Section 4-24-105 - Per diem payments and expenses

(a)(1) Commission members shall receive a per diem payment for each day of attendance at a local firefighting unit pursuant to § 4-24-110, or a meeting of the commission pursuant to § 4-24-107, in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day of attendance.(2) Members shall receive a prorated share of such per diem payment for less than a full day's attendance.(b) A travel and expense allowance, consistent with state travel policy, shall be paid from the member's home to the location of the firefighting unit, or meeting of the commission, and return.(c) The payment of such per diem and travel allowance expense shall be subject to funding being available in the budget of the commission for the fiscal year in which such payments are made.Acts 1974, ch. 726, § 5; 1976, ch. 706, § 2; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(26); T.C.A., § 4-2405; Acts 1981, ch. 227, § 1; 1984, ch. 676, § 1; 2004, ch. 858, §§ 1 - 3.