term. When a vacancy occurs in the office of lieutenant governor,
the governor shall nominate a person who shall succeed to that
office upon confirmation by the affirmative vote of a majority of
all members of the General Assembly in joint session. If vacan-
cies in the offices of governor and lieutenant governor exist at
the same time during the first year of their term, the offices shall
be filled for the remainder of the term at the next general election
and the president of the Senate shall serve as acting governor
until the newly elected governor has qualified. If vacancies in
the offices of governor and lieutenant governor exist at the same
time after the first year of their term, the president of the Senate
shall succeed to the office of governor for the remainder of the
term. If a vacancy exists in the office of lieutenant governor, at
a time when the lieutenant governor is authorized to serve as
acting governor, the president of the Senate shall serve as acting
governor. If there is a vacancy in the office of the president of the
Senate at a time when he is authorized to succeed to the office of
governor or is authorized to serve as acting governor, the Senate
shall convene and fill the vacancy.

Section 4.10. Powers and Duties of Successor.

When the lieutenant governor or the president of the Senate
succeeds to the office of governor, he shall have the title, powers,
duties, and emoluments of that office; but when the lieutenant
governor or the president of the Senate serves as acting governor,
he shall have only the powers and duties of that office. When the
president of the Senate serves as acting governor, he shall con-
tinue to be president of the Senate, but his duties as president shall
be performed by such other person as the Senate shall select.

Section 4.11. Adjudication of Disputes.

The Court of Appeals shall have original and exclusive juris-
diction to adjudicate disputes or questions arising from the
failure of the governor-elect to take office, or the service of the
lieutenant governor or president of the Senate as acting governor,
or the creation of a vacancy in the office of governor or lieutenant
governor by reason of disability, or the succession to the office of
governor or lieutenant governor, or the exercise of the powers
and duties of a successor to the office of governor.

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