Chapter 10 quiz Govt (exam 4)

The primary sources of funding for special purpose districts are property taxes and user fees.

T.

Community colleges in Texas are allotted their own special purpose districts.

True

County governments are most important for administering rural areas throughout Texas.

True

Home-rule cities are able to set a maximum property tax rate of $2.50 per $100 valuation.

True

San Antonio and Dallas both have council-manager forms of government.

True

The primary sources of funding for special purpose districts are property taxes and user fees.

True

In large Texas counties, the ________ prepares the county budget.

auditor

Commissioner governments are designed to run school districts and other special purpose districts throughout the state.

False

In order to be a general-law city, the population of the city must be larger than 5,000

False

One of the problems with Texas government is that there are no regional councils that promote coordinated planning across local governments.

False

The county commissioners' court is responsible for prosecuting violations of law that occur outside of the city limits but within the county lines.

False

As the number of urban areas grew in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the management of local affairs became such a growing burden on the state legislature that it passed the

Home-Rule Charter Amendment in 1912.

Flood control is managed through special purpose districts because

flooding is seldom contained to a single city or county.

According to the Dillon Rule doctrine,

general-law cities and towns are much more constrained than home-rule cities, and cannot take any action unless explicitly authorized by a law passed by the state.

If you live in a city that can set property tax rates up to $2.50 per $100 valuation and may have the power to annex land adjacent to the city, then you live in a city governed by

home-rule charter.

If you live outside city limits, water, sewer, sanitation, and electricity services are offered by

municipal utility districts (MUDs).

Community college districts and fire-prevention districts are examples of

non-school special purpose districts

Community college districts and fire-prevention districts are examples of

non-school special purpose districts.

Special districts in Texas are primarily paid for by revenue generated by

property taxes and user fees

Suppose you were trying to reform your city's government so that it better reflected the ethnic and racial diversity of your city and with leadership that is more accountable to voters. Which of the following forms of city government would most likely achieve these goals?

a mayor-council form of government with single-member districts

Cities and towns in Texas often see rapid population growth. Such growth requires school districts to quickly expand. In this type of situation, school districts use __________________ to borrow the necessary funds to achieve this goal.

capital appreciation bonds (CABs)

Lesser criminal cases are generally prosecuted by _______________, while the more serious criminal cases tend to be prosecuted by ______________.

county attorneys; district attorneys

Which of the following is the most common form of local government in Texas?

special districts

What type of government is called hidden government because people often do not know it exists?

special purpose districts

In the commissioner form of government,

the legislative and executive functions are performed by the elected commission