Thursday, June 9, 2016

Reimbursement Claims by Local Legislators During Regular & Special Sessions

In contrast to some of their colleagues who donated some of their salary/reimbursement back to the State, local House of Delegate member Dana Lynch and local Senators Greg Boso and Robert Karnes all appear to have received their salaries and travel/food/lodging reimbursements for the regular and special legislative sessions in 2016.

Each of the three local legislators receive an annual salary of $22,550.00.  In addition, they can claim reimbursement for travel, meals, and lodging while in session at the legislature.  

According to records from the State Auditor's office, Lynch has claimed $11,735.72 since the start of the legislative session in mid-January, 2016. Lynch was recently paid $1,803.12 on June 7, 2016 for reimbursements for the special session.  Boso was paid a total of $10,912.80, including $1,383.80 for the special session.  Karnes was paid a total of $11,107.50, including $1,445.00 for the special session.  It is likely that all three legislators will be claiming more for the recently concluded special session and more for that additional special session which will begin this Saturday.

Anyone can view total compensation and vendor payments for anyone working for the State and/or receiving payments from the State by logging onto vista.wvsao.gov and creating an account.

Senator Greg Boso
Senator Robert Karnes
Delegate Dana Lynch


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