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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                        Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                     larry.campbell@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                                Division of the Budget                             http://budget.kansas.gov
Larry L. Campbell, Director                                                                       Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                  February 22, 2019

         The Honorable Fred Patton, Chairperson
         House Committee on Judiciary
         Statehouse, Room 519-N
         Topeka, Kansas 66612
         Dear Representative Patton:
                   SUBJECT:       Fiscal Note for HB 2181 by Representative Alcala, et al.
                 In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2181 is
         respectfully submitted to your committee.
                Under current law, law enforcement agencies must use, sell, or trade seized weapons that
         have been forfeited to the law enforcement agency by a court as long as the weapons are no longer
         needed as evidence in the prosecution of any indictment. HB 2181 would allow law enforcement
         agencies to destroy seized weapons that have been forfeited to the agency by a court.
                The Kansas Association of Counties indicates that enactment of HB 2181 would result in
         a minimal increase in expenditures for counties to destroy forfeited weapons if they choose to or
         are ordered to by a court. The Association notes that there could be an opportunity cost for
         weapons that a court orders to be destroyed rather than sold. However, the fiscal effect cannot be
         estimated because the number of weapons that would be subject to a destruction order and the
         value of any potentially forfeited weapons is unknown. The Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas
         Bureau of Investigation, Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, and League of Kansas
         Municipalities indicate that enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect. Any fiscal effect
         associated with HB 2181 is not reflected in The FY 2020 Governor’s Budget Report.

                                                               Sincerely,

                                                               Larry L. Campbell
                                                               Director of the Budget
         cc: Paul Weisgerber, KBI
             Sherry Macke, Highway Patrol
             Chris Tymeson, Wildlife, Parks & Tourism
             Chardae Caine, League of Municipalities
             Jay Hall, Association of Counties
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 22-2512, 21-6301