(A) The South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award must be presented annually by a committee of two members appointed from each of the following:

(1) South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control by its commissioner;

(2) State Commission of Forestry by its chairman;

(3) South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium by its executive director;

(4) Water Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources by the department’s director;

(5) Wildlife and Freshwater Fish Division of the Department of Natural Resources by the department’s director;

(6) Land Resources and Conservation Districts Division of the Department of Natural Resources by the department’s director; and

(7) Coastal Division of the Department of Health and Environmental Control by the department’s director;

(8) Marine Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources by the department’s director.

(B) The committee shall elect from its members a chairman and a secretary. Each department or commission shall provide for the expenses of its members, except collective expenses must be shared by the departments and the commissions. Members are not eligible for mileage or per diem.