Statute · New York Defense Emergency Act 1951
N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 § 5 — Persons eligible to succeed governor
N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 § 5
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Defense Emergency Act 1951
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 5. Persons eligible to succeed governor. If, as a result of an attack or a natural or peacetime disaster, the office of governor becomes vacant and each of the lieutenant governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly is unable to discharge the powers and…
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N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 § 5 — Persons eligible to succeed governor is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 5. Persons eligible to succeed governor. If, as a result of an attack or a natural or peacetime disaster, the office of governor becomes vacant and each of the lieutenant governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor or is absent from the state, then the officer of the state who is (a) highest in order of the following list, (b) not otherwise unable to discharge such powers and duties, and (c) not absent from the state, shall act as governor: attorney general, comptroller, commissioner of transportation, commissioner of health, commissioner of commerce, industrial commissioner, chairman of the public service commission, secertary of state.