{"data":{"id":"us-mt/2-16-512","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"2-16-512","heading":"Election by legislature if president of senate and speaker unable to assume office of governor.","body":"(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.\n(2) When the speaker of the house becomes governor, the legislature will meet in joint session and shall elect a lieutenant governor.","path":["TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC OFFICERS","Part 5. Vacancy and Succession"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0020/chapter_0160/part_0050/section_0120/0020-0160-0050-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:12Z","sha256":"ff39a4a8428c2c4ddab23c479e4f51739061748938cc339b227ce17921b45774","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/2-16-511","next":"us-mt/2-16-513"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}