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The Executive: Plural Executive

The Executive: Plural Executive. The Governor and the Office. Formal Qualifications 30 years old American Citizen Have lived in Texas for five years prior to the election Informal Qualifications Anglo-Saxon Protestant Male Middle-aged Lawyer.

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The Executive: Plural Executive

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  1. The Executive:Plural Executive

  2. The Governor and the Office • Formal Qualifications • 30 years old • American Citizen • Have lived in Texas for five years prior to the election • Informal Qualifications • Anglo-Saxon • Protestant • Male • Middle-aged • Lawyer

  3. Table 6.1 – Terms and Qualifications of Elected Chief Executives Source: The Book of States 2002 (Lexington, KY: Council of State Governments, 2000), pp. 145-47.

  4. The Governor and the Office • Terms and Tenure • Four-year term • Compensation • $115,345 • Mansion • Expense account • Among highest paid in the nation • Staff

  5. The Governor and the Office • Tools of Persuasion • Formal powers • Powers granted by law or the state constitution • Informal powers • Personalities • Public relations • Political climate • Political strength

  6. Legislative Tools The Veto The Item Veto The Threat to Veto Legislators Administrators Lobbyists Special Sessions Message Power State of the State Message Executive Tools of Persuasion Appointive Powers Removal Powers Planning Powers Chief of State Budget Powers Law Enforcement Power Military Powers Clemency Powers The Governor and the Office

  7. The Bureaucracy • Single Elected Administrators • Appointed Executives • Boards and Commissions, including ex officio and appointed boards

  8. The Bureaucracy • Single Elected Administrators • The Lieutenant Governor • The Attorney General • Comptroller of Public Accounts • Commissioner of the Land Office • Commissioner of Agriculture

  9. The Bureaucracy • Appointed Administrators • Secretary of State • Adjutant General • Insurance Commissioner

  10. Elective Boards The Texas Railroad Commission State Board of Education Ex Officio Boards Legislative Redistricting Board Appointed Boards Colleges and Universities Social Service Programs Highway Programs Regulation of Financial Institutions Licensing Boards Other The BureaucracyBoards and Commissions

  11. The Bureaucracy and Public Policy • Bureaucratic Power • The Legislature • Clientele Groups • The Chief Executive • Public Support • Expertise • Administration of the Laws

  12. The Bureaucracy and Public Policy • Bureaucratic Accountability • Elective Accountability • Legislative Accountability • Accountability to the Chief Executive • Accountability to Interest Groups • Administrative Accountability • ombudsman

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