Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 19
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STATEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
The speaker announced that Representative Noriega took the oath office
from Afghanistan and had sent notice to the chief clerk for filing and that, in
accordance with Article 16, Section 72 of the Texas Constitution, a selection of
temporary acting representative was in order and must be approved by the house
by resolution.
HR 6 - ADOPTED
(by J. Davis)
The following resolution was laid before the house:
HR 6
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.
HR 6 was read and was adopted.
On motion of Representative J. Davis, the names of all the members of the
house were added to HR 6 as signers thereof.
OATH OF OFFICE TAKEN BY MELISSA NORIEGA
Melissa Noriega took the constitutional oath of office as temporary acting
state representative, which was administered by Speaker Craddick, as follows:Tuesday, January 11, 2005 HOUSE JOURNAL
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