USA Law

Tag: Municipal Government

  • Municipal Financing

    Municipal Financing in the United States Financing Municipal Governments For information about municipal bonds, click here. Introduction to Municipal Financing Most of the revenue for local governments is received by taxing property. Other sources of income are user fees, dividends from […]

  • Council-Manager Plan

    Council-Manager Plan in the United States Municipal Government Council-Manager Plan Introduction to Council-Manager Plan Under the council-manager plan of municipal government, a popularly elected council is responsible for making laws. It also selects and employs an authority, usually called […]

  • Commission Plan

    Commission Plan in the United States Municipal Government Commission Plan Introduction to Commission Plan The commission form of municipal government was adopted by the city of Galveston, Texas, in 1901, following a hurricane that had devastated the city the previous year. The mayor-council […]

  • Weak-Mayor-Council Plan

    Weak-Mayor-Council Plan in the United States Municipal Government Weak-Mayor-Council Plan Introduction to Weak-Mayor-Council Plan The oldest type of local government, the weak-mayor-council plan, was universal until the latter part of the 19th century. Under this plan the mayor, elected by the […]

  • Strong-Mayor-Council Plan

    Strong-Mayor-Council Plan in the United States Municipal Government Strong-Mayor-Council Plan Introduction to Strong-Mayor-Council Plan The most common form of municipal government in the U.S. is the strong-mayor-council plan. It has its origins in the political reform movements of the late […]

  • Regionalism

    Regionalism in the United States Municipal Government Trend Toward Regionalism Introduction to Regionalism A need to develop a closer and more workable relationship between the different units of government became apparent in the mid-20th century. County-city and city-city mergers occurred, […]

  • Municipal Government History

    Municipal Government History in the United States Introduction to Municipal Government History The first urban centers in the American colonies were patterned after the English boroughs, with each borough receiving its charter from the king of England or from one of his representatives in the […]

  • Municipal Government

    Municipal Government in the United States Local Government: Municipalities Introduction to Municipal Government Municipal or city government (including that of villages, boroughs, and incorporated towns) serves people in more than 19,000 municipalities. Nearly all such governments are […]

  • Municipal Court Rules

    Municipal Court Rules in the United States Municipal Court Rules Contents Sample Scopes and Applicability of Rules; Division of Court Terms of Court; Hours of Sessions Administrative Judge Records of the Clerk Filing and Assignment of Cases: (A) Consecutive Numbers; (B) […]