§ 168.67Offices of governor and lieutenant governor; vacancy; death or failure to qualify

of governor-elect or lieutenant governor-elect; devolution of powers and duties.


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 Sec. 67.
     If a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the powers and duties of that office shall
 devolve upon the lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term or until the disability
 ceases. If the lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of governor, or if a vacancy occurs in
 the office of lieutenant governor, the senate, by resolution, with a record roll call vote, shall
 appoint an acting lieutenant governor of the same political party as the governor who shall
 serve for the remainder of the term or until the disability ceases. If a vacancy occurs in both
 the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, the elected secretary of state, the elected
 attorney general, the senate president pro tempore, and the speaker of the house of
 representatives, in that order shall act as governor until the vacancy is filled or the disability of
 either the governor or lieutenant governor ceases, as provided in section 26 of article 5 of the
 state constitution of 1963. Should the governor-elect die or fail to qualify by the first of
 January next following his or her election, the lieutenant governor-elect shall qualify and
 exercise all the powers and duties of the office of governor for the entire term, or until the
 governor-elect shall qualify. Should the lieutenant governor-elect also die or fail to qualify, the
 powers and duties of the office of governor shall devolve upon the secretary of state-elect and
 the attorney general-elect in that order in a like manner.