§ 402. Membership
(a) The Legislative Council shall consist of:
(1) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and three members of the Senate appointed by the President.
(2) The Speaker of the House and three members of the House appointed by the Speaker.
(b) Members shall serve a term of two years or until their successors are appointed. The term of a member shall end upon his or her ceasing to be a member of the General Assembly.
(c) Interim vacancies may be filled by appointment by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House in the same manner as in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The members shall be appointed from the political parties in the general proportion to the membership of each party in each house.
(e) Appointments shall be made biennially at the same time as standing committees. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.)
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