Civics 3.3

Civics 3.3

Authority and Limits of Government Agencies and Public Officials

Open Ended

How is the state and local court system different than the federal court system?

Multiple Choice

Article III, Section 4 of the NC Constitution states that who should be elected to ensure that state laws are faithfully executed.

• Governor

• Lt. Governor

• Sheriff

• Judges

Multiple Select

Check all of the duties of the Lt. Governor.

• Presides over NC Senate

• Votes in tiebreakers

• 1st in line for succession

• Serves four year terms

Poll

Who is the chief law enforcement officer for a county, who is elected for a four year term?

• Sheriff

• Police Chief

Recap

• Article III, Section 4 - duties of the governor

• Article VII, Section 2 - duties of a sheriff

Article IV, Section 2

• established the Judicial Branch

• State - District, Superior, and Appellate Courts

• NC Supreme Court - chief justice and 6 associate justices

• Defines requirements for judges as well as how they are elected and assigned to districts

Article IV

• Section 16 - States that judges should be elected and serve terms of 8 years

• Section 10 - District court judges terms of 4 years

• General Assembly only has the ability to impeach members of the Judiciary

Open Ended

What is a difference between the State and Federal court system?

Multiple Choice

Which is the only type of judge to serve a four year sentence?

• District

• Superior

• Court of Appeals

• NC Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

Superior, Court of Appeals, and NC Supreme Court judges all serve how many years?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Open Ended

Give an example of a state agency and explain does it do.

Open Ended

Which state government agency do you think is the largest and why?

State Government Agencies

• created by Article III, Section 2 - no more than 25

• agencies provide services and perform various roles

• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - largest government agency in NC

• led by a secretary appointed by the Governor

State Government Agencies

• Department of Transportation (DOT)

• DOT provides safe and efficient transportation system

• Article X - real estate and property deeds

• Register of Deeds - office acts as custodian for all land documents

Open Ended

What is one project the DOT is currently working on?

Open Ended

How can records stored and maintained by the Register of Deeds be used?

Open Ended

The NC Constitution requires the General Assembly to approve the governor's budget before it becomes official. What is this an example of?