The state board of agriculture may authorize members thereof to attend in-state meetings for participation in matters of agricultural interest to the state of Kansas, and when attending a meeting so authorized, members shall receive compensation and travel expenses and subsistence allowances as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3212, and amendments thereto, for members of the legislature. Whenever under any provision of law, a member of the state board of agriculture is authorized to attend an out-of-state meeting, or whenever the state board of agriculture authorizes one of its members to attend an out-of-state meeting for participation in matters of agricultural interest to the state of Kansas, such members, when attending a meeting so authorized, shall receive compensation and travel expenses and subsistence allowances as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3212, and amendments thereto, for members of the legislature.