Each commissioner of the housing authorities of the cities of Gonzales and St. Martinville may receive a per diem, to be paid from funds of the respective housing authority, for a maximum of twenty-four days per year for attendance at meetings of the respective housing authority in amounts not to exceed the following:

(1)  Fifty dollars for the chairman of the authority.

(2)  Twenty-five dollars for all other members.

Acts 1997, No. 438, §2; Acts 2011, 1^st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.