HOUSE BILL No. 5999


     September 27, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Birkholz and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Operations.


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

   executive branch; to provide for the appointment and term of cer-

   tain state officers; and to impose duties and responsibilities on

   certain state officers.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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

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      within the department of state.

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

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      term not to exceed the governor's term.  The state poet laureate

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      shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and is exempt from

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      the classified state civil service.  The state poet laureate

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      shall be a resident of this state.

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           (3) The state poet laureate shall serve without

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      compensation.  However, the state poet laureate may be reimbursed




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      for his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the

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      performance of his or her duties as assigned by the governor.




















































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