Clever. I don’t know. I’m not sure if every state empowers the LT Guv when the Guv leaves the state.
I can’t remember if Corrine Wood was in change while Ryan was smoking blunts with Castro.
The only mention of powers of the lt. gov., in the constitution, are in Article V, Section 14, which states, “The lt. gov. shall perform the duties and exercise the powers in the executive branch that may be delegated to him by the governor and that may be prescribed by law.”