHMENT | According to the constitution, the legislature can impeach the governor, the lieutenant governor, attorney general, commissioner of the General Land Office, and comptroller, as well as the judges of the Supreme Court of Texas, Court of Appeals, and District Court. |
| IMPEACHMENT OF THE TEXAS GOVERNOR | Formal procedure to remove an elected official from office for misdeeds or illegal act; In order to impeach the governor, the Texas House of Representatives must approve the articles of impeachment by a simple majority. The Texas House suggests that there is enough evidence to proceed with a trial, which is then conducted by the Texas senate (where conviction requires a two-thirds vote.) Pa Ferguson remains the only governor in the state’s history to be impeached and removed from office. |
| POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: | FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: Executive Roles, Legislative Roles, and Judicial Roles of the Governor OTHER ROLE OR POWER OF THE GOVERNOR The Texas governor fulfills many formal and informal roles. The governor performs a variety of what might otherwise be viewed as ceremonial duties and crisis manager has also become increasingly important. Ex: Since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the governor’s role as crisis manager, War on Terror and Hurricane Katrina MILITARY ROLES Finally, the governor of Texas is commander in "chief of the Texas National Guard" and the "Texas State Guard". The governor appoints the adjutant general to command these units. Ex: If the Texas National Guard is under the direction of the president and unavailable, the Texas State Guard can be called into action for state emergencies, as it was during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. INFORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: popular mandate and political ambition ladder |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: | Executive Roles of the Governor, Legislative Roles of the Governo, and Judicial Roles of the Governor |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 1/3) EXECUTIVE ROLES | “Executive Role”: The governor must work with the state bureaucracy to administer the laws passed by the state legislature. * The plural executive: share administrative powers with other executive branch * Appointment power: Senate approval, Senatorial courtesy, Recess appointments, Removal power. * Budget power: Introduces a rival budget to the Legislative Budget Board, Line-item veto |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 1/3) EXECUTIVE ROLES a) Appointment power of the governor | As governor, Perry has used appointments to find a way around the legislature and significant success in passing his legislative agenda. • “Appointment power”: his or her ability to determine who will occupy key positions within the bureaucracy. * Senate approval: Any appointees must have the approval of the Texas Senate by a two-thirds vote in the Texas Senate. * Senatorial courtesy: The informal requirement that a gubernatorial appointee have approval of the governor own state senator in order to obtain support within the Texas Senate. * Recess appointments: a gubernatorial appointment made while the Texas Senate is not in session; requires Texas Senate approval within ten days of the next legislative session. * Removal power: the power of the governor to remove an appointee; in Texas, the governor may remove his or her own appointees with the consent of two-thirds of the Texas Senate. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 1/3) EXECUTIVE ROLES b) Plural executive power of the governor | The plural executive: In Texas, the governor’s appointment powers have traditionally been limited. * The governor is part of a plural executive, sharing administrative powers with other executive branch or official elected based on popular election rather than gubernatorial appointment, they have own political goals and often work against each other. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 1/3) EXECUTIVE ROLES c) Budget power of the governor | Budget power: the executive’s ability to apply influence on the state’s budget process. *Introduces a rival budget to the Legislative Budget Board *Line-item veto: allows him or her to strike out particular lines in an appropriations bill without vetoing the entire bill. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 2/3) LEGISLATIVE ROLES | >State of the state address >Emergency legislation >Special sessions >Veto powers -Line-item veto -Post-adjournment veto >Executive orders |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 2/3) LEGISLATIVE ROLES a) State of the state address | • the constitutional requirement that the governor address the state legislature about the condition of the state; the state of the state address occurs at the beginning of each legislative session, as well as at the end of the governor’s term. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 2/3) LEGISLATIVE ROLES b) Emergency legislation: | An emergency is anything the governor declares it to be. Ex: Perry announced six emergency items for the state to consider: a bill requiring voters to show identification, a law that restricts the conditions under which state and local governments can claim eminent domain, a bill that requires unsuccessful plaintiffs to pay if they lose their lawsuit, a bill requiring sonograms in order to get an abortion, legislation that would allow local police officers to require proof of citizenship, and a call for the national government to amend the constitution to require a national balanced budget. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 2/3) LEGISLATIVE ROLES c) Special sessions: | Special sessions: Meetings of a legislature that occur at special sessions are called by the governor and last for thirty days. Texans will pay approximately $1 million additional tax dollars for each thirty-day session. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 2/3) LEGISLATIVE ROLES d) Veto powers: (The veto is one of the most important sources of legislative influence for the Texas governor.) | *Veto powers: the formal power of the executive to reject bills that have been passed by the legislature. Legislation passed by the legislature can be signed or vetoed by the governor within ten days. If the governor does neither, the legislation will automatically become law. If the governor chooses to veto legislation, the Texas Legislature needs a two-thirds vote in both houses in order to override the veto. •Line-item veto: • The line-item veto allows the governor to veto a specific line or lines out of an appropriations bill without vetoing the entire bill; in Texas available only on spending bills. •Post-adjournment veto: A post–adjournment veto , or a veto that occurs after the legislature has adjourned, is absolute as there is no way for the legislature to overturn it. Ex: Governor Perry has vetoed an average of forty-five bills a session, vetoed more legislation than any previous governor and regular use of the post–adjournment veto. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 2/3) LEGISLATIVE ROLES e) Executive orders: | *Executive orders: As governor, Perry has used executive orders to circumvent the legislature, but he has also exhibited significant success in passing his legislative agenda. Ex: He required that all sixth-grade girls in Texas public schools receive the human papillomavirus vaccine to decrease the rates of cervical cancer. |
| FORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: 3/3) JUDICIAL ROLES | Judicial Role: • The governor maintains powerful checks over the judiciary membership. ➢"Appointment power over all vacancies": the governor of Texas often makes a significant number of judicial appointments to fill vacancies in between elections, subject to senatorial approval. • Cover the judicial decisions ➢"Clemency" ➢"Board of Pardons and Paroles", which was authorized to recommend pardons in the state. Today, the governor can grant clemency or mercy only with the board. ➢The Governor can independently grant a one-time, thirty-day stay of execution in death penalty cases. |
| INFORMAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR: (the ability of the Texas governor to accomplish a legislative agenda will depend in large part on her or his informal power) | Four important attributes of informal, or personal, power include a governor’s popular mandate, political ambition ladder, personal future as governor, and performance ratings. POPULAR MANDATE: the claim that a newly elected official’s legislative agenda is the will of the people based on a high margin of victory in a general election. POLITICAL AMBITION LADDER: A governor who has worked his or her way up to the state executive position via other state or local offices will have more allies and political savvy than an individual whose first state office is the governorship and who is learning on the job. Ex: Perry began as a member of the Texas House and was elected agriculture commissioner before being lieutenant governor. |
| THE MEMBERS OF THE PLURAL EXECUTIVE | Texas’s fragmented plural executive includes six independently elected offices and one appointed official. • Governor – Greg Abbott • Lieutenant governor- Dan Patrick • Attorney general- Ken Paxton • Comptroller- Glenn Hegar • Agriculture commissioner-Sid Miller • Land commissioner- George P. Bush • Secretary of state- Carlos Cascos (Pending Senate Approval) |
| THE TEXAS BUREAUCRACY Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick $7.000 per year. | • Elected in a statewide election to a four-year term • The presiding officer of the Texas Senate for two consecutive sessions • Assumes the role of governor if the governor leaves the state or for some reason leaves office • Co-chairs the Legislative Budget Board |
| THE TEXAS BUREAUCRACY Attorney General Ken Paxton $150.000 per year. | *Chief legal advisor for the state who represents the state in courts and issues advisory opinions on legal matters to the governor, legislature, and other state agencies. *he is involved in a wide range of issues: • Collects unpaid child support, protecting the elderly population of Texas from false consumer and insurance schemes, and delinquent state taxes • Elected in a statewide election to serve a four-year term • Serves as the legal representation for the state • Charged with ensuring that corporations in Texas comply with state and federal laws. • Issues advisory opinions to the governor’s office, the legislature, or other state agencies |
| THE TEXAS BUREAUCRACY Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar $150,000 per year. in Texas be 18 years old or more and no profesional qualification | • Elected to a four-year term in a statewide election • *Serves as the state’s accountant, auditor, the treasurer and tax collector • *Responsible for collecting a variety of state taxes, fees including higher education fees, vehicle registration fees, and professional fees, and state’s sales tax including fuel tax, franchise tax, alcohol tax, cigarette tax, and hotel tax, to name a few. • Manages and invests state funds • Estimates the amount of revenue the state will generate each year for the legislature |
| THE TEXAS BUREAUCRACY The agriculture commissioner Sid Miller $137,500. is not a constitutionally required position and may be changed by the Texas Legislature at any time. | • Elected to a four-year term in a statewide election • Heads the Department of Agriculture and implements state agricultural law • Inspects the gas station the accuracy of market scales and gas pumps throughout the state • Regulates the use of pesticides and the quality of agricultural products • Promotes agriculture throughout the state, offer financial assistance to farmers in bad economi or natural disaster and provides low-interest loans to farmers to start new farms. * measures scales used in the food industry and retail price scanners to ensure accuracy in these devices. *cupcakes |
| THE TEXAS BUREAUCRACY Land Commissioner George P. Bush $137,500 per year. in texas 18+ | • Elected to a four-year term in a statewide election • Heads the state’s General Land Office, administering the state’s public lands • this office administers state-owned lands, controls the Permanent School Fund, and controls leases for the development of mineral and other resources on public lands; the office is sometimes called the land commissioner. • Makes low-interest loans available to veterans in the state to purchase land and homes. • Oversees major sources of revenue derived from the use of state lands |
| THE TEXAS BUREAUCRACY Secretary of State Carlos Cascos $125,880 (Pending Senate Approval) | • Appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate to a four-year term *this position is responsible for business licensing and regulation and also administrates and supervises elections; also serves as the chief protocol officer of Texas. • Serves as the state’s record keeper for the executive branch, chief protocol officer, and foreign affairs chief. • Maintains a list of lobbyist and campaign contributions, issues corporate charters, certifies notaries public, and keeps the official state seal • Acts as chief administrator for the office of Texas Border and Mexican Affairs Division Division, which is charged with overseeing border issues and Mexican-Texas relations. • Administers elections, including voter registration drives and certifying election results • Designated as the chief international protocol officer who receives international delegations. |
| BOARDS & COMMISSIONS There are close to 300 boards and commissions in the stat. Some boards are elected, others are appointed, and therefore obligated to the governor or the legislative leadership that appointed its members. but Six of the most important are: | Six of the most important state agencies are the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), road, rail, and water traffic. the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Texas State Board of Education, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas. |
| BOARDS & COMMISSIONS The Railroad Commission of Texas | • Composed of three members elected to overlapping six-year terms in staggered statewide elections • By custom, the chair of the commission rotates among commissioners every two years. • The commission oversees oil and natural gas exploration and production, natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline operations, natural gas utilities, LP gas service, and coal and uranium mining. • Most of the commission’s efforts are focused on oil and natural gas exploration and production. |
| BOARDS & COMMISSIONS The State Board of Education The State Board of Education is another example of an elected board , like the Railroad Commission. | • is composed of Fifteen-member board elected in single-member districts across the state • The board approves state curriculum for textbooks, determines passing scores for the state’s educational testing, and manages the Permanent School Fund, a fund set aside to finance education in Texas. • The commissioner of education is appointed by the governor with Senate confirmation from a list of candidates supplied by the board to administer the Texas Education Agency. |
| MERIT BASED SYSTEM | MERIT BASED SYSTEM a system in which people receive government jobs based upon a set of qualifications and formal training; job promotion and pay raises are based upon job performance. 1) This means that government workers are not supposed to treat friends or relatives differently from others. 2)government agencies are hierarchical, with a clear chain of command from entry-level workers up to the head of the agency. 3)there is a division of labor. Certain tasks are assigned to specific individuals to perform, while other tasks are done by other workers. 4)the employees follow standard operating procedures. Guidelines and rules govern how employees carry out their jobs, standardizing routine decisions and limiting the power of employees to make decisions on their own. Note |
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