In the case of the total and permanent disability of the Comptroller, the office shall be declared vacant through a concurrent resolution approved by a majority of the total number of members that compose each body. The Governor shall appoint a new Comptroller pursuant to the procedure established in Art. III, Sec. 22 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is further Provided, That the person designated to hold the office of Comptroller shall not have been previously appointed to said office. History —July 24, 1952, No. 9, p. 16, § 6; Sept. 25, 1997, No. 125, § 2.
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