Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-685.4
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Emergency interim succession to office of Governor
Official statutory text
Whenever a natural or man-made disaster or emergency occurs in
the United States, and in the event that the Governor, for any of
the reasons specified in Article VI, Section 16 of the Oklahoma
Constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the
duties of the Governor’s office, or is unavailable, and in the event
the Lieutenant Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and
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the Speaker of the House of Representatives be for any of the
reasons specified in the Constitution not able to exercise the
powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor, or be
unavailable, the State Auditor and Inspector, Attorney General,
State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner
of Labor, and members of the Corporation Commission in the order of
their election districts, shall each in the order named, if no
officer higher in the enumerated order is available, exercise the
powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor until a
new Governor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that no
emergency interim successor to the aforementioned offices may serve
as Governor.
the United States, and in the event that the Governor, for any of
the reasons specified in Article VI, Section 16 of the Oklahoma
Constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the
duties of the Governor’s office, or is unavailable, and in the event
the Lieutenant Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1258
the Speaker of the House of Representatives be for any of the
reasons specified in the Constitution not able to exercise the
powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor, or be
unavailable, the State Auditor and Inspector, Attorney General,
State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner
of Labor, and members of the Corporation Commission in the order of
their election districts, shall each in the order named, if no
officer higher in the enumerated order is available, exercise the
powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor until a
new Governor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that no
emergency interim successor to the aforementioned offices may serve
as Governor.
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