Sec. 4. (a) The commissioner may appoint liaison advisory panels to assist the division in the functions of the division. Individual panels must include members representing different areas of interest in and potential support of pollution prevention and environmentally related technical assistance, including the following:

(1) Industry.

(2) Education.

(3) Environmental and public interest groups.

(4) State government.

(5) Local government officials associated with state programs for pollution prevention.

(6) Organized labor.

     (b) A member of a liaison advisory panel is not entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). The member is, however, entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member’s duties as provided in the state policies and procedures established by the Indiana department of administration and approved by the budget agency.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9-2-4.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.17.