(1) A local highway technical assistance council is hereby created. The council shall be a public agency, and is the instrumentality of its member jurisdictions. The council and its officers and employees shall not be subject to the administrative or management control of the Idaho transportation department.
(2) The council shall consist of nine (9) members, three (3) each to be appointed by the association of Idaho cities, Idaho association of counties, and the Idaho association of highway districts. Council members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
(3) Members of the council may be entitled to compensation for services at a rate not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day as determined by the members’ respective associations and actual and necessary expenses. Payment of an honorarium as provided in this subsection shall not be considered salary as defined in section 59-1302(31), Idaho Code. Compensation and reimbursement shall be made from the local highway technical assistance council accounts established in section 40-717, Idaho Code.