§ 17-31-206 — Compensation of witnesses

(a) The Department of Agriculture may hire investigators and pay traveling expenses thereof for the investigation and prosecution of any violator of this chapter. (b) (1) At its discretion, the department may pay any witness subpoenaed to appear before the Arkansas Forestry Commission twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per diem when actually in attendance, including time spent in traveling not to exceed one (1) day to and one (1) day from the location of the commission meeting. (2) In addition, the department may reimburse any witness for actual traveling expenses when furnished proof of such expenses, including hotel or motel expenses, when the witness resides in a county other than the one in which the commission is meeting.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 82, eff. 7/1/2023. Acts 1969, No. 535, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-2410.