Civics Chapter 12

a group of people who manage the business of an organization

• board

• municipality

• grant

• ordinance

local rules that divide a community into areas and tell how the land in each area can be used

• municipality

• utilities

• zoning

• home rule

groups of local and state government officials that work

together to meet regional needs

• intergovernmental revenue

• utilities

• property tax

• councils of governments

Local Laws

• ordinances

• municipalities

• home rule

• board

money given by the federal and state governments to local

communities

• property tax

• grant

• intergovernmental revenue

• utilities

a tax on land and buildings

• intergovernmental revenue

• board

• grant

• property tax

a government that serves people who live in an urban area

• board

• utilities

• municipality

• grant

money given by one level of government to another

• property tax

• grant

• ordinance

• intergovernmental revenue

the right of cities and counties to write their own charters

• home rule

• ordinance

• board

• municipality

New England towns have functions most similar to those of a

• district

• village

• county

• country