All Texas state agencies are run by full-time, paid commissions.
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Q. 2The Texas secretary of state is elected by popular vote.
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Q. 3The Texas land commissioner is more significant than in other states because the state owns a great deal of land.
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Q. 4The Texas attorney general has extensive statewide authority over criminal cases.
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Q. 5The governor's power to influence the legislature through the threat and use of the veto power is magnified by the fact that the constitution provides the legislature with no means to override a veto by the governor.
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Q. 6The governor gives his State of the State address to a joint session of the Texas legislature at the start of a new biennial session, conveying his wishes to the legislature. This is a use of one of the governor's available tools to win support for his
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Q. 7The Texas governor is the president of the Texas Senate.
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Q. 8Texas governors are not allocated a staff, but can pay for one using private funding. .
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