63K-1-201 - Emergency interim successor to office of governor. - Utah Statutes

63K-1-201. Emergency interim successor to office of governor.
(1) If the governor is unavailable, and if the lieutenant governor, president of the Senate,and the speaker of the House of Representatives are unavailable to exercise the powers and dutiesof the office of governor, the attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer shall, in the ordernamed, exercise the powers and duties of the office of governor until:
(a) the governor, lieutenant governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House ofRepresentatives becomes available; or
(b) a new governor is elected and qualified.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (1), no emergency interim successor tothe lieutenant governor, president of the Senate, speaker of the House of Representatives,attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer may serve as governor.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session