§ 1043-1. Designation biennially; selection panel.

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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.

                    
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