Chapter 14 Test

a veto that allows a governor to send a bill back to the legislature with a message requesting a specific amendment

• amendatory veto
• charter
• commission system
• consecutive term limits

a document that provides a framework and detailed account of local government responsibilities and areas of authority

• amendatory veto
• charter
• commission system
• consecutive term limits

an elected commission that serves as the governing body within a given county

• amendatory veto
• charter
• commission system
• consecutive term limits

caps allowing a member of the legislature to serve for only a specified period of time in either the state house or senate and forcing a wait before the member can run again

• amendatory veto
• charter
• commission system
• consecutive term limits

an elected council that appoints an administrator to oversee the operation of the county government

• council administrator system
• council-elected executive system
• council-manager system
• delegate legislator

a county government in which voters elect both the members of the council and the executive

• council administrator system
• council-elected executive system
• council-manager system
• delegate legislator

a structure of government in which elected members of the city council appoint a city manager to carry out administrative functions

• council administrator system
• council-elected executive system
• council-manager system
• delegate legislator

a legislator who represents the will of those who elected the legislator to office and acts in their expressed interest, even when it goes against a personal belief about what is ultimately in the constituency’s best interest

• council administrator system
• council-elected executive system
• council-manager system
• delegate legislator

a legal principle that holds state power and actions above those of local governments and declares state governments to be sovereign relative to local governments

• Dillon’s Rule
• expressed powers
• formal powers
• home rule

those powers specifically provided to the Congress and the president in the U.S. Constitution

• Dillon’s Rule
• expressed powers
• formal powers
• home rule