Gov Lap 6 Test

Requirements to vote in Missouri

• Must be 18 years old

• Live in the state/district (Missouri)

• Register to vote 21 days in advance

Hancock Amendment - what it does

• Prevents Missouri Government from increasing the percentage of a resident’s income tax taken as state revenue without voter approval

Largest source of state revenue

• Income tax & sales tax

Missouri Compromise

• Allowed Missouri to attain statehood as a slave state while Maine became a free state

Legislative powers of governor

• Line item veto

• Calling special sessions of General Assembly

• Sign bills into law

  • Veto bills & send them back to the General Assembly

Attorney general and what they do

• Catherine Hanaway

• Represents & provides legal advice to state agencies

• Defends/brings lawsuits on behalf of the State & prepares formal legal opinions

  • Represents the State in litigation at all levels

Jobs of the Secretary of State

• Keeper of the seal of Missouri

• Custodian of public records

• Approves ballot measures to be voted on

  • Organizes state elections

Responsibility of State Treasurer

• Protects taxpayer funds from fraud & abuse

• Manages a small business & agriculture economic development program

  • Administers the state’s tax-advantaged education & disability savings plans

Name of MO Legislature

• Missouri General Assembly

Qualification for MO House of Reps

• Must be 24 years old

• Missouri voter for 2 years

  • District resident for 1 year

Reserved powers of the Missouri General Assembly

• Creating/enacting/rejecting laws & amendments

Age MO Supreme Court Judges retire

• 70 years old

Number of appellate courts in MO

• 3

Type of cases municipal court hears

• Municipal code/ordinance violations & traffic/code violations

What a petit jury decides

• Determines guilt/innocence in criminal cases & civil cases

Qualifications for jury duty in MO

• Must be a Missouri resident

• 21 years old

• Speak English

How a bill is passed in MO

• 1 - Bill is introduced to General Assembly

• 2 - Speaker of the House assigns bill to a committee

• 3 - House votes on bill, and if at least 82 members vote, bill goes to Senate

• 4 - Bill goes to committee in Senate

• 5 - Senate votes on bill, and if it passes, bill goes to governor

• 6 - Governor either signs, vetoes, or doesn’t sign it

Process of impeachment

• 1 - Missouri House of Representatives charges government official with crime

• 2 - Missouri Supreme Court tries cases of impeachment (Senate tries cases if defendant is governor or Supreme Court justice)

• 3 - 5 out of 7 vote needed for conviction

Capital of MO

• Jefferson City

Governor of MO

• Mike Kehoe

Bonus: first capital of MO

• St. Charles