All members of the commission are entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses resulting from the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter, and all members of the commission, except persons who are officers or employees of another state agency or a local government or political subdivision of the state, are entitled to receive as compensation $50.00 a day for each day actually engaged in the work of the commission.
Ala. Code § 33-10-4 (1975)