(20 ILCS 4030/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 167g)

Sec. 1. There is created the Commission on the Chicago World's Fair of 1976, hereinafter called the Commission. The Commission shall consist of 3 members of the Senate to be appointed 2 by the President and 1 by the Minority Leader thereof and 3 members of the House of Representatives to be appointed 2 by the Speaker and 1 by the Minority Leader thereof and 4 citizens of the State of Illinois to be appointed, one each, by the President and the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Vacancies in the Commission membership shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. All members shall be appointed before September 1, 1963, and serve until July 1, 1965. New members shall be appointed bienially in the same manner and for the same terms, except that General Assembly members shall serve until their respective terms are over or until termination of their legislative service, whichever first occurs. Members of the Commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall receive only actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Commission shall select from among its members a Chairman.

(Source: P.A. 78-4.)