US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  59
                          PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL
                                  CHAPTER 14
                         EMERGENCY INTERIM EXECUTIVE
                         AND JUDICIAL SUCCESSION ACT
    59-1402.  DECLARATION OF POLICY. Because of the existing possibility of
attack upon the United States of unprecedented size and destructiveness, and
in order, in the event of such an attack, to assure continuity of government
through legally constituted leadership, authority and responsibility in
offices of the government of the state and its political subdivisions; to
provide for the effective operation of governments during an emergency; and to
facilitate the early resumption of functions temporarily suspended, it is
found and declared to be necessary to provide for additional officers who can
exercise the powers and discharge the duties of governor; to provide for
emergency interim succession to governmental offices to this state, and its
political subdivisions, in the event the incumbents thereof (and their
deputies, assistants or other subordinate officers authorized, pursuant to
law, to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of such
offices--hereinafter referred to as deputy) are unavailable to perform the
duties and functions of such offices; and to provide for special emergency
judges who can exercise the powers and discharge the duties of judicial
offices in the event regular judges are unavailable.