Statute 48-1204: Successors to office of governor.
If the governor, under the
constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties
of the office, or is unavailable, an officer specified in
K.S.A. 75-125 and
amendments thereto, in
the order of succession provided by that section, shall exercise the powers and
duties of the office of governor. If all such officers are not able or are
unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of
governor, the secretary of
state, or, if the secretary of state is not able or is unavailable, the
attorney general, shall exercise the powers
and discharge the duties of the office of governor until a new governor is
elected and qualified or until a preceding named officer becomes
able and
available. No emergency interim successor
of an officer specified in
K.S.A. 75-125 and amendments thereto or in this
section may
serve as governor.
History: L. 1961, ch. 423, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 157, §
15;
L. 1994, ch. 248, § 27; July 1.