A.  The Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch is hereby created to undertake all necessary study and to propose legislation to the legislature to reorganize the executive branch of state government as contemplated by La. Const. Art. IV, § 1 and in particular the transfer, allocation, or consolidation of state agencies and their powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as contemplated by La. Rev. Stat. 36:2 and 4.

B.  The committee shall be composed of fifteen members: five members of the Senate, to be appointed by the president of the Senate from a list of nominees submitted by the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs, five members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives from a list of nominees submitted by the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs, and five members appointed by the governor.  Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointments.

Acts 1997, No. 1045, §1.