(a) (1) (A) The Joint Budget Committee shall consist of:

(i) The current cochairs of the Legislative Council;

(ii) The immediate past cochairs of the Legislative Council;

(iii) The current cochairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee;

(iv) The immediate past cochairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee;

(v) Twenty-four (24) members and eight (8) alternate members of the House of Representatives; and

(vi) Twenty-four (24) members of the Senate.

(B) If the immediate past House Cochair of the Legislative Council is not a member of the House, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint a member of the House to serve in the stead of the immediate past House cochair.

(C) If the immediate past Senate Cochair of the Legislative Council is not a member of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate may appoint a member of the Senate to serve in the stead of the immediate past Senate cochair.

(D) If the immediate past House Cochair of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee is not a member of the House, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint a member of the House to serve in the stead of the immediate past House cochair.

(E) If the immediate past Senate Cochair of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee is not a member of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate may appoint a member of the Senate to serve in the stead of the immediate past Senate cochair.

(F) If the House Cochair of the Legislative Council has not been elected, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint a member of the House to serve until the House members of the Legislative Council elect a cochair of the Legislative Council.

(G) If the House Cochair of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee has not been elected, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint a member of the House to serve until the House members of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee elect a cochair of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.

(2) The Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Budget Committee shall be selected in the same manner as the Senate Vice Chair of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.

(b)

(1) The House shall select the members and their alternates in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives.

(2) The first alternate members shall also be nonvoting members of the Joint Budget Committee and shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage for attending meetings of the Joint Budget Committee.

(3) First alternate members of the Joint Budget Committee shall have a vote in matters before the Joint Budget Committee if a regular member whom the first alternate represents is not in attendance.

(4) Second alternate members of the Joint Budget Committee shall have a vote in matters before the Joint Budget Committee if a regular member and a first alternate member whom the second alternate represents are not in attendance.

(c)

(1) The Senate members of the Joint Budget Committee shall be selected in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Rules of the Senate.

(2) One (1) Senate alternate member shall be selected from each congressional district.

(3) Alternate members shall also be nonvoting members of the Joint Budget Committee and shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage for attending meetings of the Joint Budget Committee.

(4) First alternate members attending as nonvoting members of the Joint Budget Committee shall receive per diem and mileage to be paid in the same manner and from the same source as regular members of the Joint Budget Committee.

(d) The chairs of the Personnel Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, the Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, and the Claims Subcommittee of the Legislative Council shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the corresponding Joint Budget Committee subcommittees.