§ 28-7-7. Compensation and expenses of members €” Provision of assistance.

The compensation for members of the board shall be established by the unclassified pay plan board. The director of labor and training is authorized and directed to provide the board with any clerical, legal, and other assistance that shall be necessary to permit the board to perform its duties as provided in this chapter. The reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses of the members of the board while actually engaged in the performance of their duties shall be paid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the controller, upon vouchers approved by the director of labor and training and the chairperson. The board shall have the authority to select its own legal counsel consistent with available funds and the counsel shall work at the direction of the board.