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Committee concurs with Secretary of State budget; office flags fee reductions and a separate SGF request for e-rulemaking
Summary
The Committee on General Government Budget voted to concur with Legislative Research Department recommendations for the Secretary of State—s FY2025 and FY2026 budgets after agency staff outlined fee-funded operations, HAVA-funded election-security grants and a proposed separate SGF request for an electronic rulemaking system.
The Committee on General Government Budget voted to concur with the Legislative Research Department—s recommendations for the Kansas Secretary of State—s FY2025 and FY2026 budgets after hearing agency staff describe a fee-funded operating plan and several election and technology initiatives.
Arianna Waddell, fiscal analyst for the Legislative Research Department, summarized the Secretary of State—s budget request: the agency seeks about $8.6 million and 42 FTE for FY2025, an increase of roughly $1.5 million (21.8 percent) over the 2024 approved amount. Waddell said the budget is funded primarily through the information and service fee fund, the technology communication fee fund and federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grants; the FY2025 submission included a…
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