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A citizen legislature is a legislative chamber made up primarily of citizens who have a full-time occupation besides being a legislator. Such citizen legislatures can be found on the state level, as in some U.S. states, or on the national level as in Switzerland.
- Green Legislatures
- Gray Legislatures
- Gold Legislatures
Green legislatures require the most time of legislators, usually 80 percent or more of a full-time job. They have large staffs. In most Green states, legislators are paid enough to make a living without requiring outside income. These legislatures are more similar to Congress than are the other state legislatures. Most of the nation's largest popul...
Legislatures in the Gray category are hybrids. Legislatures in these states typically say that they spend more than two-thirds of a full time job being legislators. Although their income from legislative work is greater than that in the Gold states, it's usually not enough to allow them to make a living without having other sources of income. Legis...
In the Gold states, on average lawmakers spend the equivalent of half of a full-time job doing legislative work. The compensation they receive for this work is quite low and requires them to have other sources of income in order to make a living. The Gold states have relatively small staffs. They are often called traditional or citizen legislatures...
A citizen legislature by Callenbach, Ernest; Phillips, Michael, 1938-Publication date 1985 Topics Representative government and representation, Political ...
A Citizen Legislature. Stretching our thinking about how we govern ourselves. by Ernest Callenbach & Michael Phillips. One of the articles in Living Business (IC#11) Autumn 1985, Page 57. Copyright (c)1985, 1997 by Context Institute | To order this issue ...
8 de dic. de 2021 · A Citizen Legislature. A “ legislative session ” is the period of time when legislative members are actively lawmaking — debating and voting on bills. Generally, members are at the state capitol and away from the districts they represent during this time period.
Hace 1 día · Legislature, lawmaking branch of a government. Their powers may include passing laws, establishing the government’s budget, confirming executive appointments, ratifying treaties, investigating the executive branch, and redressing constituents’ grievances.
A citizen legislature is a legislative chamber made up primarily of citizens who have a full-time occupation besides being a legislator. Such citizen legislatures can be found on the state level, as in some U.S. states, or on the national level as in Switzerland.
