7-5-2145. Attendance at meetings and conventions by county officers and employees. (1) Unless otherwise provided by law, no county officer or employee may receive payment from any public funds for traveling expenses or other expenses of any sort for attendance at any convention, meeting, or other gathering of public officers except for attendance at such convention, meeting, or other gathering as the officer or employee may by virtue of his office find it necessary to attend.
     (2) Three members of the board of county commissioners may be allowed actual transportation expenses and per diem for attendance at any general meeting of county commissioners or assessors held within the state not more often than once a year, and the proportionate expenses and charges against each county as a member of such association shall also be paid.
     (3) County attorneys, sheriffs, assessors, and justices of the peace may attend their respective meetings or conventions held within the state and are allowed actual traveling expenses, not more often than once a year, for attending the same.
     (4) Any county officer paid on a per-day basis for his performance of official duties is allowed his per-day rate of pay for attendance at any convention, meeting, or other gathering of public officers that the officer may by virtue of his office find it necessary to attend.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 241, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 443, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 124, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1931; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 443, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 119, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 58, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 184, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 80, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 79, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 66, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 174, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 25-508(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 311, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 384, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 367, L. 1983.