63K-1-502 - Period in which authority may be exercised.
63K-1-502. Period in which authority may be exercised.
(1) Persons authorized to act as governor, emergency interim successors, and specialemergency judges shall exercise the powers and duties of the office to which they succeed onlywhen a disaster has occurred.
(2) (a) Emergency interim successors serve for 30 days after the date the governor or thegovernor's emergency successor calls the Legislature into special session, unless theunavailability of the elected official ends or an emergency interim successor earlier in the orderof succession becomes available before expiration of the 30-day period.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (2)(a), if the emergency interimsuccessor is serving for a legislator who is killed or resigns, the emergency interim successorshall serve until the legislator's legal replacement is sworn in.
(3) The Legislature, by concurrent resolution, may:
(a) terminate the authority of any or all emergency interim successors and specialemergency judges to exercise the powers and duties of their office at any time; and
(b) extend the time during which any or all emergency interim successors and specialemergency judges may exercise the powers and duties of their office.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session