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Committee on Water advances bill to boost conservation-district matching funds, trims appropriation
Summary
The Committee on Water voted to send House Bill 2113 to the floor with amendments that maintain a 2-to-1 state match for conservation-district grants but reduce the requested appropriation. The bill also directs transfers to the State Water Plan Fund and sunsets two water grant funds in 2028.
A committee of the Kansas Legislature advanced House Bill 2113 on a voice vote after adopting an amendment that reduced the bill's requested appropriation for conservation districts.
The bill would require annual July 1 transfers intended to match federal conservation funding and expand uses to include domestic water-quality sampling. It also directs enhanced transfers from the State General Fund to the State Water Plan Fund and would sunset the Water Technical Assistance Fund and the Water Project Grant Fund on July 1, 2028.
Reviser: “Section 1 of House Bill 21 13 would transfer $5,000,000 each July 1 to match federal funding for conservation districts. The matching would be 2 state dollars for every 1 non…
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