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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


                                                 February 15, 2023


          The Honorable Leo Delperdang, Chairperson
          House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 582-N
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Delperdang:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2310 by House Committee on Energy, Utilities, and
                                  Telecommunications
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2310 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  HB 2310 would increase the number of Kansas Corporation Commissioners from three to
          seven over the course of the next three years. Two new Commissioners would be added on March
          15, 2024, and another two would be added on March 15, 2026. Commissioners would still be
          appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. When the Commission consists of five
          members, no more than three could belong to the same political party; when the Commission
          consists of seven members, no more than four could belong to the same political party.

                                           Estimated State Fiscal Effect
                                      FY 2023         FY 2023            FY 2024          FY 2024
                                       SGF            All Funds           SGF             All Funds
             Revenue                           --                 --             --                  --
             Expenditure                       --                 --             --         $1,080,958
             FTE Pos.                           --                --                --              8.00
                  The Kansas Corporation Commission estimates that HB 2310 would increase agency
          expenditures by $1,080,958 in FY 2024. These expenditures would be made to hire 8.00 new FTE
          positions, including 2.00 FTE Commissioner positions and 6.00 FTE support staff positions. The
          salaries and wages associated with these new positions would be ongoing expenditures. Also
          included in the agency’s estimate is renovation costs to add appropriate office space and modify
The Honorable Leo Delperdang, Chairperson
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the hearing room and conference room for additional Commissioners. In FY 2026, the agency
would add an additional 2.00 FTE Commissioner positions. Any fiscal effect associated with HB
2310 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.


                                                  Sincerely,

                                                  Adam Proffitt
                                                  Director of the Budget

cc: Peter Barstad, Kansas Corporation Commission
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 74-601