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 within the Maine Arts Commission.__The fund consists of money appropriated by the Legislature from the General Fund.__The fund must be held separate from all other money, funds and accounts.__Any unexpended funds remaining at the end of each fiscal year must be returned to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.

2.__Fund purpose.__The purpose of the fund is to provide funds to nonprofit public agencies in Maine 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 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.

Sec. 2. Review. The Maine Arts Commission shall conduct a review of the process associated with a nonprofit public agency's applying for and obtaining funds from the State Poet Laureate Reimbursement Fund, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 27, section 424, after the process has been in place for 3 years and make any necessary adjustments by September 30, 2006. The commission may submit to the Legislature any legislation necessary to implement recommendations resulting from the review.

Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

MAINE ARTS COMMISSION

State Poet Laureate Reimbursement Fund