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[CITE: 48USC1422b]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
 
Sec. 1422b. Vacancy in office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor


(a) Temporary disability or temporary absence of Governor

    In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of the 
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall have the powers of the Governor.

(b) Permanent vacancy in office of Governor

    In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Governor, arising by 
reason of the death, resignation, removal by recall, or permanent 
disability of the Governor, or the death, resignation, or permanent 
disability of a Governor-elect, or for any other reason, the Lieutenant 
Governor or Lieutenant Governor-elect shall become the Governor, to hold 
office for the unexpired term and until he or his successor shall have 
been duly elected and qualified at the next regular election for 
Governor.

(c) Temporary disability or temporary absence of Lieutenant Governor

    In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of the 
Lieutenant Governor, or during any period when the Lieutenant Governor 
is acting as Governor, the speaker of the Guam Legislature shall act as 
Lieutenant Governor.

(d) Permanent vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor

    In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor, 
arising by reason of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of 
the Lieutenant Governor, or because the Lieutenant Governor or 
Lieutenant Governor-elect has succeeded to the office of Governor, the 
Governor shall appoint a new Lieutenant Governor, with the advice and 
consent of the legislature, to hold office for the unexpired term and 
until he or his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified at 
the next regular election for Lieutenant Governor.

(e) Temporary disability or temporary absence of both Governor and 
        Lieutenant Governor

    In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of both the 
Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, the powers of the Governor shall 
be exercised, as Acting Governor, by such person as the laws of Guam may 
prescribe. In case of a permanent vacancy in the offices of both the 
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the office of Governor shall be filled 
for the unexpired term in the manner prescribed by the laws of Guam.

(f) Additional compensation

    No additional compensation shall be paid to any person acting as 
Governor or Lieutenant Governor who does not also assume the office of 
Governor or Lieutenant Governor under the provisions of this chapter.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 8, 64 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 87-419, Sec. 1, 
Mar. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 3, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 
Stat. 844.)


                               Amendments

    1968--Pub. L. 90-497 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted provisions that the Lieutenant Governor have the powers of 
the Governor in the event of the temporary disability or temporary 
absence of the Governor for provisions authorizing the appointed 
department head to designate an acting Governor in the case of a vacancy 
or temporary absence of both the Governor and the Secretary of Guam, and 
added subsecs. (b) to (f).
    1962--Pub. L. 87-419 provided for appointment of an acting secretary 
under certain conditions, prescribed the powers of such secretary and 
proscribed additional compensation for an acting Governor or acting 
secretary.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-497 necessary to authorize the holding of an 
election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on Nov. 3, 1970, effective 
Jan. 1, 1970, and all other amendments unless otherwise provided 
effective Jan. 4, 1971, see section 13 of Pub. L. 90-497, set out as a 
note under section 1422 of this title.
