Members of the board:

1. (1) Shall receive an annual salary which shall be paid:

   1. (A) Exclusively from revenue under section 10-13.5; and

   2. (B) In equal amounts, beginning with the first pay period for state employees in November of the year the member of the board is elected.

      Effective July 1, 1993, and until the salary commission makes recommendations for salary, the salary of the chairperson of the board shall be $37,000 a year and the salary of other members of the board shall be $32,000 a year. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all members of the board shall be included in any benefit program generally applicable to officers and employees of the State;

2. (2) Shall be allowed transportation fares between islands and abroad;
3. (3) Shall be allowed personal expenses at the rates specified by the board while attending board meetings or while on official business as authorized by the chairperson, when those board meetings or official business shall require a member to leave the island upon which the member resides; and
4. (4) Shall be allowed a protocol allowance to cover expenses incurred in the course of a member's duties and responsibilities.

[L 1979, c 196, pt of §2; am L 1981, c 148, §1; am L 1989, c 290, §1; am L 1993, c 358, §3; am L 2002, c 148, §1 and c 183, §3]