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                                                                  H.R. No. 35 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Honorable Frank Corte, Jr., duly elected to 
serve as state representative for House District 122 for the 79th 
Legislature, is serving on active duty in the armed forces of the 
United States as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps 
stationed in Iraq, and under the terms of his activation will be on 
active duty for longer than 30 days; and
	WHEREAS, Representative Frank Corte, Jr., has taken the oath 
of office from an officer authorized by Texas law to give the oath 
and has begun serving his term as a member of the House of 
Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature; and
	WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 72, Article XVI, Texas 
Constitution, Representative Frank Corte, Jr., has selected 
Valerie Ryder Corte to serve as temporary acting representative for 
House District 122; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby approves Representative 
Frank Corte, Jr.'s, selection of Valerie Ryder Corte to serve as 
temporary acting representative for House District 122 for the 
shorter period of:
		(1)  the term of Representative Frank Corte, Jr.'s, 
active military service; or
		(2)  the term of office to which Representative Frank 
Corte, Jr., was elected; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That Temporary Acting Representative Valerie Ryder 
Corte has all the powers, privileges, and duties of the office and 
is entitled to the same compensation, payable in the same manner and 
from the same source, as Representative Frank Corte, Jr., the 
member of the house whom Temporary Acting Representative Valerie 
Ryder Corte is temporarily replacing.

                                                                      Hilderbran

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 35 was adopted by the House on April 
17, 2006, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House