A. A county excise board is hereby created for each county in the state, to be composed of the members of the county board of equalization as created in Section 2861 of this title. The county clerk shall serve as secretary and clerk of said board without additional compensation.

B. It shall be unlawful for any member of the county excise board to sell or contract to sell, or to lease or contract to lease, or to represent any person, firm, corporation or association in the sale or the lease of any machinery, supplies, equipment, material, or other goods, wares, or merchandise to any county or city or town of the county. It shall also be unlawful for any member of the county excise board to serve as employee, official, or attorney for any county or city, or town of the county, or for any such member to represent any taxpayer before such board in any manner, or to use his or her position as a board member to further his or her own interests. It shall also be unlawful for any taxpayer or interested party to employ any member of the county excise board in any matter coming before the board.

C. The members of county excise boards in all counties having an assessed valuation of Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) or more shall receive as compensation an amount not to exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per day. The members of county excise boards in all other counties may receive as compensation an amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day, said amount to be established by the boards.

In addition, the members of county excise boards shall be reimbursed for each mile of travel to and from their residences to the place of meeting of the board for each session attended at the rate provided for other county officers. The members of county excise boards shall be also reimbursed for each mile of necessary travel in the performance of their official duties at the same rate.

The total number of days in each year for which the members of said board may be paid shall be as follows:

In counties having an assessed valuation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) and less, not to exceed sixty (60) days;

In counties having an assessed valuation of more than Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) and not more than Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00), not to exceed sixty-five (65) days;

In counties having an assessed valuation of more than Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) and not more than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), not to exceed one hundred (100) days;

In counties having an assessed valuation of more than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), not to exceed two hundred fifty (250) days.

D. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than six (6) months or more than two (2) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 322, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 232, § 5, emerg. eff. May 24, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 134, § 4, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 187, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 64, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 172, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.