CHAPTER 300

H.P. 93 - L.D. 84

An Act To Reimburse the State Poet Laureate and To Provide

Access to the State Poet Laureate's Services

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 27 MRSA §424 is enacted to read:

§424.__State Poet Laureate Reimbursement Fund

1.__Fund established.__The State Poet Laureate Reimbursement Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing Other Special Revenue Funds account administered by the Maine Arts Commission.__The fund consists of gifts, grants or other sources of revenues deposited for the purposes described in subsection 2.__The fund must be held separate from all other money, funds and accounts.

2.__Fund purpose.__The purpose of the fund is to provide funds to nonprofit public agencies and schools in the State to reimburse the State Poet Laureate for the cost of travel and related expenses associated with bringing the services of the State Poet Laureate to the community.__The Maine Arts Commission shall administer the fund and develop guidelines and procedures to make the services of the State Poet Laureate available to any nonprofit public agency and school in the State.

3.__Application process.__The Maine Arts Commission shall establish an application process for fund requests for the purposes set forth in this section.

4.__Promotion.__The Maine Arts Commission shall promote the availability of the fund through its various avenues of communication, including its publicly accessible site on the Internet.