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Veterinary examiners present fee‑funded budget; committee approves it for passage
Summary
The Kansas Board of Veterinary Examiners told the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee its operations are fully fee funded; staff described modest increases for travel, attorney fees, health insurance and data services. The committee voted to report the budget favorably out of committee by voice vote.
Luke Drury, a senior fiscal analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, presented the Board of Veterinary Examiners’ budget summary to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee on Oct. 7.
Drury said the board is a biennial, fee‑funded agency based in Wamego and that the agency submitted no enhancement requests for fiscal 2026. Key changes the board requested included a $21,100 increase for private‑vehicle‑mile reimbursements in FY 2026 and a $26,100 increase for FY 2027, which the agency attributes to two new board members who live in western Kansas and must commute farther for in‑person meetings.
Other changes cited in the presentation include…
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