Title 28, Chapter 1, Section 6.1
( 28-1-6.1)
Upon a petition of 20 members of the majority caucus of the House of
Representatives being filed with the Clerk of the House that the
Speaker of the House is unable to perform the duties of that office
because of physical or mental disability, the Clerk shall make a
copy of the petition for the records of his office and shall
transmit, within three days, the original to the chairman of the
majority caucus along with his certificate as to the date and time
on which the petition was filed with him. The chairman shall call a
meeting of the caucus to be held within five days from the date he
receives the petition and certificate from the Clerk. Such meeting
shall be for the purpose of holding a hearing on the petition and
the caucus shall adopt rules for the conduct of the hearing. After
the hearing the members of the caucus shall vote and if a majority
of the membership of the caucus votes that there is a disability and
that such disability is permanent the office shall be declared
vacant and the Speaker Pro Tempore shall become Speaker and serve
until a Speaker is elected. |