Section 1187.1 - Creation of committee; number of members; terms; meetings(a) A joint legislative committee to be known as the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee is hereby created. It shall consist of eighteen members of the General Assembly who shall serve without compensation, nine of whom shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, five from among the majority party and four from among the minority party, and nine of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, five from among the majority party and four from among the minority party.(b) The term of each member of the committee shall run from the date of his appointment until thirty days after the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly in odd numbered years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Appointments to the committee shall take effect thirty-one days after the convening of each regular session of the General Assembly in odd numbered years. Any vacancy happening in the membership shall be filled by the appointing power making the original appointment for the unexpired term.(c) The committee shall organize as soon as may be after the appointment of members thirty-one days after the convening of each regular session of the General Assembly in odd numbered years, at the call of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, by electing a chairman, vice-chairman and a secretary. The secretary need not be a member of the committee.1968, Jan. 19, P.L.(1967) 1022, § 1.