GroundRules
Utah Code § 53-2a-803: Emergency interim successor to office of governor.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 53 Public Safety Code
- Chapter 53-2a Emergency Management Act
- Part 53-2a-8 Emergency Interim Succession Act
(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.
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