(1)  Persons authorized to act as governor, emergency interim successors, and special emergency judges shall exercise the powers and duties of the office to which they succeed only when a disaster has occurred.

Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2a-809

  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Disaster: means an event that:
(a) causes, or threatens to cause, loss of life, human suffering, public or private property damage, or economic or social disruption resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomena, or technological hazard; and
(b) requires resources that are beyond the scope of local agencies in routine responses to emergencies and accidents and may be of a magnitude or involve unusual circumstances that require response by government, not-for-profit, or private entities. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
(2) 

(a)  Emergency interim successors serve for 30 days after the date the governor or the governor’s emergency successor calls the Legislature into special session, unless the unavailability of the elected official ends or an emergency interim successor earlier in the order of succession becomes available before expiration of the 30-day period.

(b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (2)(a), if the emergency interim successor is serving for a legislator who is killed or resigns, the emergency interim successor shall serve until the legislator’s legal replacement is sworn in.

(3)  The Legislature, by concurrent resolution, may:

(a)  terminate the authority of any or all emergency interim successors and special emergency judges to exercise the powers and duties of their office at any time; and

(b)  extend the time during which any or all emergency interim successors and special emergency judges may exercise the powers and duties of their office.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 295, 2013 General Session

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