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


March 5, 2019


The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Transportation
Statehouse, Room 345-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Petersen:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 192 by Senate Committee on Ways and Means
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 192 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
Current law requires turnpike or toll projects to be financed entirely through tolls and other
income from operation of the project. SB 192 would allow turnpike or toll projects to be financed
partly through tolls and other income from operation of the project. Current law also allows the
Secretary of Transportation to study the feasibility of constructing a new toll or turnpike project
or designating an existing highway or any portion of a highway as a toll or turnpike project. The
bill would allow the Secretary additional authority to study the feasibility of designating bridges
as toll or turnpike projects.
The purpose of the studies regarding designating highways or bridges as toll or turnpike
projects would be to increase capacity on existing highways. Feasibility studies would be required
to include a determination, after consultation with local officials, that traffic volume, local
participation or other relevant reasons make tolling feasible and acceptable to the affected local
community. If the feasibility study provides a favorable result, the Secretary of Transportation
may construct a new toll or turnpike project or designate an existing highway or bridge as a toll or
turnpike project. The bill would allow projects to be partly financed by bond proceeds.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) indicates the bill could result in
increased expenditures to conduct new feasibility studies for toll projects. If any new projects are
constructed as a result of the studies, KDOT would incur additional expenditures for construction
of the projects and receive additional revenue from the tolls. However, KDOT is unable to estimate
the fiscal effect for expenditures and revenues because the number of feasibility studies and new
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projects that would result from the studies are unknown. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 192
is not reflected in The FY 2020 Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Larry L. Campbell
Director of the Budget


cc: Ben Cleeves, Transportation


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 68-2002, 68-2004, 8-2116, 68-2008, 68-20, 68-2301