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[TITLE 63. Table of Contents]
[CHAPTER 5b. Table of Contents]
63-5b-501 Formalities of taking office.
(1) At the time that they are appointed as emergency interim successors or special emergency judges, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges shall sign prospectively whatever oath is required to enable them to exercise the powers and duties of the office to which they may succeed.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person
is required to comply with any other provision of law relative
to taking office as a prerequisite to the exercise of the
powers or discharge of the duties of an office to which he
succeeds.
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63-5b-502 Period in which authority may be exercised.
(1) Persons authorized to act as governor, emergency interim successors, and special emergency judges shall exercise the powers and duties of the office to which they succeed only when a disaster has occurred.
(2) (a) Emergency interim successors serve for 30 days after the date the governor or the governor's emergency successor calls the Legislature into special session, unless the unavailability of the elected official ends or an emergency interim successor earlier in the order of succession becomes available before expiration of the 30-day period.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a), if the emergency interim successor is serving for a legislator who is killed or resigns, the emergency interim successor shall serve until the legislator's legal replacement is sworn in.
(3) The Legislature, by concurrent resolution, may:
(a) terminate the authority of any or all emergency interim successors and special emergency judges to exercise the powers and duties of their office at any time; and
(b) extend the time during which any or all emergency
interim successors and special emergency judges may exercise
the powers and duties of their office.
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63-5b-503 Removal of designees.
Until the persons designated as emergency interim successors
or special emergency judges succeed to the exercise of the
powers and duties of an office, they shall serve as emergency
interim successors or special emergency judges at the pleasure
of the designating authority and may be removed and replaced
by the designating authority at any time, with or without
cause.
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63-5b-504 Disputes.
Except for factual disputes concerning the office of governor,
the governor shall adjudicate any dispute concerning a question
of fact arising under this chapter concerning a state officer.
His decision is final.
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