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Wichita staff brief council on multiple state bills; city to oppose contingency‑fee law limiting local contracting
Summary
City staff updated council on House and Senate activity including House Bill 2396 (property tax lid proposal with $60 million fund), cuts to tourism programs like Sunflower Summers, fireworks sales and scrap‑metal bills, and recommended opposition to Senate Bill 242 (contingency‑fee legal contracts) as an infringement on home‑rule protections.
City legislative staff provided a multi‑item update to the council on Feb. 28 covering budget, tax and other bills at the Kansas Legislature and recommended the city formally oppose a bill regulating contingency‑fee legal contracts.
Staff member Marley briefed council members that the Kansas House had passed a budget bill and referred it to the Senate Ways and Means Committee; the House draft trimmed several economic development programs, including a $1,000,000 allocation for the Sunflower Summers tourism program. Marley also summarized a House…
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