Which type of election system has served as the primary means of increasing minority representation on city councils?
Single-member districts
In the strong-mayor system, who is responsible for administration of city policy?
The mayor
Who is the county law enforcement official elected to serve as the process officer of justice of the peace courts and also has general law enforcement powers?
Constable
Which of the following is not a form of local government?
.
Strong manager-council system
Texas cities can keep from being boxed in by suburban "bedroom" cities using their power of
extraterritorial jurisdiction
A rollback election does which of the following?
Voters in nonschool district jurisdictions limit an increase in the property tax rate to no more than 8 percent.
Which of the following allows registered voters to force a sometimes reluctant city council to place a proposed ordinance on the ballot?
Initiative
Property appraisals in all local governments are done by which of the following?
Countywide appraisal authority
_________ is the merging or joining of responsibilities by county and other local governments.
Consolidation
The powers of the city manager come from
a city charter
The relationship between states and local governments follows from the fact that states have a _________ system of government.
unitary
The idea that city hall is best governed by new blood and fresh ideas and that limiting the number of terms for council members in the best way to achieve that goal is known as
term limits
Which city governments have officials who act as both executives and legislators?
commissions
In a weak-mayor form of government, power is
decentralized.
In many cities, some or all of the city council members are elected by voters of the entire municipality rather than from neighborhood districts. This is called a(n)
at-large city elections.
In a council-manager form of government, who is responsible for both executing council policies and managing the day-to-day operations of city government?
The city manager
All of the following statements about county government are true except
Texas counties, like cities, have home-rule provisions.