Oklahoma § 63-686.5 - Emergency interim successor defined - Qualification Tenure
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 63-686.5 — Emergency interim successor defined - Qualification Tenure, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 63-686.5. Emergency interim successor defined - Qualification Tenure
An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for
possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the
office, of a legislator. No person shall be designated or serve as
an emergency interim successor unless he may, under the Constitution
and statutes hold the office of the legislator to whose powers and
duties he is designated to succeed, but no constitutional or
statutory provision prohibiting a legislator from holding another
office or prohibiting the holder of another office from being a
legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor. An
emergency interim successor shall serve at the pleasure of the
legislator designating him or of any subsequent incumbent of the
legislative office.
Laws 1959, p. 215, § 5; Laws 1963, c. 340, § 5, emerg. eff. June 24,
1963.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Oklahoma Statutes § 63-686.5 cover?
Section 63-686.5 ("Emergency interim successor defined - Qualification Tenure") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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