state legislature

Structure of State Legislature

• The state is the second stratum of the federal structure of the Constitution.
• The provisions for the governance of all the state is dealt in the [[Part VI]] of the Constitution except [[Jammu & Kashmir]] because it has separate Constitution for its state government.
• The articles from 152 to 237 deals thoroughly on the subjects of the state legislature.
• The state legislature which has only Legislative Assembly as House of People is called as Unicameral.
• Most of the powers and functions are shared by the state legislature is almost like the same as the Union legislature.
• In a Bicameral system of legislature, the state legislature consists of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.