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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                        Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                    adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                               Division of the Budget                             http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director                                                                          Laura Kelly, Governor


                                                 February 23, 2021


          The Honorable Robert Olsen, Chairperson
          Senate Committee on Commerce
          Statehouse, Room 236A-E
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Senator Olsen:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for SB 162 by Senate Committee on Commerce
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 162 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                 SB 162 would expand the Employment Security Board of Review from three members to
          six members until June 30, 2024. No more than four members of the new six-member board could
          belong to the same political party. After June 30, 2024, the Board would return to three members.
          The bill would authorize the Board to sit in panels for the purposes of hearing and determining
          cases. A panel would consist of three members. The bill would amend provisions regarding
          member term limits. The Board or panel of the Board would be authorized the discretion to deny
          a request for an in-person hearing in the absence of good cause shown by the party requesting the
          hearing. The bill would become effective upon its publication in the Kansas Register.

                                           Estimated State Fiscal Effect
                                      FY 2021         FY 2021            FY 2022           FY 2022
                                       SGF            All Funds           SGF              All Funds
             Revenue                           --                 --             --                   --
             Expenditure                       --          $13,324               --             $53,295
             FTE Pos.                          --               .75              --                3.00
                 The Kansas Department of Labor estimates that increasing the Board by three members
          would require additional expenditures of $13,324 from federal funds for one quarter of FY 2021
The Honorable Robert Olsen, Chairperson
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and $53,295 for FY 2022. The estimate is based upon $45,000 for the salaries and wages for the
new Board members ($15,000 for each member) plus $8,295 for travel expenses. Any fiscal effect
associated with SB 162 is not reflected in The FY 2022 Governor’s Budget Report.


                                                  Sincerely,

                                                  Adam Proffitt
                                                  Director of the Budget

cc: Dawn Palmberg, Department of Labor
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 44-709