Section 443 - County payment for expenses of attending members; time limit on meetings(a) The actual expenses of all authorized elected county officers attending the annual meetings of their associations shall be paid by the county out of the general county fund. Each of the officers, except the county commissioners, shall be reimbursed for actual expenses not to exceed two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per day for the number of days specified in subsection (b) of this section, together with mileage going to and returning from such meeting and the registration fee. The sum of two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per day as set forth in this subsection shall be adjusted annually by the annual increase in the cost of living as determined annually by the United States Department of Labor.(a.1) The actual expenses of all authorized nonelected county officers and employes attending the annual meetings of their associations may be paid by the county out of the county general fund. Each of these officers may be reimbursed for actual expenses in an amount not to exceed two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per day for the number of days specified in subsection (b) of this section, together with mileage going to and returning from such meetings and the registration fee. The sum of two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per day shall be adjusted annually as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.(a.2) Every delegate attending the annual meeting shall submit to the county original receipts along with an itemized account of expenses incurred at the meeting. The county may authorize employes to be compensated at their regular employe rate during their attendance at the annual meeting. The actual expenses for elected officers shall, and for nonelected officers may, be paid for the number of days specified in subsection (b). In addition, elected county officers shall receive, and nonelected county officers and employes may receive, actual expenses not to exceed two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per day for each day not in excess of two in going to and returning from such meeting. The sum of two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per day shall be adjusted annually as set forth above.(b) The annual meeting of the association of county commissioners, county solicitors and chief clerks shall not exceed four days, that of the district attorneys shall not exceed three days, and those of all other State associations shall not exceed three days in every case, exclusive of the time spent in traveling to and from the said meetings. Amended by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 14, eff. 12/24/2018.1955, Aug. 9, P.L. 323, § 443. Amended 1959, April 17, P.L. 45, § 1; 1961, Sept. 2, P.L. 1159, § 1, effective first Monday of January 1962; 1965, Dec. 22, P.L. 1179, § 1, effective first Monday of January 1966; 1974, May 9, P.L. 276, No. 79, § 1, imd. effective; 1980, Dec. 12, P.L. 1174, No. 216, § 1, imd. effective; 1984, Dec. 18, P.L. 1065, No. 211, § 4, imd. effective; 1994, Nov. 23, P.L. 640, No. 98, § 1, imd. effective; 2002, April 2, P.L. 209, No. 18, § 1, imd. effective.