If the governor and all of his constitutional successors are unavailable, the holders of the following offices shall be the disaster successors in the order named: A. the attorney general; B. the state auditor; C. the commissioner of public lands; D. the state treasurer. History: 1953 Comp., § 4-18-4, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 137, § 4. Cross references. — For constitutional successors to governor, see N.M. Const., art. V, § 7. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 81A C.J.S. States §§ 87 to 90.
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