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G
eorgia’s state government, like our federal govern-
ment, has three branches: executive, legislative, and
judicial. The tasks of these branches are, in many
ways, like those branches of the federal government.
That is, the executive branch enforces laws, the legislative branch
enacts laws, and the judicial branch interprets laws. And, like the
federal government, Georgia’s local and state governments to-
gether are a massive enterprise providing employment for many
of Georgia’s citizens.
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Georgia character word:
Perseverance
Terms:
governor, lieutenant
governor, public regulation,
felony, misdemeanor, supreme
court, court of appeals, trial
courts, jurisdiction, grand jury,
trial jury, truancy, juvenile
Section 1
The Executive
Branch of State
Government
Section 2
The Legislative
Branch of State
Government
Section 3
The Judicial Branch
of State Government
Section 4
Young People and
the Law
Chapter 15: Government of the Empire State
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Left: The Georgia State
Capitol building in Atlanta
houses the General
Assembly, the governor’s
office, the State Museum of
Service and Industry, and the
Hall of Flags. Below: The
Georgia Governor’s Mansion
in Atlanta was built in 1967.
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