Tennessee Code Title 23. Attorneys-At-Law § 23-1-101

(b)(1) The compensation of each member of the board shall be fixed by the administrative director of the courts, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court, and shall include travel expenses.

(2) All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be pursuant to policies and guidelines promulgated by the supreme court.

(3) From the receipts from fees, the board shall pay its compensation and expenses, and any excess of receipts over disbursements shall be paid over to the state treasurer for the use of the state; it being the purpose that the board and its administration shall not be a charge upon, or an expense to the state, that compensation and expenses shall come only from the board's income, and that any excess of income over compensation and expenses shall go into the state treasury.