Bill Text: MI HB4805 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: State; other; office of state poet laureate; create. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/02/2019 [HB4805 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4805-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4805

 

 

June 26, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Miller and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to create the office of state poet laureate in the

 

department of education; to provide for the appointment and term of

 

certain state officers; and to impose duties and responsibilities

 

on certain state officers.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) The office of state poet laureate is created

 

within the department of education and housed in the library of

 

Michigan.

 

     (2) The governor may appoint the state poet laureate for a

 

term ending not later than when the governor leaves office. The

 

state poet laureate shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and

 

is exempt from the classified state civil service. The state poet

 

laureate shall be a resident of this state.

 

     (3) The state poet laureate shall serve without compensation.


However, the state poet laureate may be reimbursed for his or her

 

actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or

 

her duties as assigned by the governor.

 

     (4) Subject to subsection (5), the office of state poet

 

laureate shall not receive state or federal funds for its

 

operations.

 

     (5) The office of state poet laureate may receive donations of

 

private funds to be used only for the operations of the office of

 

state poet laureate.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.

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