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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 27, 2023


          The Honorable Kellie Warren, Chairperson
          Senate Committee on Judiciary
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 346-S
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Senator Warren:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for SB 187 by Senator Haley
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 187 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                   SB 187 would amend laws relating to wrongful conviction and imprisonment. A claimant
          would be entitled to receive interest on the damages from the date the suit for the claim was filed
          at a rate provided for interest on judgments in KSA 16-204. When a judgment has been entered,
          the Attorney General would seek to recover damages for the state of Kansas for the benefit of the
          State General Fund from any person who knowingly contributed to the wrongful conviction and
          imprisonment of a claimant. The Attorney General would prosecute ouster and criminal
          proceedings as the evidence in the case warrants.
                  The Office of the Attorney General states that the bill would require $143,914 from the
          State General Fund in FY 2024 to administer the prejudgment interest provision and the
          requirements to attempt to collect damages in certain cases. Of that amount, $129,385 would be
          for salaries and wages for 1.00 Attorney FTE position and $14,529 would be for operating
          expenditures.
                 The Judicial Branch indicates that the bill could have a negligible effect on its expenditures
          and revenues, which could be absorbed within existing resources. Any fiscal effect associated
          with SB 187 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
The Honorable Kellie Warren, Chairperson
Page 2—SB 187

        The League of Kansas Municipalities and the Kansas Association of Counties both state
that the bill would not have a fiscal effect.


                                                   Sincerely,

                                                   Adam Proffitt
                                                   Director of the Budget

cc: John Milburn, Office of the Attorney General
    Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary
    Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties
    Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 60-5004