INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales tops all statewide officials in travel expenses, according to the latest fiscal reports.

The State Budget Committee released the travel expense reports on Wednesday in compliance with a new state law, which mandates a yearly expense report on all trips taken by state officials within an official capacity. The officials are required to disclose whether state funding was used to cover the cost of the trip.

The new state law was passed in the wake of controversy surrounding Morales's trip to India during the middle of state budget deliberations earlier this year. Many questioned Morales's use of public funds for out-of-state trips, though Morales later claimed he reimbursed the expenses from the India trip with personal funds.

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