A. In lieu of reimbursement for traveling expenses within their county each county commissioner and sheriff may receive a monthly travel allowance of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00). In lieu of the reimbursement for traveling expenses authorized by law for each county officer, each county assessor may receive a monthly travel allowance of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), and each county clerk, court clerk and county treasurer may receive a monthly travel allowance of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each such county officer may be subject to the penalty provided by Section 166 of this title for failure to attend the meetings specified in that section.
B. All newly elected county officials shall be reimbursed by their respective counties for any approved training provided before such official takes office. Such training expenses shall be reimbursed in January when such official takes office.
C. The provisions of this section and Sections 163 and 164 of this title shall not prevent the emergency use of a county-owned vehicle or county-owned equipment by a county officer when such county officer is acting on behalf of the county or when such use is related to county business. As used in this subsection, "emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 221, § 5, emerg. eff. May 30, 1979. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 302, § 2, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 258, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 86, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 208, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 255, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 67, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2019, c. 76, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
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