A Township Planning Commission, composed of nine members, appointed
in the manner provided by law (53 P.S. § 10202), is hereby created
and established in and for the Township. The Township Planning Commission
shall perform all of the duties and may exercise any and all of the
powers vested by law in planning agencies in townships, provided that
the individuals constituting the Township Planning Commission now
functioning in the Township shall constitute the Planning Commission
hereby created, and nothing in this chapter shall affect the tenure
of the present Township Planning Commission. All vacancies hereafter
occurring in the Planning Commission, regardless of their cause, shall
be filled in accordance with the provisions of the law governing planning
agencies in townships at the time of the occurrence of the vacancy.