Members of the board of regents shall receive the sum provided by Code Section 45-7-21 for each day of actual attendance at meetings of the board or for each day of travel, within or outside the state, as a member of a committee of the board, which travel has been authorized by the chairman or by action of the board, plus reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier or the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal automobile to and from the place of meeting or places of visits or inspections. No member shall be authorized to receive the sums, expenses, and costs provided by this Code section for more than 60 days per year. Such sums, expenses, and costs shall be paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise available to the board.
(Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 59; Code 1933, § 32-111; Ga. L. 1964, p. 454, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 233, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 226, § 1.)
Cross references.- Legal mileage allowance, § 50-19-7.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Member may have laundry done at price less than commercial rate.
- This Code section does not make it unlawful for a member of the board of regents to have laundry and dry-cleaning done at a price which is less than the commercial rate for such a service. Villyard v. Regents of Univ. Sys., 204 Ga. 517, 50 S.E.2d 313 (1948).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALSince board members' compensation is fixed by law, board is without authority to increase compensation. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-167.
Board may lawfully include personal liability insurance as part of the compensation the board pays to the board's officers and employees. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-167.