HR 328: Jeffrey E. Turner Highway; Clayton County; dedicate

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors Chief Jeffrey E. Turner, a longtime Clayton County law enforcement officer, by naming a section of Interstate 75 after him. The resolution recounts his career, including 20 years with the Clayton County Police Department, his 2007 appointment as the department's first African American Chief of Police, and his 2009 role as the first African American director of the Clayton County Regional Police Academy. The operative part of the resolution designates the portion of I-75 between the Riverdale exit and the Tara Boulevard exit in Clayton County as the Jeffrey E. Turner Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Chief Turner and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the stretch of Interstate 75 between the Riverdale exit and the Tara Boulevard exit in Clayton County as the Jeffrey E. Turner Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Chief Turner and the Department of Transportation.

Chief Jeffrey E. Turner, who is being honored; the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the highway signs; and residents and travelers in Clayton County who use that stretch of Interstate 75.

The resolution has no regulatory or financial effect beyond signage; it is a symbolic honor. Drivers on that stretch of Interstate 75 will see new signage recognizing Chief Turner's decades of service to Clayton County law enforcement.

• The resolving clause designates the I-75 segment from the Riverdale exit to the Tara Boulevard exit in Clayton County as the Jeffrey E. Turner Highway.
• A further resolution clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Chief Turner and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-02-24House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-02-21House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-20House Hopper (House)

• Rhonda Burnough (D, HD-077)Primary sponsor
• Sandra Scott (D, HD-076)
• Robert Flournoy (D, HD-074)

• highway naming
• Clayton County
• road dedication
• law enforcement recognition