# General Provisions (GGP)

## Title 7. Emblems; Designations; Commemorative Days and Months

### Subtitle 3. Additional Emblems; Designations

#### Section 7-318

(a) The Governor may designate a citizen of the State as its Poet Laureate.

(b)

  (1) The Poet Laureate:

    (i) may not receive compensation as Poet Laureate; but

    (ii) subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, is entitled to reimbursement for any expenses incurred in the performance of duties as Poet Laureate.

  (2) Reimbursement under this subsection:

    (i) shall be paid from the General Emergency Fund of the Board of Public Works; and

    (ii) may not exceed $1,000 in any 1 fiscal year.

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Md. Code Ann., Gen. Prov. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)