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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters » Article 11 - Disaster Acts » Part 1 - DISASTER SUCCESSION ACT » Section 12-11-5 – Disaster successors to other state executive offices.

The governor shall, pursuant to his constitutional powers to appoint officers, whose appointment is not otherwise provided for, designate three disaster successors to each state executive office and specify their order of succession.

History: 1953 Comp., § 4-18-5, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 137, § 5.

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Cross references. — For governor’s appointive power generally, see N.M. Const., art. V, § 5.