Officials authorized to act, pursuant to this chapter, as emergency interim successors are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the United States, as defined herein, has occurred. The legislature by concurrent resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of said emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office as herein provided.
La. R.S. 49:856
Period in which authority may be exercised
Known as the Emergency Interim State Executive Succession Act
The act spans §§ 49–49 (8 sections).
Acts 1963, No. 111, §6.
Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.