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• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado State Emergency Operations Plan 1991
• Date: 5/1/1991
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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Colorado Emergency Operaffons Plan
SEOP - Part 1 (Basic Plan)

DODES 24 Hour Emergency
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suspended because of emergency condi-
tions.

B. Lines of Succession
The Constitution designates successors to
the Governor and establishes who wHI serve
In event the Governor Is absent or unable to
exercise the powers and discharge the
duties of office.

The legal successor to the ofllce of the
Governor Is the Lieutenant Governor, or If
the office of Lieutenant Governor Is vacant,
the first named of the following members of
the General Assembly affiliated with the
same political party as the Govemor:

1. President of the Senate;

2. Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives;

3. Minority leader of the Senate;

4. Minority leader of the House of Repre-
sentatives

A vacancy In the office of Lieutenant Gover-
nor Is filled by the Governor's nomination
with confirmation by a majority of both
Houses of the General Assembly.

The Governor wll appoint, with consent of
the Senate, all officers of duly established
offices not otherwise requiring appointment
by election, thus providing the means to tnl
vacancies.

If the elected offices of Treasurer, Secretary
of State or Attorney General become
vacant, the Governor appOints a successor
with consent of the Senate to serve until a
successor can be qualified and elected
Lines of succession for political sub-
divisions of sta1e, shall be In accordance of
the Constitution and statutes of the state,
and will be set forth In the Local Emergency
Operations Plan,

Department and Agency heads should
designate lines of succession to ensure

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continuity of esseritlal leadership and
operations,

B, Preservation of Emergency Essential
Records
Protection of essential state and local
records Is vital If government and society
are to resume functioning after a major
catastrophe or national emergency,

Three main types of records are generally
considered essential within the emergency
planning context:

1 , Records designed to protect the rights
and Interests of Individuals, Including
vital statistics, land and tax license
registers and papers of Incorporation;

2, Records used by such departments as
health, fire and public works to conduct
emergency operations, Including utility
systems maps, locations of emergency
supplies and equipment, emergency
operations plans and procedures, lists
of succession and lists of regular and
auxiliary personnel;

C. Records used to re-establish normal
governmental functions and to protect the
authorities and Interests of governmental
units, Including constitutions and charters,
statutes and ordinances, court records, offi-
cial proceedings and financial records,

The selection of the records to be
preserved rests with the official rendering
the service Involved or with the custodians
of the records. These decisions should be
made In concert with the organization's
overall plan for determination of value,
protection and disposal of records. The
records should be housed In the safest pos-
sible location, usually separated from the
principal storage location, from target
areas, and In facilities constructed to
withstand blast, fire, water and other
destructive forces,

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