H.B. 2911 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


H.B. 2911
By: Homer
Transportation
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

H.B. 2911 78(R)It is an established tradition that the State periodically
names a highway or specified portion of a highway in honor of a person,
event or 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 Farmto-Market Road
68 in Fannin County as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road. 


RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 


ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by
adding a new Section 225.059 which would (a) designate Farm-to-Market Road
68 in Fannin County as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road, (b) require the
department to design and construct markers indicating the road number, the
designation of Speaker Jimmy Turman Road and any other appropriate
information and (c) requires the department to erect a marker at each end
of the road and at appropriate sites along the road. 


EFFECTIVE DATE

This Act takes effect immediately, or, if the Act does not receive the
necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2003.