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 1        AN ACT concerning the Governor.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Governor Succession  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (15 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b122)
 7        Sec. 1.  Succession.
 8        (a)  In  the  event  that  the  Governor,  for any of the
 9    reasons specified in Article V, Section 6 of the Constitution
10    of the State of Illinois, is not able to exercise the  powers
11    and  discharge  the  duties  of  his  office, such powers and
12    duties of the office shall be exercised by the  officer  next
13    in line of succession, in the order named as follows:
14        (1)  The Lieutenant Governor;
15        (2)  The elected Attorney General;
16        (3)  The elected Secretary of State;
17        (4)  The elected Comptroller;
18        (5)  The elected Treasurer;
19        (6)  The President of the Senate;
20        (7)  The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
21        (b)  The  officer  next in line of succession shall serve
22    as Governor for the remainder of the term if he  succeeds  to
23    the  office  by reason of death, conviction on impeachment or
24    resignation of the Governor.  If he succeeds to the office by
25    reason of temporary disability or failure to qualify  by  the
26    Governor,  he shall serve until the Governor qualifies or the
27    disability is removed.  An officer who succeeds to the office
28    of Governor by reason of temporary disability of the Governor
29    shall be designated Acting Governor.
30        (c)  If an officer next in line of succession shall  fail
31    to  qualify or if his office is vacant, then the officer next
 
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 1    in line of succession after him who is qualified shall  serve
 2    as Governor.
 3    (Source: P.A. 82-105.)