SESSION OF 2020
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2432
As Amended by House Committee of the Whole

Brief*
HB 2432 would establish the Kansas Pesticide Waste
Disposal Program (Program) that would be administered by
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) for the collection and
disposal of pesticide waste in the state. The bill also would
create in the State Treasury the Kansas Pesticide Waste
Disposal Fund (Disposal Fund) with the purpose of funding
the Program.
The bill would require all moneys credited to the
Disposal Fund to be used by the Secretary for the Program
and all expenditures from the Disposal Fund would be made
in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the
Director of Accounts and Reports (Director) issued after
vouchers are approved by the Secretary.
The bill would authorize the Kansas Agricultural
Remediation Board (Board) to approve an annual transfer of
moneys from the Kansas Agricultural Remediation Fund
(Remediation Fund) to the Disposal Fund in an amount not
exceeding $50,000 in any calendar year.
The bill would require the Secretary to submit to the
Board on or before January 1 of each year a report regarding
the annual expenditures made from the Program.
The bill would also require the Director to transfer from
the State General Fund to the Disposal Fund interest
earnings based on the average daily balance of moneys in
the Disposal Fund for the preceding month and the net
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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
earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the
preceding month.
The bill would add definitions for “Kansas Pesticide
Waste Disposal Fund,” “Kansas Pesticide Waste Disposal
Program,” “pesticide,” and “pesticide waste.” The bill would
also amend law regarding the Remediation Reimbursement
Program to allow this program to provide funding to the new
Program.
The bill would also make technical amendments.

Background
The bill was introduced by Representative Highland.
In the House Committee on Agriculture hearing,
representatives of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers
Association, Kansas Cooperative Council, Kansas
Department of Agriculture (KDA), Kansas Department of
Health and Environment, and Kansas Grain and Feed
Association provided proponent testimony on the bill, stating
the bill would facilitate the proper disposal of unwanted
pesticides by reducing the financial burden associated with
the disposal and reduce the human exposure risk by having
the waste pesticides packaged, shipped, and disposed of by
professionals.
Written-only proponent testimony was provided by the
Kansas Corn Association. No neutral or opponent testimony
was provided.
The House Committee of the Whole amended the bill by
adopting a technical amendment.
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill as introduced, the KDA indicates
enactment of the bill would not result in additional costs or
personnel requirements for the agency, as the program was
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previously funded by a federal grant and will continue with
support from the Remediation Fund, which consists of fees
related to pesticide sales and products. Any fiscal effect
associated with enactment of the bill is not reflected in The
FY 2021 Governor’s Budget Report.


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 2-3702, 2-3708
{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: 2-3702, 2-3708