Georgia State Government

By:Jackelyn Merino

Legislative Branch Members:

Speaker of the house: votes on laws and discusses changes in them.

Speaker pro-temp. Lieutenant Governor/ President of Senate: The president of the

senate can control who gets to speak, what votes are taken and his/her most powerful duty is to vote in case of a tie. The Qualifications are: He/she needs to be a U.S citizen for 15 years, a legal resident of Georgia , and has to be an at least 30 years old.

Terms: Unlimited President Pro-temp.

House of Representatives and Senate: They propose laws, vote on bills, and propose constitutional

amendments.

Judicial Branch Appellate Courts:

Appellate courts are courts with permission to review decisions made by lower courts, and to hand down new decisions. Examples:

Supreme Courts: is in some jurisdictions the highest body within that jurisdiction's court system. The judge is elected by the people.

Court of Appeals: is a court that is responsible to hear an appeal of a trail court or any lower courts system. The judge is elected by the people.

Trail Courts: Trail courts are hears

original cases when they first begin. Examples

Probate court: are courts that hears about wills and estates(property). The judge is elected by the people.

Superior court: has unlimited jurisdiction to hear criminal or civil cases. The judge is elected by the people.

Juvenile courts: are courts that hears cases about juveniles. The judge is appointed by superior court judges.

State courts: hear about minor things like a misdemeanor s. The judge is also elected by the people.

Magistrate courts: hears cases of family law, bankruptcy and human law. The judge is elected by the people.

Municipal courts:

Criminal law and Civil Law

Criminal law is when someone breaks the law.

Civil Law is when two people are in court for divorce, someone getting sued, broken contract…etc. Similarities of criminal and civil la is theft, it is a crime but it is also between two people.

Executive BranchGovernor: Lieutenant Governor:

He/ she runs the state. He/she makes decisions of how things should be done in the state. terms: 4 years; to be

re-elected he/she needs to wait 4 more years.

Elected by the peope.

Qualifications: U.S citizen for 15 years and at least 30 years old.

He/she works in executive and legislative branch.

His/ her job is to be President of the senate and take over governor’s position if he/she dies. Terms: 4 years;

unlimited Elected by the people. Qualifications: U.S

citizen for 15 years and at least 30 years old.

Juvenile Justice System

The juvenile justice system started in 1899 but first came to Georgia in 1911. The state recognized that children and adults shouldn’t be in prison together.

The difference between juvenile and adult court systems are: that the adults have the right to a jury and the juveniles do not.

Rights: are to be represented buy an attorney, to call witnesses , notify writings of charges, witness cross exam,

and not to have their name or photo in the public. To avoid getting into the juvenile system,

you need to:1. Choose the right friends2. Don’t do drugs or alcohol3. Don’t break any laws!