By Goodman H.B. No. 2734 74R7231 RJA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the senior justice of the supreme court signing court 1-3 documents for the chief justice. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 22.014 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 22.014. SENIOR JUSTICE ACTING FOR CHIEF JUSTICE. In 1-8 the chief justice's absence, the justice with the most seniority on 1-9 the supreme court may sign a court document for the chief justice 1-10 if the chief justice has given that justice written authorization. 1-11 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-17 passage, and it is so enacted.