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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 C. Proffitt, Director                                                                       Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                    March 13, 2024


        The Honorable Mike Thompson, Chairperson
        Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
        300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 144-S
        Topeka, Kansas 66612
        Dear Senator Thompson:
                  SUBJECT:        Fiscal Note for SB 492 by Senate Committee on Judiciary
               In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 492 is respectfully
        submitted to your committee.
                SB 492 would remove the prohibition on the transportation of alcoholic beverages in opened
        containers and on drinking or consuming alcoholic liquor inside vehicles, while on public streets,
        alleys, roads, or highways. The bill would take effect upon its publication in the statute book.
               The Office of Judicial Administration states the bill could have a fiscal effect on Judicial
        Branch operations because the bill’s provisions would decriminalize actions involving open
        containers in vehicles that could be charged as crimes under current law, which would result in fewer
        criminal cases being filed. The Office indicates until the Judicial Branch has had an opportunity to
        operate under the bill’s provisions a fiscal effect cannot be estimated.
                The Department of Revenue indicates there would not be a fiscal effect on agency operations
        if the bill is enacted. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 492 is not reflected in The FY 2025
        Governor’s Budget Report.
                Both the League of Kansas Municipalities and the Kansas Association of Counties state the
        bill’s enactment would have a negligible fiscal effect on local governments.

                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Adam C. Proffitt
                                                              Director of the Budget
        cc: Trisha Morrow, Judiciary
            Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue
            Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties
            Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 41-719, 8-1599, 8-257, 8-246, 8-250, 8-253, 8-255, 8-260, 8-292, 8-298, 8-2, 8-1002, 8-1567a, 8-2117, 38-2361, 8-1026, 8-2106, 8-2901, 8-2204, 8-2910, 12-4509, 21-5918, 21-6602, 41-727, 41-2659