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THE BRANCHES OF GEORGIAS GOVERNMENT
Georgia's branches of government
Legislative Branch
Georgia's legislative branch is Georgia's General Assembly.
Georgia's legislative branch has both the House of Representatives and the State Senate.
The qualifications for the legislative members are: Must be a U.S. and a Georgia citizen for a total of 2 years. They must also be a legal resident in the Georgia district they live in.
The organization of the General Assembly is that the Governor is the speaker of the house. The Lt. Governor is the president of the Senate.
In the legislative branch there are different committees. There are so many committees so that all of the bills will be able to get looked at and checked off before the time runs out that they have to be able to look at said bills.
The legislative branch is supposed to go over the bills and make sure they are OK and that they fit within the constitutional laws.
Terms
The terms of the Legislative branch are four years long. You have a total of two four year terms do you have a total of eight years in office. You can serve another four year term after waiting four years to do the next term.
Term
Elections
The elections to be elected into the legislative branch are only hosted in November on the even years. (2018, 2020, 2022, etc...)
The elections and re-elections for both offices (house of representative and the senate) are at the same time.
Election
Executive Branch
Executive Branch
The Executive Branch is made up of the Governor and the Lt. Governor
The qualifications to become the Governor and the Lt. Governor are that you must be a U.S. citizen for 15 years, you must be a Georgia for 6 years before the election, and you must be 30 years or older.
The terms for the Governor and the Lt. Governor is that the Governor servers a four year term. After the four years they can be re-elected for another four year term but after both terms the Governor must step down and let someone else run. The Governor can run for another four year term but only after four years have passed between the two terms and the term they are running for.
The formal duties of governor are that the governor oversees the operation of the executive branch, is the chief law enforcement officer, is also the commander-in-chief of the states military, can recommend new laws and have the administration present them to both chambers of the legislator, and the governor appoints members to a number of executive commissions and boards.
The informal duties of the governor are serving as the spokes person for the State of Georgia, serving as the official channel of communication between Georgia and the national government and other states, leading trade delegations to other countries, acting as honorary head of the political party of which they belong, issuing proclamations to honor individuals, holidays, or special events, and, with the legislature's approval, adding new state symbols.
The everyday duties of the Lt. governor are that he does whatever the governor tells him to do.
The extraordinary duties of the Lt. governor are that he serves when the governor is unable to serve or is unavailable at the time.
The organization of the executive branch is that the voters elect the governor and the Lt. governor.
Each of the departments and agencies of the Executive Branch: Education: the most important responsibility of the state government, Human resources: the basic needs of the people like food and shelter, Public safety: has the job of protecting the people of the states well being and property, Transportation: has a direct effect on the way we get too and from places like when people ride the bus or drive a car, Economic development: encouraging people to get jobs that will give them money, Natural resources: untouched wood, oil, and other things that can be used to to do different things within life.
The executive branch is supposed to be for the people. Like education and safety, they both are used to help society.
Judicial Branch
There are a total of 6 courts under the Judicial branch of the structure of Georgia's court system.
The judges to each of these courts are elected.
The criminal law and the civil law from the Judicial Branch are:
Criminal law: protects the people from people who do severely bad things that people do.
Civil law: deals with the relationship between people.
The Judicial Branch is supposed to handle cases that come from both criminal law and civil law.
Judicial Branch
Separation of powers
Some of the differences between the branches are:
- Each branch has a different way of choosing there 'leader'.
- Each branch controls different parts of the Government
- Each branch has a different type of leader
- Each branch has a different amount of things they control
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Each of the branches has a different way to keep each of the other branches in check.
The Judicial branch has the power over the executive branch to say that the presidential acts are unconstitutional. Just like how the executive branch has the power to appoint federal judges.
The Judicial branch can declare that the legislative branches laws are unconstitutional and the executive branch can veto any laws the legislative branch try's to pass.
Every branch has a power over the others in order to keep everything balanced out and controlled.