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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


                                                   January 27, 2023

          The Honorable Troy Waymaster, Chairperson
          House Committee on Appropriations
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 112-N
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Waymaster:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2078 by Joint Committee on Information Technology
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2078 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                 HB 2078 would change the membership of the Information Technology Executive Council.
          Under current law, the President of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Senate each appoint
          one member from the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Also, under current law, the Speaker
          of the House and the Minority Leader of the House each appoint one member from the House
          Government, Technology and Security Committee or its successor committee. The bill would
          remove the requirement that a member of the Senate or House be a member of the respective
          committees mentioned above.
                   The bill specifies that legislative members must remain members of the Legislature in order
          to retain membership on the Council and would serve until replaced. Vacancies of members during
          a term would be filled in the same manner as the original appointment only for the unexpired part
          of the term. The appointing authority for a member could remove the member, reappoint the
          member or substitute another appointee for the member at any time. HB 2078 would specify that
          a quorum of the Council would be nine members and all actions of the Council would be required
          to be taken by a majority of all members of the Council.
                 Both the Office of Information Technology Services and Legislative Administrative
          Services indicate enactment of the bill would not have a fiscal effect on the operations of either
          agency.

                                                               Sincerely,

                                                               Adam Proffitt
                                                               Director of the Budget
          cc: Brian Reiter, OITS
              Karen Clowers, Legislative Services
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 75-7202, 75-3223