Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation but may receive travel and subsistence as follows:

(1)        Commission members who are officials or employees of a State agency or unit of local government, in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 138-6

(2)        All other Commission members at the rate established in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 138-5 (1998-1, s. 3(a).)