79R13902 DWS-D


By:  Homer, Phillips                                              H.B. No. 2647



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to designation of Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County 
as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 225.061 to read as follows:
	Sec. 225.061.  SPEAKER JIMMY TURMAN ROAD.  (a)  
Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County is designated as Speaker 
Jimmy Turman Road.
	(b)  The department shall design and construct markers 
indicating the road number, the designation as Speaker Jimmy Turman 
Road, and any other appropriate information.
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department 
shall erect a marker at each end of the road and at appropriate 
intermediate sites along the road.
	(d)  The department is not required to design, construct, or 
erect a marker required by this section unless a grant or donation 
of private funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the 
design, construction, and erection of the marker.
	(e)  Money received under Subsection (d) shall be deposited 
to the credit of the state highway fund.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.