(5 ILCS 275/5) (from Ch. 102, par. 105)
Sec. 5.
Emergency
interim successors for State officers.
All elected and appointed State officers, subject to such regulations as
the governor, (or other official authorized under the constitution and this
Act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of
governor), may issue, shall, upon approval of this Act, in addition to any
deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and
discharge the duties of the office, designate by title emergency interim
successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review
and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this Act to insure
their current status. The officer will designate a sufficient number of
such emergency interim successors so that there will be not less than three
nor more than seven such deputies or emergency interim successors or any
combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any State officer is
unavailable following an attack, and in the event his deputy, if any, is
also unavailable, the powers of his office shall be exercised and the
duties of his office shall be discharged by his designated emergency
interim successors in the order specified. Such emergency interim
successors shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties only until
such time as the governor under the constitution or authority other than
this Act, (or other official authorized under the constitution or this Act
to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor),
may, where a vacancy exists, appoint a successor to fill the vacancy or
until a successor is otherwise appointed, or elected and qualified as
provided by law; or an officer, (or his deputy or a preceding named
emergency interim successor), becomes available to exercise or resume the
exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of his office.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3768.)
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