SESSION OF 2019
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 190
As Amended by Senate Committee on Ways
and Means

Brief*
SB 190, as amended, would authorize transfers from the
State General Fund (SGF) to the Local Ad Valorem Tax
Reduction Fund (LAVTRF) and the County and City Revenue
Sharing Fund (CCRSF) for counties and cities with approved
projects related to expansion or modernization of a road or a
bridge improvement (project), if certain conditions are met,
and the project plan is approved by the Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary).

Project Plan Requirements
The bill would allow any county to submit a project plan
to the Secretary. The bill would also allow for cities within a
county and adjacent counties to enter into agreements with
the county to implement a project.
The bill would require a project plan submitted by a
county to the Secretary to include a local match of at least
20.0 percent of the total cost of the project of the participating
cities or counties.

LAVTRF and CCRSF Allowances
The bill would amend law to suspend the LAVTRF and
CCRSF transfers from the SGF from 2020 until 2025. During
this moratorium, a county may submit a project plan to the
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
Secretary. If such project plan is approved by the Secretary,
all participating cities and counties in the project plan would
be allowed to receive their statutory portion of both the
LAVTRF and the CCRSF transfers during the fiscal years of
the life of the construction phase of such approved project.
The bill would also specify the certification and receipt
procedure of such transfers.
The bill would clarify and further specify transfer
allowance amounts from the LAVTRF and CCRSF for
participating cities and counties with approved project plans
could be expended only for approved projects. The bill would
not authorize a city or county to receive:
● Any amount attributed to another local unit of
government;
● Any amount in excess of the total cost of the
project; or
● Moneys if the proposed project plan is included in
the 2020 transportation planning program.
Background
The bill was introduced in the Senate Committee on
Ways and Means at the request of Senator McGinn. The bill
addresses a recommendation of the Joint Legislative
Transportation Vision Task Force, which met during the 2018
Interim.
In the Senate Committee on Ways and Means hearing,
representatives of the Kansas Contractors Association,
League of Kansas Municipalities, and the Wichita Regional
Chamber of Commerce provided proponent testimony.
Proponents stated the bill would help provide funding
flexibility and needed assistance to support the transportation
system. Written-only proponent testimony was provided by a
representative of the Kansas Association of Counties.

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 The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
provided neutral written-only testimony. No opponent
testimony was provided.
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means amended
the bill to:
● Require projects be for expansion or modernization
of roads or bridge improvement projects rather
than new construction;
● Change language that would have suspended the
LAVTRF and the CCRSF through 2030, to reduce
this time frame to through 2025;
● Require local match from other moneys of the
participating cities or counties of at least 20.0
percent of the total cost of the project; and
● Further specify funding for project plans approved
by the Secretary for counties and cities from
apportionment from SGF transfers to the LAVTRF
and the CCRSF be limited to use for the approved
plan; not from any amount attributed to another
local unit of government; any amount in excess of
the total cost of the approved project; or if the
proposed project plan is included in the 2020
transportation planning program.
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, as introduced, the precise fiscal effect
on the SGF revenues from the passage of this bill cannot be
determined. If the transfers were resumed in FY 2021,
potentially $54.0 million would be transferred from the SGF to
the LAVTRF, and $78.1 million would be transferred from the
SGF to the LAVTRF for distribution via statutory formula.
KDOT estimates it would need to hire 1.0 Public Service
Administrator full-time equivalent position to manage the
plans received for review by the Secretary of Transportation.
KDOT estimates it could absorb expenditures for this position

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within existing resources. Any fiscal effect associated with the
bill, as introduced, is not reflected in The FY 2020 Governor’s
Budget Report.


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 79-2959, 79-2964
As Amended by Senate Committee: 79-2959, 79-2964