1-2-12-5. Duties of Selection Committee
Sec. 5. The selection committee shall do the following: (1) Meet on a biennial basis to select the poet laureate. (2) Determine a method of selecting the poet laureate. (3) Select a poet laureate not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year. (4) Permit a person to be selected as poet laureate even if […]
1-2-12-6. Poet Laureate’s Term of Service
Sec. 6. A person selected as poet laureate serves a two (2) year term that begins January 1 following the poet laureate’s selection. As added by P.L.164-2005, SEC.1.
1-2-12-7. Duties of Poet Laureate
Sec. 7. (a) The poet laureate shall do the following: (1) Make a formal appearance at schools, libraries, and other educational facilities. (2) Offer advice to the commission concerning ways to further the art of poetry in Indiana. (3) Represent Indiana and the art of poetry to the education community and the public. (b) The […]
1-2-12-8. Annual Honorarium for Poet Laureate
Sec. 8. (a) The commission may pay an annual honorarium of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to the poet laureate. (b) The commission may pay a per diem to the poet laureate for each day that the poet laureate makes an appearance under this chapter. (c) The commission may pay travel expenses to a […]
1-2-12-9. Payment of Expenses From Commission Funds
Sec. 9. All expenses and other payments permitted under this chapter shall be paid from appropriations to or other funds of the commission. As added by P.L.164-2005, SEC.1.
1-2-13-1. “Grouseland Rifle”
Sec. 1. The “Grouseland Rifle” made by Colonel John Small of Vincennes, Indiana, between 1803 and 1812 is designated the official rifle of the state of Indiana. As added by P.L.84-2012, SEC.1.
1-2-13-2. Authorization to Reproduce Grouseland Rifle
Sec. 2. Any: (1) duplication or reproduction; or (2) sale of any duplication or reproduction; of the “Grouseland Rifle” must be authorized by the Grouseland Foundation of Vincennes, Indiana. As added by P.L.84-2012, SEC.1.
1-2-8-1. Cardinal
Sec. 1. The bird commonly known as the Red Bird or Cardinal (Richmondena Cardinalis Cardinalis) is hereby adopted and designated as the official state bird of the state of Indiana. Formerly: Acts 1933, c.223, s.1.
1-2-14-1. Official State Aircraft
Sec. 1. The Republic Aviation P-47 Thunderbolt known as the Hoosier Spirit II, produced in Evansville, Indiana, during World War II, is designated as the official state aircraft of Indiana. As added by P.L.229-2015, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.129-2021, SEC.1.
1-2-9-1. Limestone
Sec. 1. The regal type rock “Limestone” which is found and quarried in south and central Indiana from the geologic formation named the Salem Limestone, is hereby adopted as the official stone of the State of Indiana. Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.3, SEC.1.