Except for the ex officio member, members of the Board of Pardons, whose expenses are not now provided for by law, shall be reimbursed their actual traveling expenses and hotel bills incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Pardons. The reimbursement shall be made on the warrant of the member, in the same manner and from the same source as that from which he receives his salary.
La. R.S. § 15:574.1