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ARKANSAS STATUTES AND CODES
§ 21-1-304 - Additional successors to Office of Governor.
21-1-304. Additional successors to Office of Governor.
(a) In the event that the Governor, for any of the reasons specified in the Arkansas Constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his or her office, or is unavailable, and in the event the Lieutenant Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are not able, for any of the reasons specified in the Arkansas Constitution, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Office of Governor, or are unavailable, then the Attorney General, Secretary of State, or Treasurer of State, in the order named, shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Office of Governor until a new Governor is elected and qualified, or until one of the officers who precedes him or her in the order of succession becomes available.
(b) However, no emergency interim successor to the offices mentioned in subsection (a) of this section may serve as Governor.
(a) In the event that the Governor, for any of the reasons specified in the Arkansas Constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his or her office, or is unavailable, and in the event the Lieutenant Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are not able, for any of the reasons specified in the Arkansas Constitution, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Office of Governor, or are unavailable, then the Attorney General, Secretary of State, or Treasurer of State, in the order named, shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Office of Governor until a new Governor is elected and qualified, or until one of the officers who precedes him or her in the order of succession becomes available.
(b) However, no emergency interim successor to the offices mentioned in subsection (a) of this section may serve as Governor.
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