There is hereby created in the State of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. The council shall be responsible directly to the Governor. The council shall consist of fifteen members who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the Senate. The members of the council shall be broadly representative of all fields of the performing and visual arts and shall be appointed from among private citizens who are widely known for their competence and experience in connection with the performing and visual arts.

Two members of the Senate, one of the majority party and one of the minority party of that body, appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and two members of the House of Representatives, one of the majority party and one of the minority party of that body, appointed by the Speaker, shall be voting members of the council and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the council. The members of the Legislature appointed to the council shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power, but not beyond their term of office in the General Assembly. For the purposes of this act, such members of the Legislature shall constitute a joint interim legislative committee on the subject of this act.