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

May 1, 2019


The Honorable Jim Kelly, Chairperson
House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions
Statehouse, Room 581-W
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Kelly:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2328 by House Committee on Financial Institutions and
Pensions
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2328 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2328 would allow military service that is served concurrently with any participating
service within the same calendar year to be credited as additional participating service.
Allowing certain members to receive additional service time would increase benefits for
these members and have an actuarial effect on the state retirement system. However, the Kansas
State Employees Retirement System (KPERS) is unable to estimate the actuarial cost because of
the variability of the members who would be eligible. KPERS estimates the actuarial effect would
likely be small because of the small number of members who would be affected by the bill.
KPERS indicates that each year it tracks the number of members who are eligible for participating
service due to military service time. Over the last several years, the number of eligible members
has ranged from a low of eight members in calendar year 2015 to as high as 70 members in calendar
year 2013.
KPERS indicates that there would be administrative costs associated with the bill, but the
additional expenditures would be absorbed within existing resources. Any fiscal effect associated
with HB 2328 is not reflected in The FY 2020 Governor’s Budget Report.

Sincerely,

Larry L. Campbell
Director of the Budget
cc: Jarod Waltner, KPERS


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 74-4913