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.