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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 29, 2020

          The Honorable Richard Proehl, Chairperson
          House Committee on Transportation
          Statehouse, Room 581B-W
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Proehl:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2458 by House Committee on Transportation
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2458 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  HB 2458 would create the traffic offense of operating or halting a motor vehicle with a
          careless disregard for the right or safety of others or inattentively in a manner as to endanger any
          person or property. The fine for such a violation would be $45.
                  HB 2458 has the potential for increasing litigation in the courts because of the new
          violation of negligent driving. If it does, the Office of Judicial Administration indicates that there
          would be a fiscal effect on the operations of the court system. However, it is not possible to predict
          the number of additional court cases that would arise or how complex and time-consuming they
          would be. Therefore, a precise fiscal effect cannot be determined. In any case, the fiscal effect
          would most likely be accommodated within the existing schedule of court cases and would not
          require additional resources.
                 The League of Kansas Municipalities and the Kansas Association of Counties indicate that
          enactment of HB 2458 would have a negligible fiscal effect on cities and counties. The Kansas
          Highway Patrol indicates that the bill would have no fiscal effect on the agency. Any fiscal effect
          associated with HB 2458 is not reflected in The FY 2021 Governor’s Budget Report.

                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                Larry L. Campbell
                                                                Director of the Budget
          cc: Mary Rinehart, Judiciary
          Trey Cocking, League of Municipalities
          Jay Hall, Association of Counties
          Sherry Macke, Highway Patrol
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 8-2118, 8-1556