H.R. No. 6
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Honorable Rick Noriega, duly elected to serve as
state representative for House District 145 for the 79th
Legislature, is serving on active duty in the armed forces of the
United States as a major in the Texas Army National Guard stationed
in Afghanistan and under the terms of his activation will be on
active duty for longer than 30 days; and
WHEREAS, Representative Rick Noriega 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 Article XVI, Section 72, of the Texas
Constitution, Representative Rick Noriega has selected Melissa
Meisgeier Noriega to serve as temporary acting representative for
House District 145; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby approves Representative Rick Noriega's
selection of Melissa Meisgeier Noriega to serve as temporary acting
representative for House District 145 for the shorter period of:
(1) the term of Representative Rick Noriega's active
military service; or
(2) the term of office to which Representative Rick
Noriega was elected; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That Temporary Acting Representative Melissa
Meisgeier Noriega 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 Rick Noriega,
the member of the house whom she is temporarily replacing.
Davis of Harris
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Swinford
Dukes King of Parker Talton
Dunnam King of Zavala Taylor
Dutton Kolkhorst Thompson
Edwards Krusee Truitt
Eiland Kuempel Turner
Eissler Laney Uresti
Elkins Laubenberg Van Arsdale
Escobar Leibowitz Veasey
Farabee Luna Villarreal
Farrar Madden Vo
Flores Martinez West
Flynn Martinez Fischer Wong
Frost McCall Woolley
Gallego McClendon Zedler
Gattis McReynolds
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 6 was adopted by the House on January
11, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House