WHEN STATE LAWMAKERS CONVENE IN SANTA FE NEXT WEEK, THEY'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE A BILL THAT WOULD BAN DOUBLE DIPPING. ITS SPONSOR IS REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE NATE GENTRY OF ALBUQUERQUE. 

 

GENTRY SAYS IF YOU'RE GETTING PAID FROM A SOURCE OTHER THAN THE STATE FOR MILEAGE USED ON OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND BILL THE STATE. THAT'S WHAT ANOTHER LAWMAKER, REPRESENTATIVE RAY BEGAYE, WAS ACCUSED OF DOING....ALTHOUGH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DECLINED TO FILE CHARGES. GENTRY SAYS HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.