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Term | Definition |
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governor | leader of the executive branch in Virginia |
Lieutenant governor | second in command to the governor and presides over the senate |
attorney general | the lawyer for the commonwealth of Virginia |
Virginia general assembly | the legislative branch of Virginia's state government |
house of delegates | the lower house in Virginia's general assembly |
senate | the upper house in Virginia's general assembly |
biennial | every two years |
bureaucracy | an organization of government departments, agencies, and offices |
cabinent | ad-visors to the governor |
delegate | member of the house of delegates |
enumerated/ expressed poweres | powers that are specifically listed and given to the federal government |
federalism | the division of powers between the states and the federal government |
implied powers | powers not specifically listed in the constitution |
reserved powers | powers that belong to the states |
concurrent powers | powers that the states and the federal government share |
public policy | government response to public issues |
bond | certificates people buy from the government, in which the government agrees to pay back the cost of the bond, plus interest, after a set period of time |
board of supervisiors | the elected group in a county which exercises legislative powers, enacting ordinances, and adopting an annual budget |
charter | a document giving permission to create a local government that provides a plan as to how that government should work |
city manager | oversees the operations of local government |
clerk of circuit court | an elected official of ever locality of Virginia that is in charge of all legal documents from the courts |
city council | an elected group in a city which exercises legislative powers, enacting ordinances, and adopting an annual budget |
Independent city | a city that does not belong to any county that interacts directly with the state government |
Locality | a particular neighborhood, place, or district |
Mayor | the leader of city government that is either elected by voters of by city council members |
ordinances | local laws |
commissioner of the revenue | a local elected representative responsible for the administration of taxed levied by the government |
sheriff | an elected local law enforcement officer |
treasurer | an elected local official responsible for the economy, finance, and revenue |