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48 U.S.C. § 1595 — Vacancy in office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor
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**(a) Temporary disability or temporary absence of Governor** In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall have the powers of the Governor.
**(b) Permanent vacancy in office of Governor; Lieutenant Governor as Governor; term of office** In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Governor, arising by reason of the death, resignation, removal by recall or permanent disability of the Governor, or the death, resignation, or permanent disability of a Governor-elect, or for any other reason, the Lieutenant Governor or Lieutenant Governor-elect shall become the Governor, to hold office for the unexpired term and until he or his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified at the next regular election for Governor.
**(c) Temporary disability or temporary absence of Lieutenant Governor; president of legislature as Lieutenant Governor** In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of the Lieutenant Governor, or during any period when the Lieutenant Governor is acting as Governor, the president of the legislature shall act as Lieutenant Governor.
**(d) Permanent vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor; Governor to appoint new Lieutenant Governor with advice and consent of legislature; term of office** In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor, arising by reason of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the Lieutenant Governor, or because the Lieutenant Governor or Lieutenant Governor-elect has succeeded to the office of Governor, the Governor shall appoint a new Lieutenant Governor, with the advice and consent of the legislature, to hold office for the unexpired term and until he or his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified at the next regula
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**(a) Temporary disability or temporary absence of Governor** In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall have the powers of the Governor.
**(b) Permanent vacancy in office of Governor; Lieutenant Governor as Governor; term of office** In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Governor, arising by reason of the death, resignation, removal by recall or permanent disability of the Governor, or the death, resignation, or permanent disability of a Governor-elect, or for any other reason, the Lieutenant Governor or Lieutenant Governor-elect shall become the Governor, to hold office for the unexpired term and until he or his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified at the next regular election for Governor.
**(c) Temporary disability or temporary absence of Lieutenant Governor; president of legislature as Lieutenant Governor** In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of the Lieutenant Governor, or during any period when the Lieutenant Governor is acting as Governor, the president of the legislature shall act as Lieutenant Governor.
**(d) Permanent vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor; Governor to appoint new Lieutenant Governor with advice and consent of legislature; term of office** In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor, arising by reason of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the Lieutenant Governor, or because the Lieutenant Governor or Lieutenant Governor-elect has succeeded to the office of Governor, the Governor shall appoint a new Lieutenant Governor, with the advice and consent of the legislature, to hold office for the unexpired term and until he or his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified at the next regular election for Lieutenant Governor.
**(e) Temporary disability or temporary absence of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; appointment of Acting Governor; permanent vacancies in offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; appointment of Governor** In case of the temporary disability or temporary absence of both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, the powers of the Governor shall be exercised, as Acting Governor, by such person as the laws of the Virgin Islands may prescribe. In case of a permanent vacancy in the offices of both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the office of Governor shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner prescribed by the laws of the Virgin Islands.
**(f) Additional compensation** No additional compensation shall be paid to any person acting as Governor or Lieutenant Governor who does not also assume the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor under the provisions of this chapter.
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The executive power of the Virgin Islands shall be vested in an executive officer whose official title shall be the “Governor of the Virgin Islands”. The Governor of the Virgin Islands, together with the Lieutenant Governor, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the people who are qualified to vote for the members of the legislature of the Virgin Islands. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both officers. If no candidates receive a majority of the votes cast in any election, on the fourteenth day thereafter a run-off election shall be held between the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor receiving the highest and second highest number of votes cast. The first election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be held on November 3, 1970. Thereafter, beginning with the year 1974, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected every four years at the general election. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. No person who has been elected Governor for two full successive terms shall be again eligible to hold that office until one full term has intervened. The term of the elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall commence on the first Monday of January following the date of election.
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 1596
(2) ‘‘voter’’ means a registered voter who is
eligible to vote on the issue or for the office
involved.
(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 12, 68 Stat. 503; Pub. L.
90–496, § 5, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 838; Pub. L.
99–396, § 1, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 837.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1986—Pub. L. 99–396 amended section generally, sub-
stituting provisions giving people of Virgin Islands the
rights of initiative and recall and spelling out ways in
which those rights are to be exercised for provisions
which had formerly only set out a method for removal
of Governor by referendum election.
1968—Pub. L. 90–496 substituted provisions author-
izing the removal of the Governor from office by a re-
call referendum for provisions authorizing the appoint-
ment of a Government Secretary for the Virgin Islands,
and provisions setting forth his powers and duties.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment of provisions of section necessary to au-
thorize the holding of an election for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor on Nov. 3, 1970, effective Jan. 1,
1970, and all other amendments of provisions of section,
unless otherwise expressly provided by Pub. L. 90–496,
effective Jan. 4, 1971, see section 16 of Pub. L. 90–496, set
out as a note under section 1591 of this title.
§ 1594. Repealed. Pub. L. 90–496, § 6, Aug. 23, 1968,
82 Stat. 839
Section, act July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 13, 68 Stat. 503, au-
thorized the Governor to appoint an administrative as-
sistant to reside in St. Croix and an administrative as-
sistant to reside in St. John.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Pub. L. 90–496, § 6, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 839, provided
in part
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