POL 215 Roles Within the State Matrix

Constitution and the System of the State of Kansas

POL215

Constitution and the System of the State of Kansas

Every government does it job on procedures written on the Constitution and the System of the State of Kansas. It is called the government’s playbook that gives limitations to the power of those in the office of Kansas. The Constitution and the System of the State of Kansas gives each official the power and the limitation of their power so they can do their jobs accordingly without causing any problem to other part of the government’s system. Written in 1859, there have been several changes and amendments to the Constitution and the System of the State of Kansas in the hope that it will improve the government of the state. All changes were agreed upon not only by the people at the office but also by the citizens of the state of Kansas through a vote. To change or amend the Constitution and the System of the State of Kansas, the 2/3 members of the legislature department should vote for it and the citizen’s vote should be in favour of it as well in majority.

The playbook which we call the Constitution and the System of the State of Kansas starts with a preamble which is all about ensuring that the Kansas Constitution is a book of rules that is set by the people for the people of the state of Kansas and that it is to ensure that the rights of the people are being made known to them. One of the most interesting laws in this playbook is the equal rights of women and their right to own a property which is only visible in the Kansas Constitution and not else in different state. Aside from these laws, Kansas Constitution also allows women to raise and discipline their siblings in accordance to the set laws of the playbook.

There three branches of Government in the Kansas State. There is the Legislative, Executive and the Judicial. The Legislative part consists of senators (40 of them) and representatives (125 of them) and is elected on their post by the citizens of Kansas.

Another branch is called the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch consists of the Governor, Lieutenant General, The Secretary of state, Attorney general, and the State Board of Education and are also on their posts as a result of poll with the citizens.

The law-making branch is called Judicial Branch and they are also the one settling disputes in the entire state. This department is headed by the Supreme Court. This department handles issues that can be decided in accordance to the law and are part of the legal system like child support, crime, murders and even divorces. There is a The Kansas Child Support Guidelines that arranges child support issues in the state and all the guidelines here are being honoured and followed by all officers. The State Supreme court of Kansas also gives way to the grievances of its citizens and gives them chance to voice out their problems and issues if there is any.

The constitution of the state also dictates which service or government program should receive a fund from the federal system like funds to continue services in public schools and parenthood planning. The Constitution of Kansas allows its citizen to get basic help if needed from the government.

As the Constitution of Kansas has provisioned, the law expects everyone or every kid to go to school on government fund and that there would be teacher that are highly trained to provide the educational assistance needed by the students without them causing anything. Hence every kid in Kansas is expected to finish Grade 12 without much difficulty especially in the line of money and educational support.

To make it easier for every student to continue their education and to finish it, school services has been offered like food services and medical supply if the need arises. There are even vocational courses being offered and rehabilitation yet these services are being provided by having some expense cut on some of the services the state support.

To support the government programs and services that the state gives to its low income citizens, there are laws that increase the property taxes and income taxes off the working individuals in the state. There was a time when the government fund was dwindling causing some major problems in financing the needs to continue support for educational assistance in the state. Hence there were some cuts in the budget allocated to some services was necessary.

To make ends for the government of Kansas in supporting the free services it is giving; sales tax has been collected with more force. When the economy is bad and is not earning much, sales tax is the first one to suffer and when business owners are unable to pay their dues, there are government agencies that work on collecting the due sales tax sometimes with force. There are some payment modes that can be arranged for business owners to avoid losing their company but in reality, these payment arrangements doesn’t often work and business owners still loses their business and even personal properties. The reason why business owners are still getting bankrupt is because there is a part on both parties that are not following the agreed mode of payment. When a payment agreement was reached but the business owners fails to settle the charges, then the consequences is that the sales tax representative who collects the sales tax will force the business to close down. There are some business owners who survives interestingly but the wheel still goes round and round until it gets more harder for the business owner to run from sales tax collectors.

The Constitution of the state of Kansas and the United States Constitution are somehow related in some ways and that they are the same in most of the laws written on them. First and foremost, it seems that all laws and constitution is written and began with a Preamble which is common to both Constitutions. Despite the different content, it is still amazing to find Preamble on both of their first page.

Conclusion

The function of the State of Kansas as a government was one of the aim of this paper. IT basically defines what the constitution of the state is and what it is for. It talks about the three branches of its government and the services it provides to its citizens as well as possible improvements that can be done to make it more effective in serving the needs of the people of Kansas.

References

Government of Kansas (n.d.) Retrieved on from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Kansas#Constitutionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Kansas#Constitution

State of Kansas Constitution (February 2011) State Library of Kansas retrieved on

from http://www.kslib.info/constitution/index.html