Louisiana House wants Bobby Jindal's office to pay for his travel expenses

The Louisiana House of Representatives wants Gov.Bobby Jindal's office to have to absorb the cost of providing the governor's security detail on out-of-state trips this year. Currently, that expense comes out of the Louisiana State Police's annual budget.

The House voted 55-35 to add an amendment onto the overall state budget bill (HB 1) requiring Jindal's state office to cover his police protection for travel outside the state.

In March, the head of state police, Col. Mike Edmonson, said his agency had spent $2.2 million on travel expenses for the security detail during this budget cycle already, even though the fiscal year doesn't end until June 30.

Edmonson said out-of-state travel expenses for the governor have risen significantly while Jindal has been in office. In 2008, Jindal's first year in office, out-of-state travel cost the state police $1.8 million.

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