Tex. Gov't Code § 22.014 · Subchapter A. SUPREME COURT
SENIOR JUSTICE ACTING FOR CHIEF JUSTICE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In the chief justice's absence, the justice with the most seniority on the supreme court may sign a court document for the chief justice if the chief justice has given that justice written authorization.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 356, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.22.htm
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- sha256 6155400bb1a546b8e259504889dca95a23e9531827648c6c1216ba5521d748cb
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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