(a) Establishment.--
(1) The department shall establish a Lottery Sales Advisory Council which shall be comprised of the secretary, the Director of the Division of the State Lottery, a representative from the Department of Aging or a successor agency, members of a Statewide food merchants association, lottery sales agents and any other individual, at the discretion of the department.
(2) The Lottery Sales Advisory Council shall meet at times and in a manner at the department's discretion for the purposes of increasing the partnership between the State Lottery and lottery sales agents and developing policy recommendations for increased lottery sales.
(3) The Lottery Sales Advisory Council shall operate in an advisory, nonbinding capacity.
(b) Compensation.--A non-Commonwealth employee member of the Lottery Sales Advisory Council shall not be entitled to any form of compensation from the Commonwealth for the performance of any duty that may be required by the Lottery Sales Advisory Council.