75-125. Vacancies in office of governor; successors to office of governor.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor. Whenever the office of lieutenant governor is vacant and a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, or whenever vacancies occur in the office of governor and lieutenant governor at the same time, the president of the senate shall become governor. Whenever the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and president of the senate are vacant, the speaker of the house of representatives shall become governor.
History: L. 1973, ch. 157, § 16; Feb. 16.