By: Duncan, Lindsay S.B. No. 1043
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to creating a committee to appoint a poet laureate, a
1-3 state musician, and state artists.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Title 106, Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
1-6 Article 6139k to read as follows:
1-7 Art. 6139k. POET LAUREATE, STATE MUSICIAN, AND STATE ARTISTS
1-8 Sec. 1. DESIGNATING A POET LAUREATE, A STATE MUSICIAN, AND
1-9 STATE ARTISTS. (a) The Texas poet laureate, state musician, and
1-10 state artist committee shall designate a poet laureate of Texas, a
1-11 Texas state musician, a Texas state artist for two-dimensional
1-12 media, and a Texas state artist for three-dimensional media.
1-13 (b) The Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state
1-14 artist committee shall choose the poet laureate, the state
1-15 musician, and the state artists from a list of individuals
1-16 submitted by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
1-17 (c) The individuals designated as the poet laureate, the
1-18 state musician, and the state artists do not receive any pay or
1-19 emolument.
1-20 (d) The individuals designated as poet laureate, as state
1-21 musician, and as state artists keep the designation for one year
1-22 from the date of the designation ceremony.
1-23 Sec. 2. TEXAS POET LAUREATE, STATE MUSICIAN, AND STATE
1-24 ARTIST COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED. (a) The Texas poet laureate, state
1-25 musician, and state artist committee consists of the following
2-1 seven members:
2-2 (1) one member appointed by the governor;
2-3 (2) three members appointed by the lieutenant
2-4 governor; and
2-5 (3) three members appointed by the speaker of the
2-6 house of representatives.
2-7 (b) One member appointed by the speaker of the house of
2-8 representatives must be the chair of the house committee that has
2-9 primary jurisdiction of arts and cultural matters who serves on the
2-10 committee as an additional duty of the chairmanship.
2-11 (c) Members of the committee who are not members of the
2-12 legislature serve for a two-year term that expires October 1 of
2-13 each odd-numbered year.
2-14 (d) The members of the committee shall select a presiding
2-15 officer from the members of the committee.
2-16 Sec. 3. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.
2-17 (a) The Texas Commission on the Arts shall solicit nominations
2-18 from the arts and cultural community for the poet laureate, the
2-19 state musician, and the state artists. The commission may use the
2-20 commission's Texas Cultural & Arts Network, the media, public
2-21 meetings, newsletters, and the Writer's League of Texas to
2-22 distribute information about the nomination process.
2-23 (b) The Texas Commission on the Arts may receive submissions
2-24 from poets, musicians, and artists who have been nominated.
2-25 (c) The Texas Commission on the Arts may assemble a group of
2-26 artists, musicians, writers, scholars, and other appropriate
3-1 experts in the fields of visual arts, music, and literature to:
3-2 (1) review the submissions from the nominated poets,
3-3 musicians, and artists; and
3-4 (2) provide advice and recommendations to the
3-5 commission on who should be considered for designation as poet
3-6 laureate, as state musician, and as a state artist.
3-7 (d) The Texas Commission on the Arts shall submit to the
3-8 Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee a
3-9 list of not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of being
3-10 designated as the poet laureate, a list of not more than 10
3-11 individuals who are worthy of being designated as the state
3-12 musician, a list of not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of
3-13 being designated as the state artist for two-dimensional media, and
3-14 a list of not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of being
3-15 designated as the state artist for three-dimensional media.
3-16 Sec. 4. DESIGNATION CEREMONY. The governor and members of
3-17 the Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee
3-18 shall honor the individuals designated as poet laureate, as state
3-19 musician, and as a state artist in a ceremony at the State Capitol.
3-20 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
3-21 (b) As soon as possible after the effective date of this
3-22 Act, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the
3-23 house of representatives shall appoint the initial members of the
3-24 Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee.