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Management Council approves several interim travel requests; Puerto Rico trip for one lawmaker fails two‑thirds test
Summary
The council approved a set of interim travel requests — including complimentary conference registrations from the Nuclear Energy Institute for up to four legislators and approval for Representative Davis to attend a Kentucky gaming conference — and denied a Puerto Rico trip that required a two‑thirds vote.
Management Council approved multiple interim travel requests and clarified reimbursement rules for events during the interim.
Representative Benjamin Davis requested reimbursement to attend National Council of Legislators from Gaming States meetings. The council approved Davis’s travel to the Kentucky conference (regular out‑of‑state travel slot) but did not approve a second request to attend a Puerto Rico meeting that required a two‑thirds vote; the Puerto Rico request fell short of the two‑thirds threshold.
Senator Cooper requested the council accept four complimentary registrations from the Nuclear Energy Institute to attend a spent‑fuel‑management conference in Orlando and allow up to four legislators to attend with airfare and lodging reimbursed under the standard two‑trip allowance. The council approved the request and asked the presiding officers to jointly select the attendees.
The council also considered several other travel and support requests: it authorized legislators to attend a public‑lands symposium at the University of Wyoming and discussed but did not finalize a separate request seeking a $10,000 council contribution toward the symposium’s $30,000 cost. The public‑lands funding request was debated and division was called; transcript record shows disagreement during the vote and the contribution outcome remained contested on the record.
Other membership and dues items were discussed; Joint Corporations asked about a National Council of Insurance Legislators membership, and the council deferred further action pending additional information.
Ending: The council approved several travel requests, instructed presiding officers on delegate selection for the nuclear conference, and left some funding items pending further detail.
