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[TITLE 63. Table of Contents]
[CHAPTER 5b. Table of Contents]
63-5b-201 Emergency interim successor to office of governor.
(1) If the governor is unavailable, and if the lieutenant governor, president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives are unavailable to exercise the powers and duties of the office of governor, the attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer shall, in the order named, exercise the powers and duties of the office of governor until:
(a) the governor, lieutenant governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House of Representatives becomes available; or
(b) a new governor is elected and qualified.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (1),
no emergency interim successor to the lieutenant governor,
president of the Senate, speaker of the House of Representatives,
attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer may serve
as governor.
1992
63-5b-202 Emergency interim successors for state officers.
(1) By July 1 of each year, each state officer shall:
(a) designate three qualified emergency interim successors from within his department who meet the constitutional qualifications for the office, if any;
(b) specify their order of succession;
(c) provide a list of those designated successors to the division; and
(d) notify emergency interim successors within 30 days of designation.
(2) (a) If any state officer is unavailable following a disaster, and if his deputy, if any, is also unavailable, a designated emergency interim successor shall exercise the powers and duties of the office according to the order of succession specified by the state officer.
(b) An emergency interim successor other than the attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer shall exercise the state officer's powers and duties only until:
(i) the person exercising the powers and duties of the office of governor appoints a successor to fill the vacancy;
(ii) a permanent successor is appointed or elected and qualified as provided by law; or
(iii) the state officer, his deputy, or an emergency interim successor earlier in the order of succession becomes available to exercise or resume the exercise of the powers and duties of the office.
(c) An emergency interim successor of the attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer shall exercise the powers and duties of those offices only until:
(i) a permanent successor is appointed or elected and qualified as provided by law; or
(ii) the attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer,
their deputy, or an emergency interim successor earlier in
the order of succession becomes available to exercise or
resume the exercise of the powers and duties of the office.
1992
