52:14A-4 - Additional successors to office of Governor - New Jersey Statutes

52:14A-4.  Additional successors to office of Governor
    In the event that the Governor, for any reason, is not able to exercise and  discharge the functions, powers and duties of his office, or is unavailable,  the functions, powers and duties of such office shall devolve in the manner  provided in Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of New  Jersey.  In the event that the persons upon whom such functions, powers and  duties devolve, under such provisions of the Constitution, are not able to  exercise the same or are unavailable, then such functions, powers and duties  shall devolve upon the Attorney General, for the time being;  and in the event  that he is unable to exercise the powers and duties of such office or is  unavailable, then upon the State Highway Commissioner, for the time being;  and  in the event that he is unable to exercise the powers and duties of such office  or is unavailable, then upon such person as the Legislature by majority vote of  the total number of available legislators and emergency interim successors, exercising the powers and discharging the duties of legislators not available,  in both Houses may designate.  Any such official or other person upon whom the  powers and duties of the Governor have developed shall exercise the same until  a new Governor is elected and qualified.  No deputy or emergency interim  successor to the aforementioned offices, including such successor to any  Senator or Assemblyman may serve as Governor.

     L.1963, c. 117, s. 4.