(a) In case of a permanent vacancy in the offices of both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the Guam Legislature shall, upon his resignation as Speaker, 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.

(b) If, by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, inability or failure to qualify, there is no Speaker to act as Governor under subsection (a) of this Section, then the Director of the Department highest on the order of succession established by § 1101 of this Article who is not under disability to discharge the powers and duties of the Office of the Governor shall become Governor. An individual who becomes Governor under this subsection shall continue to serve until the expiration of the then current term of the Governor. The taking of the oath of office by an individual under this subsection shall constitute his resignation from the office upon which his succession is based.

(c) During the period the individual serves as Governor under this Section, his compensation shall be the same as that then provided by law for the Governor.

SOURCE: Added GC § 5001 added by P.L. 13-086:3 (Nov. 8, 1975).

COL 7/27/2023

5 Guam Code Ann. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
CH. 1 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

COMMENT: When this § 1102 was enacted, the § 1102 provided that succession as Acting Governor would run to the Director of Administration, Director of the Bureau of Budget & Management Research and the Attorney General, in that order. Since the repeal and reenactment of § 1101, no department head is in line for temporary or permanent succession to the Office of Governor.