On becoming Governor, the person vacates the office of Lieutenant Governor, and the resulting vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be filled in the manner provided by Section 9, Article III, of this Constitution. The Office of the Governor consists of a number councils, committees, and divisions comprised of leaders and experts from diverse backgrounds who provide technical assistance to the Governor across of range of policy areas.
They provide research, advice, and organizational leadership to the Governor in support of a "vision for a better, more prosperous Texas. Email: GCPD governor. Gregory S. Box , Capitol Station, Austin, Texas, Email: locatetx governor.
Box , Austin, Texas Email: Rebeca. White Governor. Physical address: State Insurance Building, Suite 3. The state operates on a biennial budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows: [21]. Texas is one of 44 states in which the governor has line item veto authority.
The legislature is constitutionally required to adopt a balanced budget. The governor must sign a balanced budget into law. See statutes: Texas Statutes Title 6, Chapter The governor, along with the rest of Texas' executive officers, is entitled by Article 4, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution to receive an annual salary, pursuant to Title 6, Section The legislature was empowered to set the salaries of executive branch officers by a constitutional amendment.
Prior to that, the constitution stipulated the salary amounts paid to each officer. From present, the state of Texas has had 48 governors. Of the 48 governors, 40 were Democratic , six were Republican , one was an Independent and one was a Unionist. From , in Texas there were Democratic governors in office for the first three years while there were Republican governors in office for the last 19 years.
Texas is one of eight states that were run by a Republican governor for more than 80 percent of the years between Texas was under Republican trifectas for the last 11 years of the study period. Across the country, there were years of Democratic governors Over the course of the year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period , 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments.
In , only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied. The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Texas , the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives from to Texas was one of eight states to demonstrate a dramatic partisan shift in the 22 years studied. A dramatic shift was defined by a movement of 40 percent or more toward one party over the course of the study period.
Texas started out with Democratic trifectas but shifted to Republican trifectas by the end of the study. The chart below depicts the partisanship of the Texas state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied. For the SQLI, the states were ranked from , with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. Prior to Republican trifectas, which started in , the SQLI rating for Texas stayed consistently in the 30s, except for its lowest ranking of 40 in during a Democratic trifecta.
Within a few years of the Republican trifectas that ranking moved up, and Texas finished 11th, its highest ranking, in The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Texas Governor Abbott.
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Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. Accounting for all public monies received and paid out by him and recommending a budget for the next two years. Granting reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and revoking conditional pardons.
Declaring special elections to fill vacancies in certain elected offices. Appointing qualified Texans to state offices that carry out the laws and direct the policies of state government. Some of these offices are filled by appointment only. In most states the cabinet fulfills two functions:. In a number of states, governors have created sub-cabinets to bring together agencies to address issues such as the needs of children.
Cabinet membership may be a product of appointment to a specific office or be subject to selection by the governor. Cabinet size, and the frequency of cabinet meetings and formality and extent to which a governor uses his or her cabinet for advice and assistance, varies among the states, commonwealths, and territories.
The authority for governors to issue executive orders is found in state constitutions and statutes as well as case law, or is implied by the powers assigned to state chief executives. Governors use executive orders—certain of which are subject to legislative review in some states—for a variety of purposes, among them to:. As chief executive, governors are responsible for ensuring their state is adequately prepared for emergencies and disasters of all types and sizes.
Most emergencies and disasters are handled at the local level, and few require a presidential disaster declaration or attract worldwide media attention. Yet governors must be as prepared for day-to-day events—tornadoes, floods, power outages, industrial fires, and hazardous materials spills—as for catastrophes on the scale of Hurricane Katrina or the September 11 terrorist attacks.
States focus on four stages of disaster or emergency management:. These components afford a useful rubric for thinking about the cycle of disasters and emergencies and for organizing recommendations for state action.
During an emergency, the governor also plays a key role in communicating with the public during an emergency, providing advice and instructions and maintaining calm and public order.
State emergency management laws usually define how a governor may declare and end a state of emergency. In some cases, the necessary response to a disaster is beyond the capacity of state and local governments.
A state may petition the President to declare a major disaster. The declaration of a major disaster triggers a variety of federal programs depending on the scope of the disaster and the type of losses experienced. Qualifications and tenure Legislative—including budget and veto—authority Appointment sovereignty.
Qualifications and Tenure Qualifications States, commonwealths, and territories vary with respect to minimum age, U. Term Limits Gubernatorial terms are four years in every state, commonwealth, and territory but New Hampshire and Vermont, which have two year terms. Impeachment All states except Oregon provide for the impeachment of governors.
Legislative Role Governors play two broad roles in relation to state legislatures. Second, and more familiarly, governors coordinate and work with state legislatures in: approval of state budgets and appropriations; enactment of state legislation; confirmation of executive and judicial appointments; and legislative oversight of executive branch functions.
Approval of State Budgets and Appropriations Governors develop and submit annual or biennial budgets for review and approval by the legislature. Enactment of Legislation Governors often use State of the State messages to outline their legislative platforms, and many governors prepare specific legislative proposals to be introduced on their behalf.
Veto Power All 50 state governors have the power to veto whole legislative measures. Confirmation of Appointments Many gubernatorial appointments require legislative confirmation.
Legislative Oversight Governors interact with their legislatures to help ensure that their priorities, goals, and accomplishments are accurately presented and positively received during oversight hearings and other legislative activities that address and evaluate executive branch implementation of legislatively mandated programs and services.
Boards and Commissions The roles played by boards and commissions vary considerably by state and by program. Executive Branch Positions Independently Selected A large number of states provide for the independent selection of certain executive branch positions.
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