POLS 2312 Exam 4

First step in policy making process

agenda setting

Redistributive Policy

Moves benefits from one group to the other in attempt to make society more equal

Number of states with no general income tax

9 including Texas

Franchise tax

primary tax on businesses in Texas, which is based on the taxable margin of each company

Cochairs of Legislative Budget Board

the Speaker of the Texas House & the Lieutenant Governor

Largest source of state investment income

the state's Permanent School Fund (PSF), a fund set aside to finance education in Texas

STEM

science techonology engineering mathematics

Ad valorem tax

a tax based on property value, which is subject to periodic appraisals

Example of progressive tax

the federal income tax

State with highest per capita spending

Alaska at $16,288

How much is taxed per gallon of gasoline in Texas?

$0.20

Economic Stabilization fund aka

the rainy day fund

Roll of state comptroller in budget

tell the legislature how much money they can spend over the next two years

State with highest combined state and local sales tax

Tennessee & Louisiana

Excise tax

a tax paid at the time of purchase, with the cost of the tax included in the price of the product

Original name of UTA

Arlington College

Eminent domain

the power of the government to take private property for public use, generally for public functions, such as roads

Use for fracking

cause natural gas to rise to the surface

Harm from pumping too much groundwater

causes subsidence, meaning the ground loses elevation.

TCEQ

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Rule of capture

Texas law that says property owners own the water below their property

First light rail system in Texas

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) - 1996

NAFTA members

United States, Canada, and Mexico

Largest supplier of FDI to Texas

France

Purpose of PPPs

private investment. for profit in order to provide Texas with means to build roads

Fifth amendment

prohibits the taking of private property "for public use, without just compensation"

Good Road Amendment

State constitutional requirement that 75 percent of road-user fees be spent on the building and maintaining roads and the remaining 25 percent be used for education.

TxDOT

the successor to the Texas Highway Department, is responsible for road construction and road maintenance in the state.

Attorney general who pushed for creation of Railroad Commission

James Stephen Hogg

Friday Night Lights

Permian High School, of Friday Night Lights fame, was at 150 percent capacity

Medicare

federal health insurance program available to senior citizens who have worked and paid into the Medicare system for ten or more years

Medicare is an entitlement program.

Medicaid

A federal redistributive program providing medical coverage for children, low-income people and some elderly and disabled people.

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

A federal-state program that offers health insurance and medical care to the children of families that make too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private health insurance

State with highest percentage of foreign-born residents

California at 26.6%

HEF

Higher Education Fund, support for universities that do not have access to PUF (permanent university fund). money source for education

Example of entitlement program

social security

Texas Senate bill 4

required that all law enforcement to comply with the laws in asking about immigration status & on the way to court

TAKS and STAAR

STAAR replaced TAKS in spring 2012

Brown v Board of Education

decision that declared segregated public schools to be a violation of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution

Largest funding source for Texas public universities

tuition

No Child Left Behind

Set up by George W. Bush.

Texas Tea

oil

Tesla

Moving to Texas isn’t working well. Lost about 45% of stock since December

ERCOT primary energy source

natural gas

New possible Texas high speed rail line

Houston to Dallas 5-10 years away

Length of Texas/Mexican border

1200 miles

Last step in policymaking process

policy evaluation

Largest state expenditure area

Health policy or social

60x30TX

by 2030 they want 60% of people our age up to 35 years old to have an advanced degree.

Greg Abbott

Governor