Which Problem Has Been Found Recently in the System of Special

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which problem has been found recently in the system of special districts?

• A) State investigations have discovered numerous "phantom districts" that do not provide a service, yet bill the local counties for administrative costs.
• B) Real estate developers have moved a few people onto land, rent free, who then vote for huge bond measures that future residents are obliged to pay.
• C) The special districts for homeland security throughout Texas were uncoordinated and ill-prepared for September 11.
• D) There has been widespread corruption among board members receiving bribes from citizens to lower their user fees.
• E) Some districts have dealt with people buying property just outside the district boundaries and then demanding services from the district without having to pay for them.

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Definitions:

Fenestrations

Small openings or pores, often found in the endothelial cells of capillaries, that allow for the exchange of substances between blood vessels and surrounding tissues.

Filtration Slits

Narrow gaps between the podocytes in the glomerulus of the kidney through which filtration of blood plasma occurs.

Podocytes

Highly specialized cells in the kidney that wrap around capillaries of the glomerulus, involved in filtration of blood to form urine.

Renal Corpuscles

The initial filtering component of a nephron in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and Bowman's capsule.