Powers and Functions of State Legislative Assembly:

1. Legislative Assembly: Legislative Assembly can make laws on the subjects mentioned in the State List and the Concurrent List. After being passed by Legislative Assembly it goes to the Upper House (if it is existing in the state) or to the Governor (if the state legislature is unicameral).

2. Financial Powers: Money bill can be introduced, only in the legislative assembly. The legislative assembly exercises complete control on the finances of the state. The Legislative Council can delay for 14 days only.

3. Executive Powers: The state executive is responsible to the legislative assembly for all its actions and policies. The leader of the majority party in the Legislative Assembly is appointed the Chief Minister of the state; most of the ministers are taken from Legislative Assembly.

4. Electoral Functions: The members of the Legislative Assembly participate in the election of the President of India. It elects 1/3 of the members of Legislative Council of the state. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of Vidhan Sabha.

5. Constitutional Functions: Constitutional powers of the legislative assembly are not very important. Power of amendment is vested with the Parliament but important provisions of the constitution cannot be amended unless half the state legislature in the country approves such an amendment.