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GD 010 Lineofsuccession
GD 010 Lineofsuccession
HeartoftheValley
LineofSuccession
03/14/2017
PresidentialLineofSuccession
IntheeventoftheincapacitationordeathofthePresident,theVicePresidentshall
immediatelyassumetheOfficeofthePresidentwithfullforceoflaw,responsibilities,
andprivileges.
UpontheincapacitationordeathofthePresidentandtheVicePresident,theSpeaker
oftheHouseshallassumetheOfficeofthePresident,followedinorderbythe
SecretaryofState,theSecretaryoftheTreasury,andtheSecretaryofDefense.
Upontheincapacitationordeathofthesepersonnel,theUndersecretaryofStateshall
assumetheOfficeofthePresident,followedbytheDirectoroftheSecurityIntelligence
Bureau,andtheUndersecretaryoftheTreasury.
Intheeventofacatastrophicdisaster,accident,orincident,thelastsurvivingmember
ofthelineofsuccessionisorderedtonameaVicePresident.Thismaybedone
withouttheendorsementofCongressoraGovernmentResolution.
IfGovernmentResolution#7(GD007)HeartoftheValleyReformationistriggered,
theSecretariatshallassumetheofficeofthePresidentasappointedbeforethe
dissolutionoftheHOTVbythelegitimatepresident.ThismakestheSecretariatthesole
legitimatesuccessortothePresidencyoftheUSL/HOTV.OncetheSecretariatis
appointed,astateofemergencyisautomaticallydeclaredunderGovernment
Document#15(GD015)NCAHOTVFormation,grantingthenewPresident
extraconstitutionalpowerstounilaterallydirectthemilitary,appointnewofficers,seize
property,andaltertheorgansofthestate.