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of the lieutenant governor is as the governor's assistant
and that he should not be assigned constitutional duties
that might interfere with the exercise of this role.
The creation of the office of lieutenant governcjr
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will permit orderly succession to the office of governor
and provide the governor with an official assistant to
whom he can assign some of his ever increasing duties. ;
This section also states the qualifications for
holding the office of lieutenant governor. The qualifi-
cations are identical with the qualifications for holding
the office of governor, with one exception. The committee
feels that if a former governor could serve as lieutenant
governor, a real question might arise as to who was running
the State. Therefore, the last sentence of section 4.03 ,
provides that any individual who has been elected governor
shall thereafter be ineligible to serve as lieutenant
governor.
Section 4.04: Salary of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor.
This section provides that the General Assembly
shall by law prescribe the salary of the governor and lieu
tenant governor, but may not increase or decrease such