1-1     By:  Duncan, Lindsay                                  S.B. No. 1043
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2001; March 5, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
 1-4     March 21, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 21, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1043                By:  Moncrief
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to creating a committee to appoint a poet laureate, a
1-11     state musician, and state artists.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Title 106, Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
1-14     Article 6139k to read as follows:
1-15           Art. 6139k.  POET LAUREATE, STATE MUSICIAN, AND STATE ARTISTS
1-16           Sec. 1.  DESIGNATING A POET LAUREATE, A STATE MUSICIAN, AND
1-17     STATE ARTISTS.  (a)  The Texas poet laureate, state musician, and
1-18     state artist committee shall designate a poet laureate of Texas, a
1-19     Texas state musician, a Texas state artist for two-dimensional
1-20     media, and a Texas state artist for three-dimensional media.
1-21           (b)  The Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state
1-22     artist committee shall choose the poet laureate, the state
1-23     musician, and the state artists from a list of individuals
1-24     submitted by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
1-25           (c)  The individuals designated as the poet laureate, the
1-26     state musician, and the state artists do not receive any pay or
1-27     emolument.
1-28           (d)  The individuals designated as poet laureate, as state
1-29     musician, and as state artists keep the designation for one year
1-30     from the date of the designation ceremony.
1-31           Sec. 2.  TEXAS POET LAUREATE, STATE MUSICIAN, AND STATE
1-32     ARTIST COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED.  (a)  The Texas poet laureate, state
1-33     musician, and state artist committee consists of the following
1-34     seven members:
1-35                 (1)  one member appointed by the governor;
1-36                 (2)  three members appointed by the lieutenant
1-37     governor; and
1-38                 (3)  three members appointed by the speaker of the
1-39     house of representatives.
1-40           (b)  One member appointed by the speaker of the house of
1-41     representatives must be the chair of the house committee that has
1-42     primary jurisdiction of arts and cultural matters who serves on the
1-43     committee as an additional duty of the chairmanship.
1-44           (c)  Members of the committee who are not members of the
1-45     legislature serve for a two-year term that expires October 1 of
1-46     each odd-numbered year.
1-47           (d)  The members of the committee shall select a presiding
1-48     officer from the members of the committee.
1-49           Sec. 3.  RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.
1-50     (a)  The Texas Commission on the Arts shall solicit nominations
1-51     from the arts and cultural community for the poet laureate, the
1-52     state musician, and the state artists.  The commission may use the
1-53     commission's Texas Cultural & Arts Network, the media, public
1-54     meetings, newsletters, and the Writer's League of Texas to
1-55     distribute information about the nomination process.
1-56           (b)  The Texas Commission on the Arts may receive submissions
1-57     from poets, musicians, and artists who have been nominated.
1-58           (c)  The Texas Commission on the Arts may assemble a group of
1-59     artists, musicians, writers, scholars, and other appropriate
1-60     experts in the fields of visual arts, music, and literature to:
1-61                 (1)  review the submissions from the nominated poets,
1-62     musicians, and artists; and
1-63                 (2)  provide advice and recommendations to the
1-64     commission on who should be considered for designation as poet
 2-1     laureate, as state musician, and as a state artist.
 2-2           (d)  The Texas Commission on the Arts shall submit to the
 2-3     Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee a
 2-4     list of not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of being
 2-5     designated as the poet laureate, a list of not more than 10
 2-6     individuals who are worthy of being designated as the state
 2-7     musician, a list of not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of
 2-8     being designated as the state artist for two-dimensional media, and
 2-9     a list of not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of being
2-10     designated as the state artist for three-dimensional media.
2-11           Sec. 4.  DESIGNATION CEREMONY.  The governor and members of
2-12     the Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee
2-13     shall honor the individuals designated as poet laureate, as state
2-14     musician, and as a state artist in a ceremony at the State Capitol.
2-15           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-16           (b)  As soon as possible after the effective date of this
2-17     Act, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the
2-18     house of representatives shall appoint the initial members of the
2-19     Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee.
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