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Staff outlines reporting requirements included in House Bill 2,007 budget language
Summary
An assistant revisor summarized dozens of reporting requirements embedded in House Bill 2,007’s budget language, listing agency‑specific reports and how they must be delivered to the Legislature; committee members asked whether the reports are written or audited and raised questions about publication costs tied to K.S.A. 64‑103.
Jesse, an assistant revisor with the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, told the Senate Ways and Means Committee the memo he prepared summarizes reporting requirements that agencies must provide under House Bill 2,007, the introduced budget bill.
The memo is organized to follow the budget bill. It lists agency‑specific reporting requirements — for example, the Real Estate Appraisal Board (section 22(c)) must submit a report on practical applications of the appraisal program; the Secretary of State (section 36) must report costs of publishing information about proposed constitutional amendments "in a newspaper in each county"; and the Department of Commerce must report expenditures from the publication and other sales fund and from a World Cup ARPA fund, Mr. Jesse said.
Why it matters: the reports identify how agencies used monies appropriated in the budget bill and route information to committees and the Legislature for oversight. Several provisos require after‑the‑fact…
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