[HISTORY: Adopted by the Suffolk County Legislature 6-25-2002 by Res. No.
658-2002; amended in its entirety 3-3-2009 by Res. No. 113-2009 (Ch. 697 of the 1985 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Effective
June 2009, biennially a Poet Laureate shall be designated for Suffolk
County, to be honored at the first meeting of the Suffolk County Legislature
in June every two years, and who shall be known as the "Suffolk County
Poet Laureate" for the period of June 1 to May 31 of the following
two-year period. The Suffolk County Legislature shall select the Poet
Laureate based on the recommendation of a panel consisting of past
and present Suffolk County Poet Laureates.
B.
The Poet
Laureate panel shall not recommend to the Legislature any person who
has been designated as Suffolk County's Poet Laureate in the preceding
ten-year period.
The Suffolk County Poet Laureate selection panel shall issue
a written report to the Chairperson of the Economic Development, Higher
Education, and Energy Committee, or any successor committee thereto,
and the Clerk of the Suffolk County Legislature, identifying the individual
chosen by the panel as the Poet Laureate, said report to include the
criteria used in the selection process, and to be issued no later
than April 1 of the year in which the Poet Laureate is to be so designated.
[Added 6-8-2021 by Res. No. 495-2021; amended 4-12-2022 by Res. No. 267-2022]
A.
Effective
June 2022, biennially a Teen Poet Laureate shall be designated for
Suffolk County, to be honored at the first meeting of the Suffolk
County Legislature in June every two years, and who shall be known
as the “Suffolk County Teen Poet Laureate” for the period
of June 1 to May 31 of the following two-year period. The Suffolk
County Legislature shall select the Teen Poet Laureate based on the
recommendation of a panel consisting of past and present Suffolk County
Poet Laureates and Teen Poet Laureates.
B.
The selected
Teen Poet Laureate shall be between the ages of 13 and 19 at the time
of selection and may be selected once during that time.
[Added 6-8-2021 by Res. No. 495-2021; amended 4-12-2022 by Res. No. 267-2022]
The Suffolk County Teen Poet Laureate selection panel shall
issue a written report to the Chairperson of the Economic Development,
Planning and Housing Committee or any successor committee thereto,
and the Clerk of the Suffolk County Legislature, identifying the individual
chosen by the panel as the Teen Poet Laureate, said report to include
the criteria used in the selection process, and to be issued no later
than April 1 of the year in which the Teen Poet Laureate is to be
so designated.
