Chapter 045
2012 -- S 2383 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 04/27/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HISTORIAN LAUREATE OF
Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, and Felag
Date Introduced: February 14, 2012
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE
AFFAIRS AND
GOVERNMENT" is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
CHAPTER
100.1
HISTORIAN
LAUREATE OF
42-100.1-1.
Historian laureate. – There is hereby created
the post of historian laureate
of
42-100.1-2.
Appointment. – The historian laureate shall be
appointed for a term of five
(5) years by the secretary of
state.
42-100.1-3.
Compensation. – The historian laureate shall
receive no compensation.
42-100.1-4.
Qualifications. – The historian laureate must
have earned recognition and
distinction as the author of authoritative books or essays about
the history of
served in a leadership position in staging commemorative
public observances pertaining to
various aspects of the history of
Island to the general public.
42-100.1-5.
Duties. – The duties of the historian laureate
shall include delivering
historical lectures about pertinent aspects of
ceremonies and observances at the request of the governor, the
speaker of the house, the president
of the senate, the chief justice of the supreme court,
or the secretary of state; furnishing historical
information or advice to the above-named officers upon request;
reading and editing state-
sponsored historical publications for accuracy upon request; and
such other duties pertaining to
the dissemination of information about
officers may from time-to-time require.
42-100.1-6.
Certification. – The secretary of state shall
issue to the appointee a
certificate bearing the seal of the state upon which is
designated the name of the appointee, the
words "historian laureate of
ending month and year of service.
42-100.1-7.
Position of honor. -- The position of historian
laureate shall be honorific
only, and shall not confer official status upon any
historical writings, lectures, or pronouncements
of the laureate; nor shall the statements or views of
the laureate be regarded as the official
position of the state in any court of law; nor the position of
any of the state officers enumerated
above in section 42-100.1-5.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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