Amend CSSB 1952 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered article to the bill and 
renumbering the remaining articles of the bill as appropriate:

ARTICLE ____.  DESIGNATING THE POET LAUREATE,

STATE MUSICIAN, AND STATE ARTISTS
	SECTION ____.  Section 1(d), Article 6139k, Revised 
Statutes, as added by Chapter 1412, Acts of the 77th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The individuals designated as poet laureate, as state 
musician, and as state artists keep the designation for two years
[one year] from the date of the designation ceremony.
	SECTION ____.  Section 2, Article 6139k, Revised Statutes, 
as added by Chapter 1412, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2001, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (d) 
and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
	(a)  The Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state 
artist committee consists of the following seven members:
		(1)  one member of the public appointed by the 
governor;             
		(2)  two [three] members of the public appointed by the 
lieutenant governor;  [and]
		(3)  one senator appointed by the lieutenant governor;                 
		(4)  two [three] members of the public appointed by the 
speaker of the house of representatives; and
		(5)  the chair of the house committee that has primary 
jurisdiction over arts and cultural matters.
	(b)  The [One member appointed by the speaker of the house of 
representatives must be the] chair of the house committee that has 
primary jurisdiction over arts and cultural matters [who] serves on 
the committee as an additional duty of the chairmanship.
	(d)  The member of the house of representatives on the 
committee serves as presiding officer of the committee.  The 
presiding officer of the committee serves a two-year term that 
expires on October 1 of each odd-numbered year. [The members of the 
committee shall select a presiding officer from the members of the 
committee.]
	(e)  The committee shall meet in November of each 
even-numbered year to decide who to designate as the poet laureate, 
state musician, and state artists.  In January of each odd-numbered 
year, the committee shall designate the poet laureate, state 
musician, and state artists.
	(f)  The presiding officer of the committee shall call the 
meetings of the committee.
	SECTION ____.  Section 3, Article 6139k, Revised Statutes, 
as added by Chapter 1412, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2001, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding 
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(d)  Not later than September 30 of each even-numbered year, 
the [The] Texas Commission on the Arts shall submit to the Texas 
poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee a list of 
not more than 10 individuals who are worthy of being designated as 
the poet laureate, a list of not more than 10 individuals who are 
worthy of being designated as the state musician, a list of not more 
than 10 individuals who are worthy of being designated as the state 
artist for two-dimensional media, and a list of not more than 10 
individuals who are worthy of being designated as the state artist 
for three-dimensional media.
	(e)  The commission shall adopt rules relating to the 
solicitation, acceptance, and processing of nominations for the 
poet laureate, state musician, and state artists under this 
section.
	SECTION ____.  Article 6139k, Revised Statutes, as added by 
Chapter 1412, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, 
is amended by adding Section 5 to read as follows:
	Sec. 5.  RESOLUTION NAMING POET LAUREATE, STATE MUSICIAN, 
AND STATE ARTISTS.  Not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered 
year, the presiding officer of the Texas poet laureate, state 
musician, and state artist committee shall draft a concurrent 
resolution for consideration by the legislature that acknowledges 
the naming of the poet laureate, state musician, and state artists.
	SECTION ____.  (a)  This article takes effect October 1, 
2003.               
	(b)  On the effective date of this article, the term of each 
member of the Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist 
committee expires.  As soon as practicable after the effective date 
of this article, the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of 
the house of representatives shall appoint the members of the Texas 
poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee that meet 
the requirements of Section 2, Article 6139k, Revised Statutes, as 
added by Chapter 1412, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2001, as amended by this article.