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

January 23, 2020

The Honorable Fred Patton, Chairperson
House Committee on Judiciary
Statehouse, Room 519C-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Patton:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2435 by Representative Pittman
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2435 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
Under current law, individuals permitted to pay off a fine through community service
receive credit at a rate of $5 per hour. HB 2435, as introduced, would allow individuals to receive
credit toward such fines in the amount of the minimum wage set by KSA 44-1203(a) for each full
hour of community service.
The League of Kansas Municipalities indicates that enactment of HB 2345, as introduced,
would result in a negligible fiscal effect on local governments that could be absorbed within
existing resources.
The Kansas Association of Counties indicates that revenues received by counties through
court fines could decrease and expenditures that are currently offset by community service hours
could increase as individuals would be able to pay off more fines in a shorter amount of time.
However, the fiscal effect cannot be estimated because the number of fines and community service
hours are unknown.
The Office of Judicial Administration and the Department of Corrections indicate that
enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect on the agencies. Any fiscal effect associated with
HB 2435 is not reflected in The FY 2021 Governor’s Budget Report.

Sincerely,

Larry L. Campbell
Director of the Budget
cc: Mary Rinehart, Judiciary
Jay Hall, Association of Counties
Randy Bowman, Corrections
Kaitlyn Willis, League of Municipalities


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 21-6604, 22-3716