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


February 6, 2023


The Honorable Shannon Francis, Chairperson
House Committee on Transportation
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 582-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Francis:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2148 by House Committee on Transportation
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2148 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2148 would reduce the personalized plate fee, plate transfer fee, special plate
application fee, and vehicle registration transfer fee by $0.75; eliminate the $3.00 repossession
title fee and the $1.50 fee paid to a county treasurer for the lien holder’s copy of a title; reduce the
title fees for an original title and title fees for transfer of ownership by $2.00; and reduce various
registration fees for passenger vehicles, buses, motorcycles, tractors, trailers, antique vehicles, and
other vehicles by $0.75. The bill would also reduce 60-day temporary permit fees by $0.75 and
change the inspection permit fee from $1.00 to $10.00. In addition, the bill would increase the
county service fee by $5.00 while decreasing various county administrative fees. Fees related to
certificates of title, transfer of ownership title, or mortgage title on a manufactured home or mobile
home would also be reduced by $2.00 along with the fee to reissue a title and non-highway and
salvage titles. The bill would also eliminate the Division of Vehicles Modernization Surcharge
which is a $4 fee collected at the time of vehicle registration. The bill would take effect January
1, 2024.

Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2023 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2024
SGF All Funds SGF All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- ($6,090,869)
Expenditure -- -- $33,025 $33,025
FTE Pos. -- -- -- --
The Honorable Shannon Francis, Chairperson
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The Department of Revenue estimates that HB 2148 would decrease revenues to the State
Highway Fund (SHF) by $6,090,869 in FY 2024 and by $12,181,738 in FY 2025. The Department
indicates that eliminating the modernization surcharge of $4.00 would decrease revenues to the
SHF by $6,168,869 in FY 2024 and $12,337,738 beginning in FY 2025. The Department also
states that the increase of certain registration and titling fees outlined in the bill would increase the
revenue to the SHF by $78,000 in FY 2024 and $156,000 beginning in FY 2025.
The Department indicates that the bill would require $33,025 from the State General Fund
in FY 2024 to implement the bill and to modify the motor vehicle registration system. The required
programming for this bill by itself would be performed by existing staff of the Department of
Revenue. In addition, if the combined effect of implementing this bill and other enacted legislation
exceeds the Department’s programming resources, or if the time for implementing the changes is
too short, additional expenditures for outside contract programmer services beyond the
Department’s current budget may be required.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) indicates that the bill would reduce
state revenues to the State Highway Fund as noted above. KDOT indicates that when the state
receives lower State Highway Fund dollars it may be required to reevaluate Eisenhower Legacy
Transportation Program expenditures, including project lettings, programs, agency operations, or
bonding needs. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2148 is not reflected in The FY 2024
Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue
Brendan Yorkey, Department of Transportation


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 58-4204, 75-5160, 8-132, 8-135, 79-5104, 8-135a, 8-139, 8-143, 8-143j, 8-145, 8-1, 8-145d, 8-167, 8-170, 8-172, 8-195, 8-116a, 8-198, 74-2013, 79-3604