June 6, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Miller and referred to the Committee on Workforce and Talent Development.
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.