(a) Members.--The board shall consist of 13 members, all of whom shall be knowledgeable and supportive of the delivery of civil legal services to the indigent. Two members shall be appointed by the Governor; one must be a representative of a depository institution and one must be a public member who is not an attorney. One member shall be appointed by each of the following: the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the President pro tempore and Minority Leader of the Senate; two shall be attorneys and two shall be public members who are not attorneys. One member shall be appointed by each of the chief executive officers of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association. Four members shall be appointed by the President of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Legal Services Corporation, at least two of whom must be eligible clients. The members of the board shall elect a chairperson at their first meeting.

(b) Term of office.--The term of office and the manner of filling vacancies shall be as provided in the bylaws, which shall be adopted by a majority vote of the board within six months of the effective date of this act, except for the legislative and gubernatorial appointees, whose terms shall be concurrent with the term of the appointing officer.

(c) Compensation.--The members shall receive no compensation for their services as members but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.