Article 5 Section 6 - Death, resignation, removal or disability of governor; succession to office; impeachment, absence from state or temporary disability
6. Death, resignation, removal or disability of
governor; succession to office; impeachment, absence from
state or temporary disability
Section 6. In the event of the death of the governor, or his
resignation, removal from office, or permanent disability to discharge the
duties of the office, the secretary of state, if holding by election, shall
succeed to the office of governor until his successor shall be elected and
shall qualify. If the secretary of state be holding otherwise than by
election, or shall fail to qualify as governor, the attorney general, the
state treasurer, or the superintendent of public instruction, if holding by
election, shall, in the order named, succeed to the office of governor. The
taking of the oath of office as governor by any person specified in this
section shall constitute resignation from the office by virtue of the holding
of which he qualifies as governor. Any successor to the office shall become
governor in fact and entitled to all of the emoluments, powers and duties of
governor upon taking the oath of office.
In the event of the impeachment of the governor, his absence from the
state, or other temporary disability to discharge the duties of the office,
the powers and duties of the office of governor shall devolve upon the same
person as in case of vacancy, but only until the disability ceases.