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Senate moves to double state match for conservation districts in statute

2262200 · February 11, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 36 would change the state match for conservation districts from $1 for $1 local to $2 of state funds for each $1 of local funding (up to $25,000 and subject to appropriations) and move a county certification deadline from Sept. 1 to Nov. 1; the Senate committee reported the bill favorably and it was advanced on final action.

Senate Bill 36, a bill to amend the state matching formula and administrative deadline for conservation districts, was advanced by the Kansas Senate on Feb. 12.

Senator Peck (Montgomery), the bill sponsor, told the Committee of the Whole the measure would change the matching formula from $1 of state funds for every $1 of local funds to $2 of state funds for every $1 of local funds, up to a $25,000 match and subject to appropriations. The bill…

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