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Maryland Manual, 1971-72
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Art. 2] MARYLAND MANUAL 631
voter of the State for five years next immediately preceding
his election.
1 SEC. 6. (a) If the Governor-elect is disqualified, re-
signs, or dies, the Lieutenant Governor-elect shall become
Governor for the full term. If the Governor-elect fails to
assume office for any other reason, the newly elected Lieu-
tenant Governor shall become Lieutenant Governor and
shall serve as acting Governor until the Governor-elect
assumes office or until the office becomes vacant.
(b) The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as acting Gov-
ernor when notified in writing by the Governor that the
Governor will be temporarily unable to perform the duties
of his office. The Lieutenant Governor also shall serve as
acting Governor when the Governor is disabled but is un-
able to communicate to the Lieutenant Governor the fact
of his inability to perform the duties of his office. In either
event the Lieutenant Governor shall serve as acting Gov-
ernor until notified in writing by the Governor that he is
able to resume the duties of his office or until the office
becomes vacant.
(c) The General Assembly, by the affirmative vote of
three-fifths of all its members in joint session, may adopt
a resolution declaring that the Governor or Lieutenant
Governor is unable by reason of physical or mental dis-
ability to perform the duties of his office. When action is
undertaken pursuant to this subsection of the Constitution,
the officer who concludes that the other officer is unable,
by reason of disability to perform the duties of his office
shall have the power to call the General Assembly into
Joint Session. The resolution, if adopted, shall be delivered
to the Court of Appeals, which then shall have exclusive
jurisdiction to determine whether that officer is unable by
reason of the disability to perform the duties of his office.
If the Court of Appeals determines that such officer is un-
able to discharge the duties of his office by reason of a
permanent disability, the office shall be vacant. If the Court
of Appeals determines that such officer is unable to dis-
charge the duties of his office by reason of a temporary dis-
ability, it shall declare the office to be vacant during the
time of the disability and the Court shall have continuing
jurisdiction to determine when the disability has term-
inated. If the General Assembly and the Court of Appeals,
acting in the same manner as described above, determine
that the Governor-elect or Lieutenant Governor-elect is
' Thus amended by Chapter 532, Acts of 1970, ratified November 3, 1970.

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