HSC §121155: (a) There is hereby created in the state department an AIDS Advisory Committee.

(a) There is hereby created in the state department an AIDS Advisory Committee. The membership of the committee shall be composed of eight members who have knowledge or expertise in the area of public health or AIDS research, or have been educated in the areas for which the grants are to be directed by the committee. These members shall be appointed by the following: (1) Two by the Speaker of the Assembly. (2) Two by the Senate Rules Committee. (3) Four by the Governor. (b) In addition to the membership prescribed by subdivision (a), the following persons shall be ex officio members: (1) The Director of Health Services or a designee shall be a voting member. (2) The Director of Mental Health, or a designee, a designee, requested to be appointed by the President of the University of California, with knowledge, experience, and responsibility for the university-wide allocation of AIDS research grants, shall be nonvoting members. (c) The committee shall be abolished effective July 1, 1990, unless extended by subsequent legislative action.