RS 1666.6 - Compensation; expenses
A. The members of the board shall receive per diem in the amount of fifty dollars per day and shall be reimbursed for actual mileage in attending to official business. The per diem and the reimbursement of mileage expenses shall be made by the state fire marshal and shall be payable out of the special fund provided in R.S. 40:1666.2, provided, however, that no such expense shall be payable unless a residual remains in the special fund after payment of all amounts due as extra compensation under the provisions of R.S. 40:1666.1.
B. The board is authorized and empowered to employ one Accountant I or II whose compensation and benefits shall be in accordance with the rules, regulations, and schedule of the state civil service, to be paid by the state fire marshal out of the special fund provided in R.S. 40:1666.2 upon certification by the chairman of the board of the name of the employee chosen through the usual process of state civil service; however, no such expense shall be incurred or payable unless a residual remains in the special fund after the payment of all amounts due as extra compensation under the provisions of R.S. 40:1666.1. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as prohibiting the appointment of those persons currently holding the position of Accountant Clerk I or II for the board from applying for or from being given first option in the appointment to the position of Accountant I or II.
Acts 1967, No. 82, §3. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 21, §1; Acts 1973, No. 159, §1; Acts 1974, No. 318, §1; Acts 1975, No. 768, §1; Acts 1985, No. 990, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2007. See Acts 2014, No. 158, §§3 and 7.