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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                        Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                    adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                                Division of the Budget                            http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director                                                                          Laura Kelly, Governor


                                                   March 11, 2021


          The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
          Senate Committee on Transportation
          Statehouse, Room 345-S
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Senator Petersen:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for SB 285 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 285 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  SB 285 would create an Alpha Kappa Alpha distinctive license plate. The bill would allow
          any Kansas resident who is the owner of a passenger vehicle or truck of a gross weight of 20,000
          pounds to be issued one Alpha Kappa Alpha license plate for each vehicle, on and after January 1,
          2022. The distinctive plate would be issued upon proper registration and payment of the regular
          license fee as provided in KSA 8-143, and either (1) payment to the county treasurer of the logo
          use royalty payment established by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Royalty Fund, or (2) presentation of
          the annual logo use authorization statement.
                  The Alpha Kappa Alpha Royalty Fund would be authorized to allow their logo to be affixed
          on license plates upon payment of a logo use royalty payment of at least $25, but no more than
          $100 for each license plate. The payment would be issued to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Royalty
          Fund or the county treasurer. Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers would be
          remitted to the State Treasurer and credited to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Royalty Fund.
                 The Department of Revenue estimates SB 285 would increase its expenditures by $8,991
          in FY 2022 for administrative costs related to designing, manufacturing, printing and shipping the
          new plate. The Department estimates the bill would increase revenues by $20,000 from a $40
          personalized plate fee assuming an initial issuance of 500 license plates. The estimate includes
          $19,625 to the State Highway Fund (500 plates x $39.25 = $19,625) and $375 to county treasurers
          (500 x $0.75 = $375). In addition, the Department estimates the bill would increase revenues to
The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
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the Distinctive License Plate Fund by up to $20,000 for a nonrefundable fee required from the
sponsor of a new distinctive license plate, which is used to defray the cost to develop the new plate.
Any fiscal effect associated with SB 285 is not reflected in The FY 2022 Governor’s Budget
Report.


                                                      Sincerely,

                                                      Adam Proffitt
                                                      Director of the Budget

cc: Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue