Lieutenant governor of georgia duties. In most cases the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor standing in for that officer when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated. Should the governor die or otherwise permanently leave office the lieutenant governor becomes governor for the remainder of the term. A former professional baseball player and successful entrepreneur geoff duncan was elected georgias lieutenant governor in november of 2018.
Lieutenant governor duncan will focus on health care education making georgia the technology capital of the east coast and transportation. In the united states 45 of the 50 states have an office of lieutenant governorin two of the 45 states the speaker of the upper house of the state legislature serves in such a capacity. Constitutionally the lieutenant governors primary job is to serve as president of georgias senatein the case of incapacity of the governor.
The governor is president of the board and the state treasurer is secretary. The position of lieutenant governor exists in the overwhelming majority of states where the position is most often filled by popular statewide election and jointly with the governor although in a small number of cases the role of lieutenant governor is assigned by state law to another position in either the executive or legislative branch e. Casey cagle is the current lieutenant governor and has served in this role since 2007.
The board employs an executive secretary and a stenographer to help carry out its duties. In fact casey cagle was the first republican lieutenant governor in georgias history when he was elected. The board of public buildings is composed of the governor lieutenant governor and attorney general.
States the lieutenant governor is elected on a separate ticket from the georgia governor. The lieutenant governors primary job is to serve as president of the georgia state senateif the governor is temporarily unable to exercise his office the lieutenant governor assumes the powers but not the title of the governor. States the lieutenant governor is elected on a separate ticket from the georgia governor.
Constitutionally the lieutenant governors primary job is to serve as president of georgias senatein the case of incapacity of the governor. In the event of a governors death the state constitution charges the lieutenant governor with assuming office as the governor until the next general election. Geoff and brooke both attended the georgia institute of technology where geoff was a scholarship pitcher.
The lieutenant governor of georgia is a constitutional officer of the state of georgia elected to a four year term by popular voteunlike in some other us. During republican governor sonny perdues first term democrat mark taylor was the lieutenant governor. Rsmo 33300 board of public buildings.