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Legislative:
* called the
General Assembly
* made up of a senate & House of Representatives
* 46 members of the senate serve 4 year terms.
* 124 Representatives of the house serve 2 year
terms
* The General Assembly makes laws and determines how state revenue
will be spent.
* It meets for one regular session each year, but
the governor may call special sessions
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Judicial
* Judicial
power lies with the state supreme court.
* The supreme court has a chief justice and four
associate justices that are elected to 10 year terms.
* The General Assembly elects the justices
and 16 circuit-court justices for four year terms.
* Magistrate's court hear minor civil and
criminal cases.
* The governor appoints these judges with
state senate approval.
* Most counties have county courts that hear
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Executive
*
The governor is the chief executive.
* We
also elect a lieutenant governor, attorney general, commissioner of
agriculture, secretary of state, comptroller general, state treasurer, and
a superintendent of Education.
* Each
of those serve four year terms. The governor can now serve two consecutive
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