69-1-115 - Authorization for payment of per diem compensation and actual expenses to council members; exceptions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-1-115. Authorization for payment of per diem compensation and actual expenses to council members; exceptions.
 

Members of the council and task force shall serve without compensation, provided that they shall be entitled to per diem compensation as is authorized by law for each day occupied with the discharge of official duties as members of the council or task force and all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, including mileage as authorized by law. However, no member shall be authorized to receive reimbursement for expenses, including mileage, or per diem compensation unless such authorization appears in the minutes of the council or task force and is signed by the chairman or vice-chairman. The members of the council or task force shall not receive per diem or expenses while the Legislature is in session. All expenses incurred by and on behalf of the council or task force shall be paid from a sum to be provided in equal portion from the contingency funds of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1988, ch. 591, § 8, eff from and after passage (approved May 24, 1988).