ORDER OF SUCCESSION
 Section 8. The order of succession to the office of Governor and to the office of
Lieutenant Governor shall be: the President of the Senate, Vice-President of the
Senate, and such other public official of the Virgin Islands as may be designated by
law.

 DISABILITY OF THE GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
 Section 9. (a) The Governor or Lieutenant Governor shall declare a disability to
discharge the duties of office by transmitting to the Senate a written declaration of
disability. In the event of the temporary disability of the Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor shall act as Governor. If the Lieutenant Governor is unable to act as
Governor, the next available person in the order of succession shall act as Governor.
In the event of the temporary disability of the Lieutenant Governor, the next available
person in the order of succession shall act as Lieutenant Governor. The Governor or
Lieutenant Governor shall resume office upon submitting a written declaration of
termination of the disability.

 (b) Upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members, the
Senate may raise the question of the temporary or permanent disability of the
Governor or Lieutenant Governor. The appellate court shall determine all questions
raised by the Senate or otherwise raised, as provided by law, with respect to the
temporary or permanent disability of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. If the
Governor or Lieutenant Governor is determined by the appellate court to be
permanently disabled, the office shall be declared vacant.

 (c) In the event of a permanent disability of the Governor-elect, the
office shall be declared vacant and the vacancy shall be filled by a special election to
be held within sixty days of the declaration of the disability.

 (d) In the event of the permanent disability of the Lieutenant
Governor-elect the office shall be declared vacant, and the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy.

 PERMANENT VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OR
 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
 Section 10. (a) In the event of a permanent vacancy in the office of Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor.

 (b) In the event of a permanent vacancy in the office of Lieutenant
Governor, the Governor shall appoint a qualified person within forty-five days who,
upon confirmation by the Senate, shall become Lieutenant Governor. Until such a
permanent appointment is made and confirmed, the next available person in the order
of succession shall act as Lieutenant Governor.

 (c) If simultaneous vacancies occur in the offices of Governor and
Lieutenant Governor and more than one year remains in the unexpired term of office, a