--- title: HR 328. Jeffrey E. Turner Highway; Clayton County; dedicate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr328 cite_as: HR 328, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr328 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr328.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr328/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70615 date: 2025-02-24 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr327.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr329.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr328.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 328 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-02-20 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Rhonda Burnough - Sandra Scott - Robert Flournoy text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR328/2025 upstream_id: 1978335 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - highway naming - Clayton County - road dedication - law enforcement recognition --- # HR 328. Jeffrey E. Turner Highway; Clayton County; dedicate ## Text House Resolution 328 By: Representatives Burnough of the 77th, Scott of the 76th, and Flournoy of the 74th A RESOLUTION Recognizing Chief Jeffrey E. Turner and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Chief Jeffrey E. Turner is highly regarded by the citizens of his community and state and by local government officials as a person of unquestioned integrity and dedication to the sound principles of law enforcement; and WHEREAS, Chief Turner moved to Clayton County with his family in 1978 and graduated from Morrow High School in 1982; and WHEREAS, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of West Georgia and a master's degree from Columbus State University; and WHEREAS, after dedicating 20 years of service to the Clayton County Police Department, Chief Turner was appointed as the first African American Chief of Police for the department in 2007; and WHEREAS, in 2009, Chief Turner was assigned to the Clayton County Regional Police Academy as the Director and the first African American to lead the academy; and WHEREAS, Chief Turner exhibits extraordinary devotion to duty, outstanding loyalty, fine leadership, and meticulous attention to detail in all his duties; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized by dedicating a road in his honor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of Interstate 75 from the Riverdale exit to the Tara Boulevard exit in Clayton County is dedicated as the Jeffrey E. Turner Highway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Jeffrey E. Turner Highway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to Chief Jeffrey E. Turner and to the Department of Transportation. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution would name a stretch of Interstate 75 in Clayton County, from the Riverdale exit to the Tara Boulevard exit, the Jeffrey E. Turner Highway, honoring the former Clayton County police chief. ### Plain-language summary 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. ### What it does - 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. ### Who it affects 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. ### Why it matters 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. ### Key provisions - 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. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2025-02-20) - Last action: House Second Readers (2025-02-24) - Sponsors: Rhonda Burnough, Sandra Scott, Robert Flournoy - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70615 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr328.md?full=1