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How much does our governor make in salary?

$ 150, 000

How many state employees does the Attorney General office have ?

3,700

In Texas the Comptroller also serves as the...

A chief tax collector, revenue forecaster, and investor of state funds.

What are the formal qualifications to being governor ?

Age: 30 years old, Citizen of the United States, the resident of the state for 5 years preceding election, no requirements to be a registered voter.

Does the Attorney General deal with criminal or civil cases?

Civil Cases

What are the informal Qualifications to being governor?

Have to have a political experience,Whites, Wealthy, well educated , Protestant males.

When did we switch from A two-year term to a four-year term

In the 1972 election but it was not effective in till 1975

Land Commissioner office is responsible for ...

Leasing land and generating funds from oil and gas production.

What are the executive departments?

Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Land Commissioner, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner, the three-member Texas Railroad Commission, the State Board of Education

The Texas Department of Agriculture has six major functions ...

Marketing of Texas agricultural products, development and promotion of agricultural products, pesticide regulation, pest management, product certification and safety inspection, and inspection and certification of measuring devices.

The Comptroller is responsible for collecting ...

More than 60 taxes and other fees for state and collects the sales tax for 1,217 cities, 254 counties, and many other special districts.

Land Commissioner office is also responsible for ...

Overseeing the Veterans' Land Fund, which loans money to texas veterans to purchase rural land.

The Attorney General's office is responsible for...

Representing the state in litigation, enforcing state and federal child support laws, providing legal counsel to state officials, and enforcing state laws.

What are the other benefits to being governor?

Texas gives a home in Austin, auto Mobile with a driver, in airplane,Reimbursements for actual travel expenses, A budget for entertainment, maintaining be governors mansion

Comptroller of Public Accounts has been...

assigned many additional duties over the years and currently functions as the chief fiscal and revenue forecasting office.

Most resources of Attorney General office are devoted to the collection of...

child support payments, collection of delinquent state taxes, administration of the Crime Victims' Compensation program, and investigation of Medicare fraud.

The Texas Department of Agriculture has a ...

duel, and sometimes contradictory, roles of promoting agricultural products and production and regulating agricultural practices, while also protecting the public health from unsafe agricultural.

The Texas railroad commission was created ...

in 1891 under the administration of Governor James S. Hogg to regulate the railroad monopolies that had developed in the state.

Commissioner of Agriculture is elected ...

in a statewide election, heads the department.

What happened in the 1920s ?

oil and natural gas production developed in the state , the task of regulating the exploration, drilling, and production of oil and natural gas was assigned to The Texas railroad commission.

Comptroller is responsible for ...

pre-audit responsibility for ensuring that funds can be spent for specific functions.

When motor truck transport developed in the state,...

regulation of the trucking industry was assigned The Texas railroad commission.

The Attorney General ...

serves as the legal counsel to the governor, the legislature, and most other agencies, boards, and commissions in state government.

The Texas Department of Agriculture was created by

statute in 1907.

The Texas railroad commission was also given regulatory authority over...

terminals , wharves, and express companies.

Land Commissioner was created under ...

the 1836 constitution to administer state-owned land.

Comptroller of Public Accounts was created under ?

the 1876 texas constitution.

Office of Attorney General was created under ?

the 1876 texas constitution.

Land Commissioner office is responsible for maintaining ...

the environmental quality of the state's open beaches along the gulf coast

What happened in 1966 ?

the office of treasurer was abolished, and the Comptroller became responsible for investing state funds.

The Texas railroad commission consists of...

three members who are elected in statewide elections for six-year staggered terms, with one member elected every two years.