Each legislative member of the committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem and travel expenses incurred within the state for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee when the Legislature is not in session or when the Legislature is in recess without pay. Each legislative member shall further be entitled to actual expenses for travel outside the State of Alabama which is deemed necessary by the chair and in accordance with the objectives of the committee. Such sums shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to the use of the Legislature on warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisition signed by the committee’s chair.