Section 41-9-804
Members not to receive pay or emoluments; expenses; fees, etc., from commission funds prohibited; interest in contracts, etc., with commission prohibited; penalty for violation of section.
No member of the commission shall receive any pay or emolument other than actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties as a member of the commission. All such expenses are to be paid from the funds of the commission. Further, it shall be unlawful for any member of the commission or any employee thereof to charge, receive or obtain, either directly or indirectly, any fee, commission, retainer or brokerage out of the funds of the commission, and no members of the commission or officer or employee thereof shall have any interest in any land, materials or contracts sold to or made or negotiated with the commission, or with any member or employee thereof acting in his capacity as a member of such commission. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be removed from the commission.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-945, p. 285, §5.)