Section 4-10-107 - Compensation - Appropriations(a)(1) No member of the commission is entitled to a salary for duties performed as a member of the commission.(2) Members who are not government employees or officers shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per diem for attendance at meetings of the commission.(3) Each member is entitled to reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties in accordance with the state comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.(b) The commission is authorized to apply for, contract for, receive and expend for its purposes any appropriations or grants from the state, its political subdivisions, the federal government, or any other source, public or private.(c) Political subdivisions of the state are authorized to appropriate funds to the commission to share in the cost of its operations, and may furnish staff personnel to the commission.(d) In addition to any funds appropriated by the general assembly to the commission, the commission is authorized to receive annual allocations of funds from the Tennessee State Revenue Sharing Act, § 67-9-102(b)(3).(e) Funds provided under §§ 4-10-109 and 67-9-102 to the commission shall not revert to the general fund at the conclusion of a fiscal year, but such funds shall be carried forward. Other funds available to the commission funds may revert to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year subject to the approval of the chair of the commission.Acts 1978, ch. 939, § 7; T.C.A., § 4-1007; Acts 1996, ch. 817, §2; 1997 , ch. 528, § 1; 1997 , ch. 529, §§ 6, 7.