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Written Only Neutral Testimony on House Bill 2107 [House] / presented by Justin Grady, Deputy Director, Utilities Division, Kansas Corporation Commission.
No full text"February 11, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications, presented by Justin Grady, Deputy Director, Utilities Division, Kansas Corporation Commission.Neutral testimony concerning HB 2107. "The Staff of the KCC is Neutral towards the passage of HB 2107. Section 1 of this bill would establish limits on a public utility's liability for economic losses and punitive damages that result from an uncontrolled fire event. Section 2 would require the KCC to conduct training opportunities to assess wildfire risk and mitigation in Kansas. ... Staff takes no position with regard to Section 1 of the bill, as we view this as strictly a policy decision within the purview of the Legislature. With regard to Section 2, we are not opposed to providing the training requested in this bill.
Neutral Testimony on Senate Bill 81 / presented by Justin Grady, Deputy Director, Utilities Division, Kansas Corporation Commission.
No full text"February 5, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Utilities Committee, presented by Justin Grady, Deputy Director, Utilities Division, Kansas Corporation Commission.Neutral testimony concerning SB 81. "SB 81 amends K.S.A 66-101j to disqualify certain customer types from receiving economic development discounts on electric utility rates. These prohibitions would extend to any large load (40 MW or greater) with a full-time work force less than 200 employees, unless that large load was being served under a data center or large load tariff. ... Recognizing the need to closely manage this process, Evergy has been meeting with Staff and the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board (CURB) to discuss the potential for development of a large load tariff, which would be approved by the KCC.
Other title: Senate Bill 51
No full text"January 30, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Commerce Committee, presented by Rachel Willis, Director of Legislative Affairs, Kansas Department of Commerce.Testimony in support of SB 51. This bill establishes a sales tax exemption for construction and equipment materials for qualified data centers in Kansas. The length of time that the company may receive this specific sales tax exemption is correlated to the amount of capital investment they will make to build a facility. This correlation is a reasonable way to limit the number of benefit years and allows the state to be competitive
Other title: Senate Bill 197, Sales Tax and Revenue Bond Extension
No full textFebruary 10, 2025.
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Commerce Committee, presented by Bob North, Chief Counsel, Kansas Department of Commerce.Testimony in support of SB 197. "This bill extends the sunset on the STAR Bond program from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2028. With the STAR Bond program booming, the agency is excited to continue the success. ... STAR Bonds play an important role in growing the Kansas economy. It is a unique program that creates tourism and entertainment attractions. We look forward to supporting our current projects and working to establish new ones.
Kansas Commerce / presented by Rachel Willis, Director of Legislative Affairs, Kansas Department of Commerce.
No full textMarch 4, 2025.
Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, House Appropriations Committee, presented by Rachel Willis, Director of Legislative Affairs, Kansas Department of Commerce.
Presenter's name, presentation date and committee name taken from Kansas Legislature website.Presentation giving an overview with statistics of the Kansas Department of Commerce, its successes and growth, business development, plans for future growth, and various projects.Statewide Successes and Momentum
Our Holistic Approach to Growth
International
Workforce and Apprenticeship
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Guiding Principles
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Other title: House Bill 2211
No full textFebruary 26, 2025.
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Taxation Committee, presented by Rachel Willis, Director of Legislative Affairs, Kansas Department of Commerce.
Committee name taken from Kansas Legislature website.Testimony in support of HB 2211. "This bill provides funding to replace lost food sales tax revenue for STAR bond districts established prior to December 31, 2022. This bill will keep those established STAR bond districts who have stores that sell groceries harmless since the elimination of food sales tax. ... STAR Bonds provide Kansas municipalities the opportunity to issue bonds to finance the development of major commercial, entertainment and tourism areas and attractions, drawing visitors from across the region and out of state. The new sales taxes generated by the tourist or entertainment attraction go toward paying down the bonds that were issued to help finance the project. ... HB 2211 reassures the business community that even though our state policies may change, we will uphold the business agreements that were previously made and ensure that the established districts are not negatively impacted by the elimination of food sales tax. HB 2211 compensate STAR Bond districts established before December 31, 2022, to offset the losses these districts are experiencing due to the elimination of food sales tax.
Other Titles: Public Library Statistics, 2024 Kansas public library service: 2024 directory and statistics
No full textStatistics on public libraries in Kansas. The libraries are listed individually grouped together by Kansas Library Systems:
Central Kansas Library System (CKLS)
North Central Kansas Library System (NCKLS)
Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS)
Northwest Kansas Library System (NWKLS)
South Central Kansas Library System (SCKLS)
Southeast Kansas Library System (SEKLS)
Southwest Kansas Library System (SWKLS).01- Branches, Bookmobiles, OPAC
02- Capital Revenue and Expenditures
03- Circulation & Interlibrary Loan
04- Collection Size
05- Expenditures
06- Programming
07- Public Services
08- Revenue & Operating Income
09- Salaries
10- Staffing
11- 2024 RLS compiled results
12- 2024 KS Public Library Statistics Full Fil
Child Day Care Assistance Credit and Credit for Household and Dependent Care Expenses / presented by Mark A. Burghart, Secretary of Revenue, Kansas Department of Revenue.
No full text"January 23, 2025."
Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Committee on Ways and Means, presented by Mark A. Burghart, Secretary of Revenue, Kansas Department of Revenue.Presentation giving short summaries on the Child Day Care Assistance Credit and the Credit for Household and Dependent Care Expenses
Other title: House Bill 2268
No full text"March 17, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, presented by Stuart J. Schrag, Deputy Secretary of Operations, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.Neutral testimony concerning HB 2268. "House Bill 2268 would restrict non-resident waterfowl hunters to hunting on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays on department lands and waters and specified federal lands and waters. Importantly, it would have no effect on hunting on private lands, property enrolled and designated as either a walk-in hunting access area or an interactive walk-in hunting access area, navigable rivers, and KDWP's Special Hunts Program or other department authorized waterfowl outreach programs. Finally, House Bill 2268 would establish caps for resident and non-resident waterfowl stamps. Currently, only one category exists with a cap of 20 for residents and 8 for all waterfowl hunters, KDWP's ability to raise the fee on resident or non-resident hunters will be restricted by H.B. 2648 (2024).
Other titles: House Bill 2365 Establishing the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital
No full text"February 17, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Health & Human Services Committee, presented by Scott Brunner, Deputy Secretary, Hospitals and Facilities, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.Testimony in support of HB 2365. "HB 2365 would create a new state agency designated as the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital under the jurisdiction of the Secretary for Aging and Disability Services. This new state psychiatric hospital would primarily serve the South Central counties in Kansas in cooperation with the existing state hospitals in Larned and Osawatomie. Expanding inpatient bed capacity was included in recommendations from the 2018 Mental Health Task Force report and KDADS requested funding in the FY 2023 budget to build a regional state hospital. HB 2365 would authorize the operations of the hospital envisioned by stakeholders and funded by the Legislature.