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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 7, 2023


          The Honorable Emil Bergquist, Chairperson
          House Committee on Local Government
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 281-N
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Bergquist:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2145 by Representative Blew
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2145 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  HB 2145 would require a city that has extraterritorial zoning regulations or subdivision
          regulations to consider territory outside the corporate limits of the city part of the city for purposes
          of all city elections. Qualified electors living within the territory outside the corporate limits of
          the city would be considered qualified electors of the city. The voting area for any member of the
          city governing body would include the territory subject to extraterritorial zoning regulations or
          subdivision regulations. If the governing body members are elected by district, at least one district
          would include the territory outside the corporate limits of the city.
                  The Secretary of State indicates it would use existing resources to provide training and
          update manuals for county election officials; update the agency’s website; update public
          documents and information; and work with media, political parties, candidates, and the public to
          ensure knowledge of the updated eligibility requirements for voting for municipal offices. Any
          fiscal effect associated with HB 2145 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
                The Kansas Association of Counties and the League of Kansas Municipalities indicate HB
          2145 would not have a fiscal effect.


                                                                 Sincerely,

                                                                 Adam Proffitt
                                                                 Director of the Budget
          cc: Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties
              Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State
              Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 12-184b