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| To amend section 3379.03 and to enact section 3379.12 | 1 |
| of the Revised Code to create the position of Ohio | 2 |
| Poet Laureate. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 3379.03 be amended and section | 4 |
| 3379.12 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 3379.03. The Ohio arts council shall: | 6 |
| (A) Conduct a survey of the cultural and artistic resources | 7 |
| and needs of the state and maintain a continuing inventory of such | 8 |
| resources; | 9 |
| (B) Develop a plan for better and fuller use and enjoyment of | 10 |
| the state's cultural and artistic resources by all the people of | 11 |
| the state; | 12 |
| (C) Assess the role of the arts in the growth and development | 13 |
| of the state; | 14 |
| (D) Report at least biennially to the governor and the | 15 |
| general assembly on the state of the arts. Such report may include | 16 |
| recommendations based on the council's surveys. | 17 |
| (E) Administer the per cent for arts program pursuant to | 18 |
| section 3379.10 of the Revised Code; | 19 |
| (F) Establish guidelines for the administration of the | 20 |
| council's duties that pertain to the position of Ohio poet | 21 |
| laureate pursuant to section 3379.12 of the Revised Code and for | 22 |
| the qualifications of the Ohio poet laureate appointed under that | 23 |
| section. | 24 |
| Sec. 3379.12. (A) The position of Ohio poet laureate is | 25 |
| hereby created. The Ohio poet laureate shall be appointed by the | 26 |
| governor from a list of not less than three candidates recommended | 27 |
| by the Ohio arts council based on qualifications developed by the | 28 |
| arts council under division (F) of section 3379.03 of the Revised | 29 |
| Code. The arts council shall submit its list of candidates to the | 30 |
| governor not less than ninety days prior to the beginning of the | 31 |
| Ohio poet laureate's term of office. | 32 |
| (B) The term of office for the Ohio poet laureate shall be | 33 |
| for two years. The initial term shall begin on January 1, 2016. | 34 |
| (C) In the event of the death, resignation, or any other | 35 |
| vacancy or inability to perform the duties of Ohio poet laureate | 36 |
| during an individual's unexpired term of office, not later than | 37 |
| sixty days after the vacancy occurs, the Ohio arts council shall | 38 |
| recommend a candidate to the governor to serve as poet laureate | 39 |
| for the remainder of that unexpired term of office. | 40 |
| (D) An individual may be reappointed to subsequent terms of | 41 |
| office, at the discretion of the governor. | 42 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3379.03 of the Revised Code | 43 |
| is hereby repealed. | 44 |