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Which of the following officials acts as the state's banker
a) comptroller
b) attroney general
c) land commissioner
d) SECRETARY OF STATE

Which of the following tx officials heads an agency that administers the school lunch program?
a) land commissioner
b) commissioner of agriculture
c) comptroller
d) secretary of state

Which of the following tx officials heads an agency that generates revenue for the permanent school fund (PSF)?
a) land commissioner
b) commissioner agriculture
c) comptroller
d) secretary of state

Which of the following agencies regulates the tx oil and gas industry?
a) public utility commission (PUC)
b) general land office
c) railroad commission
d) tx department of transportation (txdot)

Which of the following agencies regulates telephone and electric utilities?
a) railroad commission
b) public utility commission
c) general land office
d) tx commission on enviromental quality

Which of the following agencies is headed by a 15-member elected board?
a) general land office
b) railroad commission
c) public utility commission
d) state board of education

what is the purpose of sunset review?
a) to formulate legislative proposals for addressing policy problems between legislative sessions
b) to review the decision of a lower court to decide whether it should be upheld or reversed
c) to evaluate state agencies to determine whether the should be restructured or even eliminated
d) to select a political party's canidates for state office

sunset review is a tool used by which of the following units of government?
a) the tx legislature
b) the governor
c) the tx supreme court
d) the federal government

what happens if the legislature fails to reuthorize an agency that is up for sunset review?
a) it must face sunset review again in the next tegular session
b) it continues without changes in its operation
c) it can continue to operate if the governor, l. governor, and speaker agree
d) it must shut down its operation and go out of business

what power does the governor of tx have over the activitites of the general land office?
a) the gov has considerable power because he appoints the land commissioner and can remove them
b) the gov has some power becasue he appoints land commissioner, but the gov has no removal authority
c) the gov has some power because he or she controls the agency's budget
d) none of the above

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