INDIANA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE
Art. V §1 | EXECUTIVE POWER AND GOVERNOR'S TERM LIMITS
Art. V §2 | LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S TERM
Art. V §3 | ELECTION OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §4 | JOINT ELECTION OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §5 | PROCEDURE FOR RESOLVING A TIE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §6 | CONTESTED ELECTIONS FOR GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §7 | ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §8 | PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL OR STATE OFFICEHOLDERS FROM SERVING AS GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §9 | COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §10 | SUCCESSION AND DUTIES OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(b) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor, the Governor shall nominate a Lieutenant Governor who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote in each house of the General Assembly and hold office for the unexpired term of the previous Lieutenant Governor. If the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shall call it into special session to receive and act upon the Governor's nomination. In the event of the inability of the Lieutenant Governor to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the General Assembly may provide by law for the manner in which a person shall be selected to act in the Lieutenant Governor's place and declare which powers and duties of the office such person shall discharge.
(c) Whenever the Governor transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives the Governor's written declaration that the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, and until the Governor transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Lieutenant Governor as Acting Governor.
Thereafter, when the Governor transmits to the President protempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives the Governor's written declaration that no inability exists, the Governor shall resume the powers and duties of the office.
(d) Whenever the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives file with the Supreme Court a written statement suggesting that the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the Supreme Court shall meet within forty-eight hours to decide the question and such decision shall be final. Thereafter, whenever the Governor files with the Supreme Court the Governor's written declaration that no inability exists, the Supreme Court shall meet within forty-eight hours to decide whether such be the case and such decision shall be final. Upon a decision that no inability exists, the Governor shall resume the powers and duties of the office.
(e) Whenever there is a vacancy in both the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the General Assemblyshall convene in joint session forty-eight hours after such occurrence and elect a Governor from and of the same political party as the immediately past Governor by a majority vote of each house. If either house of the General Assembly is unable to assemble a quorum of its members because of vacancies in the membership of that house, the General Assembly shall convene not later than forty-eight hours after a sufficient number of the vacancies are filled to provide a quorum of members for that house.
(f) An individual holding one (1) of the following offices shall discharge the powers and duties of the governor if the office of governor and the office of lieutenant governor are both vacant, in the order listed:
(2) The president pro tempore of the senate, if the office described in subdivision (1) is vacant.
(3) The treasurer of state, if the offices described in subdivisions (1) and (2) are vacant.
(4) The auditor of state, if the offices described in subdivisions (1) through (3) are vacant.
(5) The secretary of state, if the offices described in subdivisions (1) through (4) are vacant.
Art. V §11 | PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN THE SENATE
Art. V §12 | GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
Art. V §13 | GOVERNOR'S DUTY TO REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Art. V §14 | PRESENTATION OF BILLS TO THE GOVERNOR
(2) He may veto it:
(B) If the Governor returns the bill under clause (A), the House in which the bill originated shall enter the Governor's objections at large upon its journals and proceed to reconsider and vote upon whether to approve the bill. The bill must be reconsidered and voted upon within the time set out in clause (C). If, after such reconsideration and vote, a majority of all the members elected to that House shall approve the bill, it shall be sent, with the Governor's objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered and voted upon, and, if approved by a majority of all the members elected to that House, it shall be a law.
(C) If the Governor returns the bill under clause (A), the General Assembly shall reconsider and vote upon the approval of the bill before the final adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly that follows the regular or special session in which the bill wasoriginally passed. If the House in which the bill originated does not approve the bill under clause (B), the other House is not required to reconsider and vote upon the approval of the bill. If, after voting, either House fails to approve the bill within this time, the veto is sustained.
(D) In the event of a veto after final adjournment of a session of the General Assembly, such bill shall be returned by the Governor to the House in which it originated on the first day that the General Assembly is in session after such adjournment, which House shall proceed in the same manner as with a bill vetoed before adjournment. The bill must be reconsidered and voted upon within the time set out in clause (C). If such bill is not so returned, it shall be a law notwithstanding such veto.
(c) In the event a bill is passed over the Governor's veto, such bill shall be filed with the Secretary of State without further presentment to the Governor, provided that, in the event of such passage over the Governor's veto in the next succeeding General Assembly, the passage shall be deemed to have been the action of the General Assembly which initially passed such bill.
Art. V §15 | GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY TO REQUEST INFORMATION
Art. V §16 | FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF LAWS BY THE GOVERNOR
Art. V §17 | REPRIEVES, PARDONS, AND COMMUTATIONS
Art. V §18 | FILLING VACANCIES DURING RECESS
Art. V §19 | [REPEALED]
Art. V §20 | RELOCATING THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
Art. V §21 | DUTIES OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN THE SENATE
Art. V §22 | GOVERNOR'S COMPENSATION
Art. V §23 | LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S COMPENSATION
Art. V §24 | GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELIGIBILITY
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