Pols 2312 Exam 4 review

What is the First step in Policy Making process?

agenda setting

What is Redistributive policy?

moves benefits from one group to another in an attempt to make society more equal.

What is the Number of states with no general income tax?

9

What is Franchise tax?

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

Who are the Cochairs of Legislative Budget Board?

the Speaker of the house and lieutenant governor

What is the Largest source of state investment income?

Personal School Fund(PSF)

What is STEM?

What is Ad valorem tax?

tax based on property value, which is subject to periodic appraisal

What is an Example of progressive tax?

federal income tax

What is the State with highest per capita spending?

alaska

What is the Amount per gallon of state gasoline tax in Texas?

20 cents a gallon

What is Economic Stabilization fund aka?

rainy day fund - offset the effect of a sometimes erratic oil and gas market on the state’s budget.

What is the Roll of state comptroller in budget?

• certifies the state will have the money to meet the budget

• the two-year estimate that the budget is based on

• certify that there is a budget deficit.

What is the State with highest combined state and local sales tax?

Louisiana

What is the Excise tax?

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

What is the Original name of UTA?

Arlington college

What is Eminent domain?

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

What is Use for fracking?

cause natural gas to rise to the surface, aka hydraulic fracturing

What is the Harm from pumping too much groundwater?

subsidence - Loss of elevation over time that results when water districts pump groundwater and the affect area sink

What is TCEQ?

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - The agency that oversees state environmental policy, including air and water quality

What is Rule of capture?

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

What is First light rail system in Texas?

first light rail train in Dallas (DART)

What are the NAFTA members?

north American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): trade agreement that removed tariffs—taxes on imports and exports—between the United States, Canada, and Mexico

What is the Largest supplier of FDI to Texas?

France

What is the Purpose of PPPs?

government infrastructure to be built by private-investment entities seeking to profit (toll roads) public-private partnership

What is the Fifth amendment and private property?

the idea of “takings” emerges from the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the taking of private property “for public use, without just compensation.”

What is the Good road amendment?

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

What is the TxDOT?

texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) replaced Texas Highway Department

Who was the Attorney general who pushed for creation of Railroad Commission?

attorney General James Stephen Hogg

What is Friday Night Lights?

TV show and movie that depicts the lives of high school athletes and other members of a small Texas town where football is a big deal.

What is Medicare?

a 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.

What is Medicaid?

provides medical coverage for people with low incomes and some elderly or disabled people.

What is 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.

What is the State with highest percentage of foreign-born residents?

California

What is HEF?

Higher Education Fund (HEF) is similar to the PUF and can be used only to construct and repair campus buildings

What is an Example of entitlement program?

social security/medicare

What is Senate Bill 4?

required that all law enforcement to comply with the laws in asking about immigration status

What is TAKS and STAAR?

the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) was implemented and used to create higher standards for state assessment before being replaced in 2003 by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). In the spring of 2012, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)

What is Brown v Board of Education?

desegregated the school system.

• equal facilities for everyone.

What is the Largest funding source for Texas public universities?

state funding like appropriation, P U F, H U F,

What is No Child Left Behind?

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA):the federal education act that replaced No Child Left Behind and reduced federal government emphasis on mandatory testing to track student progress and evaluate schools based on that progress

What is Texas Tea?

oil

Tesla?

giga factory opened in Austin

What is ERCOT primary energy source?

natural gas

What is the New possible Texas high speed rail line?

Houston to Dallas–Fort Worth. A company named Texas Central Partners has a proposal to build a high-speed rail that would take Texans from Houston to Dallas in about ninety minutes.

What is the Length of Texas/Mexican border?

1,254 miles

What is the Last step in policymaking process?

policy evaluation

What is 60x30TX?

a strategic plan with the goal of 60 percent of young Texans (ages 25–34) having some type of postsecondary certificate or degree by 2030

Who is Greg Abbott?

current governor of Texas

What is STEM?

science, technology, engineering, and math.