Congress of the State of Mexico

E187952

The Congress of the State of Mexico is the unicameral legislative body responsible for creating state laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the municipalities within the State of Mexico in Mexico’s federal system.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state legislature
unicameral legislature
appliesToTerritory State of Mexico
canAmend state laws
canInitiate state laws
canRepeal state laws
country Mexico
electoralSystem mixed member system
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasCommitteeType budget and finance committee
constitutional points committee
governance committee
Human Rights Committee
surface form: human rights committee
hasFunction approval of the state budget
lawmaking
oversight of the state executive
ratification of certain executive appointments
representation of municipalities
state constitutional reform
hasMemberType local deputy
hasNumberOfChambers 1
higherLegalBasis Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
houseType unicameral
jurisdiction State of Mexico
legalBasis Constitution of the State of Mexico
legislativeBodyFor State of Mexico
levelOfGovernment state
locatedIn Mexico
State of Mexico
Toluca
meetsIn Legislative Palace of the State of Mexico
Toluca
nativeName Congress of the State of Mexico self-linksurface differs
surface form: Congreso del Estado de México
officialLanguage Spanish
oversees Governor of the State of Mexico
partOf Mexican federal system
political system of the State of Mexico
reElectionPolicy consecutive re-election allowed under Mexican law reforms
represents municipalities of the State of Mexico
responsibleFor approving public debt at the state level
creating and modifying municipalities within the state
harmonizing state legislation with federal law
supervises state public administration
termLengthOfMembers 3 years
typeOfLegislature subnational legislature
votingSystemForProportionalSeats party-list proportional representation
votingSystemForTerritorialSeats first-past-the-post

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State of Mexico legislature Congress of the State of Mexico
Government of the State of Mexico coexistsWith Congress of the State of Mexico
Judiciary of the State of Mexico separateFrom Congress of the State of Mexico
this entity surface form: Legislature of the State of Mexico
Congress of the State of Mexico nativeName Congress of the State of Mexico self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Congreso del Estado de México
LIX Legislature of the Congress of the State of Mexico partOf Congress of the State of Mexico