Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-17-102

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Board members shall receive travel expenses and per diem based at the rate that is currently prescribed by the state for its state employees, while attending official meetings of the board or while attending to official board business. Except that per diem paid to board members shall be no less than one full day’s per diem, and payment shall be based on attendance at a board meeting rather than the time of arrival and departure. No member of the board shall receive per diem and expense allowance for more than 30 days in any one calendar year.