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 25, 2019
The Honorable Richard Proehl, Chairperson
House Committee on Transportation
Statehouse, Room 581-W
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Proehl:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2277 by Representative Vickrey
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2277 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
Under HB 2277, any person convicted of right-of-way violations regarding approaching or
entering intersections, making left turns at intersections, stopping or yielding at intersections,
entering or crossing roadways and yielding and proceeding cautiously in highway constructions
zones would be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by being required to take 16
hours of driver’s education. Any vehicle accident or collision causing bodily harm to another
person would result in a fine of up to $500. Any vehicle accident or collision causing the death of
another person would result in a fine of up to $1,000. Any vehicle accident or collision causing
the death of another person would result in 200 hours of community service if the offender was
also convicted of driving under the influence or texting while driving. Offenders would not be
eligible to enter into diversion agreements.
The bill would define “driver’s education” to mean a program approved by the Secretary
of Transportation. Costs for the program would be funded by the Driver’s Education Fund, which
would be a new fund created by the bill and administered by the Kansas Department of
Transportation (KDOT). Beginning on and after July 1, 2019, $125 from each fine imposed as a
result of the provisions of the bill would be remitted to the Driver’s Education Fund.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020
SGF All Funds SGF All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- $750,000
Expenditure -- -- -- $2,555,385
FTE Pos. -- -- -- 2.00
The Honorable Richard Proehl, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2277
KDOT estimates HB 2277 would result in additional revenue of approximately $750,000
to the Driver’s Education Fund in FY 2020 and beyond. Agency statistics indicate that about 6,000
crashes annually list failure to yield the right-of-way as a contributing factor. The estimate
assumes all right-of-way violations causing an accident or collision would result in a fine that
contributes $125 to the Driver’s Education Fund (6,000 crashes X $125 = 750,000). The
Department notes that its estimate represents the upper range of what could be collected since not
all right-of-way crashes result in bodily harm or death. Additionally, the bill does not set minimum
limits for the fines meaning the possibility exists that fines imposed by the bill could be less than
$125.
KDOT estimates that providing driver’s education training would require additional
expenditures of $2.4 million. Based on the agency’s research, commercial providers of driver’s
education programs charge about $400 per individual. To carry out the bill, KDOT would be
required to pay a commercial provider for any individual mandated to attend the training ($400
per individual X 6,000 individuals = $2.4 million).
KDOT indicates it also would require additional expenditures of $155,385 in FY 2020 to
manage the Driver’s Education Fund and the training, development, implementation and oversight
of the new program. Of this amount, $140,345 would be for the salaries and wages of 2.00 new
Program Consultant FTE positions and $15,040 would be for other operating expenditures such as
travel, office equipment, supplies and information technology. Altogether, KDOT would require
additional expenditures totaling $2,555,385 for FY 2020. Any fiscal effect associated with HB
2277 is not reflected in The FY 2020 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Larry L. Campbell
Director of the Budget
cc: Janie Harris, Judiciary
Ben Cleeves, Transportation