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 C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


February 1, 2024


The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Transportation
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Petersen:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 357 by Senate Committee on Transportation
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 357 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 357 would designate the portion of United States Highway 81 where it enters the state
on the Kansas-Nebraska line, then south on United States Highway 81 to the southern border of
Republic County as the “Merle Miller Memorial Highway.” The bill would require the Kansas
Department of Transportation (KDOT) to place signs to indicate the designation.
KDOT estimates that it would cost $5,580 to manufacture and install two signs for the
highway designated in the bill ($2,790 per sign). However, current law requires that sufficient
gifts and donations be received by KDOT prior to installing the signs to reimburse the agency for
the initial cost, plus an additional 50.0 percent of the initial cost to defray future sign maintenance.
Altogether, $8,370 would be needed from donations to install the signs. KDOT indicates
implementation of the bill would require an increase of $5,580 to the expenditure limitation for
the agency operations account in FY 2025. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 357 is not
reflected in The FY 2025 Governor’s Budget Report.

Sincerely,

Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Brendan Yorkey, Department of Transportation


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 68-1036