SESSION OF 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2103
As Recommended by House Committee on
Agriculture

Brief*
HB 2103 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
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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
the Disposal Fund for the preceding month and the net
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 the House Committee on
Agriculture at the request of a representative of the Kansas
Grain and Feed Association and Kansas Agribusiness
Retailers Association.
[Note: The provisions of HB 2103 are the same as those
of 2020 HB 2432, as passed by the House and
recommended by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and
Natural Resources.]

House Committee on Agriculture
In the House Committee hearing on the bill, a
representative of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers
Association and Kansas Grain and Field Association and the
Deputy Director of Agriculture 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.


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 Written-only proponent testimony was provided by
representatives of Kansas Cooperative Council, Kansas Corn
Growers Association, Kansas Farm Bureau, and Kansas
Grain Sorghum Producers Association.
No other testimony was provided.

Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, enactment of the bill would not result in
additional costs or personnel requirements for the Kansas
Department of Agriculture, as the Program previously funded
by a federal grant would be continued with more stable
support from the Remediation Fund. Receipts to the
Remediation Fund consist of fees related to pesticide sales
and products. Actual and estimated ending balances in the
Remediation Fund should be more than adequate to support
the Program. Any fiscal effect associated with the bill is not
reflected in The FY 2022 Governor’s Budget Report.
Kansas Department of Agriculture; Kansas Pesticide Waste Disposal Program;
Kansas Pesticide Waste Disposal Fund; Kansas Agricultural Remediation Board;
Kansas Agricultural Remediation Fund; pesticides; pesticide waste


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 2-3702, 2-3708