SRC-AMY H.B. 2911 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2911
78R7437 DWS-DBy: Homer (Deuell)
Infrastructure Development and Security
5/19/2003
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

It is an established tradition that the state periodically names a highway
or specified portion of a highway in honor of a person or event, or a
significant feature of that roadway.  Dr. James A. (Jimmy) Turman was a
four-term member of the Texas House of Representatives from Gober, Texas,
in Fannin County, whose legislative career concluded with service as the
64th Speaker of the House.  H.B. 2911 designates Farm-to-Market Road 68 in
Fannin County as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by
adding Section 225.059, as follows: 

Sec. 225.059.  SPEAKER JIMMY TURMAN ROAD.  (a)  Provides that
Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County is designated as Speaker Jimmy
Turman Road. 

(b)  Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and
construct markers indicating the road number, the designation as Speaker
Jimmy Turman Road, and any other appropriate information. 

(c)  Requires TxDOT to erect a marker at each end of the road and at
appropriate intermediate sites along the road. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or September 1, 2003.