Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1043 establishes a committee to each year designate a poet laureate of Texas, a Texas state musician, and two Texas state artists, one who works in two-dimensional media and one who works in three-dimensional media. The committee consists of one gubernatorial appointee and three appointees each selected by the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives, respectively. The Texas Commission on the Arts is responsible for soliciting nominations in each of the four categories and for submitting to the committee for each category a list of not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of designation. Under the bill, the commission may assemble a group of experts to review nominations and provide advice and recommendations.