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all expenses on these trips, including guests’ hotel rooms in 2008 and 2009, and did not seek
reimbursement. 74
Summary
For those activities where guests included state and federal government agency representatives,
we summarized the cost of the events, as follows: 75
Dates Event Location Amount*
March 1 & 2, 2011 Federal priorities trip Washington D.C. $ 9,116.82
November 4, 9, 18 & 19, 2010 Legislative Bioscience Innovation Tours Across Kansas 4,164.83
March 8 & 9, 2010 Federal priorities trip Washington D.C. 18,831.18
October 12 & 13, 2009 Legislative Bioscience Innovation Tour Across Kansas 5,586.54
March 9 & 10, 2009 Federal priorities trip Washington D.C. 11,989.00
November 19 & 20, 2008 Legislative Bioscience Innovation Tour Across Kansas 4,576.68
February 25 & 26, 2008 Federal priorities trip Washington D.C. 5,333.15
$ 59,598.20
*Amount includes only those portions of the event where state and/or federal government agency
representatives were invited.
Additional detail including a breakdown of the various types of costs including lodging, meals
and reception expenses is located at Exhibit 38. 76
KANSAS TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CORPORATION
KTEC 77 was a state-charted corporation established in 1987 to stimulate economic development
in Kansas by fostering innovation and development of technology. KTEC developed specific
programs to accelerate the research, development and commercialization process of new
technologies in Kansas. The programs fell into three basic functional areas: research, business
assistance and investment. KTEC’s goal was to assist in the diversification of the Kansas tax
base and to create jobs for Kansans.
KTEC was at the forefront of the effort to secure Kansas’ place as a leader in the bioscience
sector through its work and assistance on the research, writing and passage of KEGA, the
enacting legislation for KBA. KTEC was statutorily partnered with KBA through KEGA.
KEGA indicated that KBA BOD may contract with KTEC for the commercialization efforts for
bioscience intellectual property and may transfer funds to KTEC for the operation and
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Early in the Forensic Audit we were made aware of an allegation that KBA was renting limousines to transport
state or federal government agency representatives for various purposes. We searched for payments fitting this
description and found none. We did find, however, that the name of the company which rented the buses to KBA
for the Legislative Bioscience Innovation Tours was “Executive Limousine,” which is a company that rents both
buses and limousines. However, we reviewed all invoices from this company and all were for buses, not
limousines.
75 For the November 4, 2010 Legislative Bioscience Innovation Tour, lunch was provided by KBA as part of the
KBA’s regular stakeholder’s luncheon, which was taking place the same day of the Tour and included a large
number of guests outside of those involved with the Tour. As such, we have not included the expense associated
with this luncheon in this schedule.
76 Meals and reception expenses are provided in total only rather than by individual attendee. These totals include
charges incurred not only by state and federal government agency representatives, but also by KBA representatives
and any other guests who may have attended each event, as these expenses were not tracked by the KBA on an
individual basis.
77 KTEC received funding through the Economic Development Initiatives Fund, which consisted of revenue from
the Kansas Lottery and Gaming Commission.
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