OAR 411-063-0020: Per Diem Compensation

(1) Subject to the availability of funds in the budget of the Commission or Council, and except as otherwise provided by law, the Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Aging and People with Disabilities shall pay any member of a Commission or Council, other than a member who is employed in full-time public service, compensation for each day or portion thereof during which the member is actually engaged in the performance of official Commission or Council duties. (2) The rate of compensation per day pursuant to ORS 292.495(5) is equal to the per diem paid to members of the Legislative Assembly under ORS 171.072. (3) A member of a Commission or Council may decline to accept compensation related to the member’s service on the Commission or Council. (4) In order to receive compensation, a member must submit to the Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Aging and People with Disabilities a signed written request for compensation within 30 days of the meeting or work performed. The member must specify the date, name, type of meeting(s) or work, and the number of full or partial days the member spent performing official Commission or Council business.