GroundRules
2-16-512: Election by legislature if president of senate and speaker unable to assume office of governor.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION
- CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC OFFICERS
- Part 5. Vacancy and Succession
(1) If neither the president of the senate nor the speaker of the house of representatives is able to assume the office of governor, the legislature, meeting in joint session, shall elect a governor and a lieutenant governor.
(2) When the speaker of the house becomes governor, the legislature will meet in joint session and shall elect a lieutenant governor.
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