If any member of the Commission who was appointed to the Commission under paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (a) of this section as a member of the city council of Lowell or any other government leaves that office, or if any member of the Commission who was appointed from persons who are not elected officials of any government becomes an elected official of a government, such person may continue as a member of the Commission for not longer than the thirty-day period beginning on the date such person leaves that office or becomes such an elected official, as the case may be.
The chairman of the Commission shall be elected by the members of the Commission. The term of the chairman shall be two years.
Eight members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.
The Commission shall meet at least once each month, at the call of the chairman or a majority of its members.
The Commission established pursuant to this subchapter shall cease to exist seventeen years from June 5, 1978.