Agenda

• Lecture Today: The Texas Executive

• Discussion Today: Texas Legislature Special Session

• Wednesday: Discussion/Activity - New education laws in Texas

Announcemnts

• Please read “From vouchers to a cellphone ban, this year’s lawmaking session brought transformative changes to Texas schools” (Posted in Canvas Announcement and Module 3)

• Module 2 Quiz is online, please take it before August 3

• Module 3 Quiz tomorrow

• Module 3 Assignments due tomorrow

The Executive Branch US and Texas: Constitutional Basis

• US Constitution Article II

    - establishes the presidency
    - lists presidential powers
    - structure of presidency - unitary

• Texas Constitution Article IV

    - establishes the executive
    - lists executive powers
    - structure of executive - plural

Texas Constitution vs US Constitution

• US President

    - Elected Chief Executive
    - President and Vice-President only elected executive branch officials
    - Since 12th Amendment, President and Vice-President elected together (as a pair, from one party)

• Texas Executive: 6 elected executive officials

    - All elected on their own right possibly different parties

The Texas Plural Executive

• Governor - Greg Abbott

  Know the top 3

• Lieutenant Governor - ??

The Texas Plural Executive

• Governor - Greg Abbott
• Lieutenant Governor - Dan Patrick

  Know the top 3

The Texas Plural Executive

• Governor - Greg Abbott
• Lieutenant Governor - Dan Patrick
• Attorney General - ??

The Texas Plural Executive

• Governor - Greg Abbott
• Lieutenant Governor - Dan Patrick
• Attorney General - Ken Paxton

  Know the top 3

The Texas Plural Executive

• Governor - Greg Abbott
• Lieutenant Governor - Dan Patrick
• Attorney General - Ken Paxton
• Comptroller of Public Accounts - Glenn Hegar
• Commissioner of the General Land Office - Dawn Buckingham, M.D.
• Commissioner of Agriculture - Sid Miller

The Texas Plural Executive: Non-Article IV Officials

• Railroad Commission - Christi Craddick (chair), Ryan Sitton, Wayne Christian

The Texas Plural Executive: Non-Article IV Officials

• Railroad Commission - Christi Craddick (chair), Ryan Sitton, Wayne Christian

Christi Craddick

• Regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas, which

• would be the fourth largest COUNTRY in the world for oil and gas production

    - The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Texas

• No authority over railroads

The Texas Plural Executive: Non-Article IV Officials

• Railroad Commission - Christi Craddick (chair), Ryan Sitton, Wayne Christian
• State Board of Education - 15 members

The Texas Plural Executive

• Governor - Greg Abbott
• Lieutenant Governor - Dan Patrick
• Attorney General - Ken Paxton

Know the top 3

• Comptroller of Public Accounts - Glenn Hegar
• Commissioner of the General Land Office - Dawn Buckingham, M.D.
• Commissioner of Agriculture - Sid Miller

Authorship and License

• Author: Tom Hanna

• Website: tomhanna.me

• License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.