Chapter 6A, Chapter 6A

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act."

Officials authorized to act as Governor pursuant to this article, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the United States, as defined here…

Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors or special emergency judges are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this article, including section ten hereof, said persons shall serve in their desig…

Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this article with respect to an office in the executive branch of the state government except a dispute of fact relative to the office of Governor shall be adjudicated by the Governor or other official authorized under the C…

The various provisions of this article shall be construed as separable and severable, and should any of the provisions or parts thereof be construed or held unconstitutional or for any reason be invalid, the remaining provisions of this article shall not be thereby affected.

Because of the existing possibility of attack upon the United States of unprecedented size and destructiveness, and in order, in the event of such an attack, to assure continuity of government through legally constituted leadership, authority and responsibility in offices of the …

Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, as used in this article: (a) "Unavailable" means either that a vacancy in office exists and there is no deputy authorized to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, or that the lawful incumbent of the of…

(a) In the event that the Governor, for any of the reasons specified in the Constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his or her office, or is unavailable, then the President of the Senate shall act as Governor, and if the President of the Senat…

All state officers, subject to such regulations as the Governor may issue, shall, upon approval of this article, in addition to any deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, designate by title emergency interim success…

With respect to local offices for which the governing bodies of cities, towns, and counties may enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the manner in which vacancies will be filled or temporary appointments to office made, such governing bodies are hereby authorized to enact …

The provisions of this section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions, including, but not limited to, cities, towns, and counties, as well as fire, power and drainage and other types of districts not included in section six. Such officers, subject to such regul…

In the event of an attack and in the event that any judge of any court of record is unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office, and in the event no other judge authorized to act in the event of absence, disability or vacancy or no special judge appo…

At the time of their designation, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no per…