MANY CARPE PER DIEM.(Opinion/Commentary/Editorial)(COLORADO POLITICS) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: April 9, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Peter Blake

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

Can legislators who spend the weekend in Las Vegas legally collect their regular per diem from the state?

Absolutely. And 18 of the 21 who journeyed there in late March for a conference sponsored by the American Legislative Exchange Council did just that.

But never mind Las Vegas. Most of those who didn't go there also collected per diem for both Saturday and Sunday, even though the legislature didn't meet.

Most lawmakers, in fact, collect per diem for every day of the 120-day session in addition to their $30,000 ...

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