Key Terms
Three primary functions
1. Lawmaking: research, draft, and pass legislation; must pass both chambers in identical form before going to governor
County revenue sources
Property tax, portion of sales tax, intergovernmental grants
Municipal responsibilities
Clean water, sewage and garbage disposal, parks, streetlights, zoning, building regulations, economic development, law e
Municipal revenue sources
Property tax, user fees (trash, water, sewer), sales tax portion, business taxes.
Federalism
Shared power structure between national and state governments
Expressed powers
Explicitly listed in the Constitution (Congress: Art. I Sec.
Implied powers
Inferred from the elastic clause; "necessary and proper" language
Elastic clause
Article I, Section 8; source of implied federal powers
Supremacy clause
Article VI; federal law overrides conflicting state law
Reserved powers
Tenth Amendment; powers not given to federal government belong to the states
Concurrent powers
Shared between state and federal governments (taxing, highway building, law enforcement)
Home rule
State-granted autonomy for local governments; defined in a charter
Categorical grants
Federal funding with specific conditions attached
Unfunded mandates
Federal requirements imposed without funding
Moralistic culture
Government serves the public good; high participation expected