State and Local Govt

State Constitution

determine the structure, role, and financing

Governor Powers

executive orders, prepare the state budget, make appointments, veto legislation

county respsibilities

Keep the peace, maintain jails, collect taxes, build and repair roads and bridges

Corporate Charter

grant rights for businesses

3 ways are workers protected

Compensation: pay to job related injury

Unions

State Minimum Wage

Environment Regulation

Pollution curbing laws: air water quality

EPA: require permits for waste

Conservation

Protection of land, lakes, wildlife

Preserve land for development

Protect land from development

What can't the state tax?

Cannot tax imports

Can't tax federal property

Sales Tax

Tax on clothes, cars, household items

What can MN not put a sales tax on?

Clothing

Selective Tax

Tax on gasoline, liquor, tobacco

regressive tax

A tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes decreases as income increases

progressive tax

A tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes increases as income increases

propotional tax

a tax that remains the same at all income levels (flat tax)

block grants

State governments can determine how to spend federal money

Gentrification

The rehabilitation of deteriorated, often abandoned, housing of low-income inner-city residents.

Property Tax

2/3rds of local government tax revenue

Reasons to use Public Transit

1. More efficient 2. Less Pollution 3. Less Energy per person

Negative impact of gentrification

Displaces current low income residents