How is the person in the line of succession to succeed the governor elected/appointed in arizona

6. Death, resignation, removal or disability of governor; succession to office; impeachment, absence from state or temporary disability

Section 6. In the event of the death of the governor, or his resignation, removal from office, or permanent disability to discharge the duties of the office, the secretary of state, if holding by election, shall succeed to the office of governor until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. If the secretary of state be holding otherwise than by election, or shall fail to qualify as governor, the attorney general, the state treasurer, or the superintendent of public instruction, if holding by election, shall, in the order named, succeed to the office of governor. The taking of the oath of office as governor by any person specified in this section shall constitute resignation from the office by virtue of the holding of which he qualifies as governor. Any successor to the office shall become governor in fact and entitled to all of the emoluments, powers and duties of governor upon taking the oath of office.

In the event of the impeachment of the governor, his absence from the state, or other temporary disability to discharge the duties of the office, the powers and duties of the office of governor shall devolve upon the same person as in case of vacancy, but only until the disability ceases.

Secretary of State of Arizona
Incumbent Katie Hobbs since January 7, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Residence	Phoenix, Arizona
Term length	Four years, can succeed self once; eligible again after 4-year respite
Formation	1912
Deputy	Allie Bones
Salary	$70,000
Website	azsos.gov

The secretary of state of Arizona is an elected position in the U.S. state of Arizona. Since Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor, the Secretary stands first in the line of succession to the governorship.[1] The secretary also serves as acting governor whenever the governor is incapacitated or out of state. The secretary is the keeper of the Seal of Arizona and administers oaths of office.[2] The current secretary is Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Duties[edit]

The secretary is in charge of a wide variety of other duties as well. The secretary is in charge of four divisions:

• The secretary is in charge of the Arizona Advance Directive Registry, which is the official state repository of advance directives such as living wills, Medical Powers of Attorney, and Mental Health Powers of Attorney.
• The Business Services Division is responsible for registering trademarks, trade names, and liens under the Uniform Commercial Code. This division also issues apostilles, files intergovernmental agreements and notices of public meetings, and regulates notaries public, employment agencies, sports agents, out-of-state landlords, telemarketers, and charitable organizations. The Business Services Division is responsible for chartering partnerships; corporations, on the other hand, are the responsibility of the Arizona Corporation Commission.[2]
• The Elections Division is responsible for administering all elections in the state, and certifying their results. This division also regulates lobbying and campaign finance.
• The Public Services Division is responsible for filing bills from the Arizona Legislature, registering and publishing administrative regulations, and publishes the Arizona Blue Book, which is an informational guide to the government of Arizona.[3]

The secretary administers the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.[4]

History[edit]

The longest-served secretary is Wesley Bolin, who served 12 full terms (including the last two-year term one and the first four-year term), and 1 partial term for a total of 28 years, 9 months, 18 days (or 10,518 days). Bolin was also the shortest-serving governor, ascending to the governorship in 1977 after Raúl Héctor Castro resigned, and serving only 5 months before his death.

The second-longest-serving is James H. Kerby who was elected to 6 two-year terms in 1923–1929, and again in 1933–1939. He is also the only one to serve non-consecutively in the office. The shortest tenure goes to John C. Callaghan who died 20 days after his inauguration.

Sidney P. Osborn is the only secretary to be elected governor without having first ascended to the office upon the death, resignation, or impeachment of a sitting governor. He was also the first governor to die in office, making Dan Garvey the first secretary to ascend to the position.

Officeholders[edit]

  Democratic (14)[a]   Republican (7)[a]

Living former secretaries of state[edit]

As of April 2020, five former secretaries of state were alive. The oldest living secretary of state is Betsey Bayless (served 1997–2003, born 1944). The most recent death of a former secretary of state was that of Jane Dee Hull (served 1995–1997, born 1935), on April 16, 2020. She was also the most recently serving secretary of state to die.

See also[edit]

• List of company registers

Notes[edit]

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3. ^ States., National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United (2004). The 9/11 Commission report : final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. Norton. ISBN 0-393-32671-3. OCLC 55992298.
4. ^ a b "Cranston, Robert, (died 1906)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, December 1, 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u185033, retrieved June 11, 2021
5. ^ a b c d e f g "Self-Appointed Representation", Who Elected Oxfam?, Cambridge University Press, pp. 42–62, 2017, doi:10.1017/9781108297721.003, ISBN 978-1-108-29772-1, retrieved June 11, 2021
6. ^ a b "Special Short-Term Situations", Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 181–193, September 19, 2015, doi:10.1002/9781119200789.ch20, ISBN 978-1-119-20078-9, retrieved June 11, 2021
7. ^ a b "1st incline encountered by Wolfe before he ascended to Plain of Abraham". libmedia.willamette.edu. doi:10.31096/wua121_box13_tray2box4_nos_118.

References[edit]

1. ^ "Constitution of Arizona: Article V, Section 6". Arizona Legislature. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
2. ^ a b "About the Office | Arizona Secretary of State". azsos.gov. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
3. ^ "The Arizona Blue Book, description". Archived from the original on September 9, 2008.
4. ^ "Arizona State Library". azlibrary.gov. Retrieved June 11, 2021.

External links[edit]

• Official website

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