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| a rule that limits the powers of local government to those expressly granted by the state or those powers closely linked to the expressed powers |
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| enacted by the governing body, it is the local government equivalent of a law |
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| the legal ability of a local government to run its own affairs, subject to state oversight |
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| a shift in power from state government to local government |
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| mandate reimbursement requirements |
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| measures that take the financial sting out of state mandates |
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| the addition of unincorporated adjacent territory to a municipality |
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| a central city of at least 50,000 people, the adjacent suburbs, and the surrounding county (or counties); often called an urban area |
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| populated areas, often residential in character, on the outskirts of a central city. some suburbs have their own governments; some do not |
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| new boom towns featuring retail shops and malls, restaurants, office buildings, and housing developments, far from the central city |
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| development characterized by low population density, rapid land consumption, and dependence on the automobile |
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| a fee levied by a government on developers, that is intended to shift some of the societal costs of growth to the developer |
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| government efforts to limit urban sprawl by managing growth |
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| an area-wide structure for local goverance, designed to replace multiple jurisdictions |
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| city-council consolidation |
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| the merger of city and county governments into single jurisdiction |
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| the theory that individuals shop around to find a local government whose taxes and services are in line with their own preferences |
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| councils of governments COGs |
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| formal organizations of general-purpose governments in an area, intended to improve regional coordination |
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| what are the three types of state-local organizations that are common? |
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| task forces, commisions on intergovernmental relations, and departments of community affairs |
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