(a)  The commission shall consist of twenty-one (21) members, eight (8) of whom shall be older citizens appointed by the speaker and seven (7) of whom shall be older citizens appointed by the president of the senate. The speaker shall appoint three (3) members and the president of the senate shall appoint two (2) members for terms of three (3) years; the speaker shall appoint three (3) members and the president of the senate shall appoint two (2) members for terms of two (2) years; and the speaker shall appoint two (2) members and the president of the senate shall appoint three (3) members for a term of one year. These terms shall commence with the date of appointment and expire on the January 31 after the appointment corresponding with the number of years of the term to which appointed. Appointments shall be made for terms of three (3) years commencing on February 1 in the year of appointment and ending on January 31 in the third year after the appointment. Any vacancy among the members shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(b)  The remaining six (6) members of the commission shall be the president of the Police Chiefs’ Association or his or her designee; the attorney general or his or her designee; the director of elderly affairs or his or her designee; a representative of the state police appointed by the superintendent of the state police, the president of the fire chief’s association, or his or her designee and the state fire marshal or his or her designee; all six (6) of whom shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.

(c)  The members of the commission shall meet at the call of the speaker of the house and organize and shall select a chairperson from among themselves.