Orientation meetings for members-elect of the legislature shall be provided on the day or days following the preorganizational meeting provided for in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 46-142, as determined by the legislative coordinating council. The candidates of the majority parties for speaker of the house and president of the senate and the majority and minority leaders of each house may call any members-elect to confer in Topeka concerning organization and activities of the ensuing legislative session at any time from the day following the preorganizational meeting until the convening of the next following regular session of the legislature. Members-elect attending orientation meetings or leadership conferences as provided in this section shall receive compensation, expenses and allowances as provided by law for attendance by members of the legislature at authorized meetings under Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-3212 and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.