New Jersey § 52:14a-5

§ 52:14a-5.

All State officers, subject to such regulations as the Governor may issue, shall in

addition to any deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and

discharge the duties of the office, designate by title emergency interim successors,

specify their order of succession and file such designations with the Secretary of

State. All such data shall be opened to public inspection. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, such designations to insure their

current status. The Secretary of State shall inform the Governor and the State officer affected

of the failure of any such officer to file such designations. The officer will designate a sufficient number of such emergency interim successors

so that there will be not less than 3, nor more than 7, such deputies or emergency

interim successors or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any State officer is unavailable following an attack, and in the

event his deputy, if any, is also unavailable, the said powers of his office shall

be exercised and the said duties of his office shall be discharged by his designated

emergency interim successors in the order specified. Such emergency interim successors shall exercise said powers and discharge said

duties only until such time as the Governor under the Constitution or authority other

than this act (or other official authorized under the Constitution or this act to

exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor) may, where

a vacancy exists, appoint a successor to fill the vacancy or until a successor is

otherwise appointed, or elected and qualified as provided by law; or an officer (or

his deputy or a preceding named emergency interim successor) becomes available to

exercise, or resume the exercise of, the powers and discharge the duties of his office.