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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

                                                    March 25, 2021

          The Honorable Carolyn McGinn, Chairperson
          Senate Committee on Local Government
          Statehouse, Room 541C-E
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Senator McGinn:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for SB 297 by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 297 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  SB 297 would amend existing law concerning contracts and service charges for the
          collection and disposal of trash and/or garbage by cities and counties. In the case where this service
          is not a municipal function and is provided by contract, the bill would increase the limit of the
          contract from not more than ten years to not more than 20 years and remove limitations currently
          applicable to cities of the first class having the commission form of government. The bill would
          remove the language in current law that allows garbage which can be disposed of through a sewage
          disposal plant to be disposed of in this manner rather than by burning, burying, feeding or other
          means of disposal. The bill would specify that no service charge could be levied against vacant
          lots or other vacant property and would remove a county’s ability to collect annual fees on the ad
          valorem tax statement. The bill also makes a number of technical corrections.
                  According to the League of Kansas Municipalities, enactment of SB 297 would result in
          reduced revenue for the cities of Kansas as it would remove the option to add fees to the ad valorem
          tax statement and the option to implement monthly billing and collection on vacant property. The
          Kansas Association of Counties indicates that enactment of the bill would require a separate billing
          and collection process for trash which could result in some cost to the counties; however, the
          Association is unable to estimate what that cost might amount to.


                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                Adam Proffitt
                                                                Director of the Budget
          cc: Jay Hall, Association of Counties
              Wendi Stark, League of Municipalities
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 12-2102, 12-2106, 65-3410