Section 40-17-75

Use of county portion to pay salaries of members of county governing bodies.

In all counties wherein members of the county governing bodies are compensated or paid on a salary basis, said county governing bodies may, in their discretion, pay a part of said salary out of the county gasoline tax revenues; provided, that the part of said salary so paid out of county gasoline tax revenues shall bear the same proportion to the total salary paid to said member as the time devoted by said member to supervising, inspecting, accepting, building, or repairing county roads or bridges bears to the total time devoted by said member to all of his duties as a member of the county governing body.

The county governing body is hereby authorized to determine the proportions set out in this section.

(Acts 1953, No. 838, p. 1129, §§1, 2.)