Government
How Leonida is run.
Three branches, a few dozen agencies and the county governments: who does what in the State government.
The Governor
Governor Teresa Calloway leads the executive branch from the Capitol in Leonida City. The Governor signs or vetoes laws, proposes the State budget, appoints agency heads and commands the State’s response to emergencies such as hurricanes.
Government should feel like a good neighbor: easy to reach, honest about what it can do, and there when the storm comes.
The Legislature
The Leonida Legislature has two chambers: a Senate of 36 members and a House of Representatives of 108 members, elected by district. It meets for sixty days every spring and passes the State budget before July 1.
The courts
The Supreme Court of Leonida, with seven justices, hears appeals from four district courts of appeal and eighteen circuit courts. County courts handle traffic cases, small claims and misdemeanors.
Agencies and counties
Day-to-day services are run by State agencies and by Leonida’s counties. Agencies with a site of their own include the Department of Motor Vehicles, Leonida State Parks, POACH (Protection of Animals & Controlled Hunting, the State’s wildlife agency) and the Leonida Highway Patrol, on the interstates, U.S. Route 1 and State highways. The counties collect property tax, issue building permits and run elections.
Other agencies run their services through Leonida.gov without a site of their own: the Leonida Department of Corrections, which runs Leonida Penitentiary and the State’s correctional facilities, and the Leonida Lottery. The Port of Vice City and Vice City Metro, public authorities created by the State, list their services here too.