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Committee discusses construction and bonding proposals including Troop C relocation and KBI headquarters authority
Summary
The Committee on Appropriations reviewed bonding authority and capital projects that included a proposed Troop C relocation, KBI headquarters bonding and KSU veterinary medical center language.
Members of the Committee on Appropriations reviewed a construction package that contained bonding authority and capital projects, including multi-year bonding requests and language changes to funding sources for several projects.
Major items discussed: - KSU Veterinary Medical Center: house added bonding language; language and bonding authority were included in the package. - Troop C headquarters and central dispatch relocation: Senate modified the position to propose bonding authority (the transcript describes this as a bonded position rather than a one-time SGF hit) of up to $55,500,000 across fiscal years 2026–2027 for relocation and central dispatch facility work. The language would authorize a memorandum of understanding for expansion of a shared firing range facility. - Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) headquarters: Senate modified to include up to $80,000,000 in bonding authority for fiscal years 2026–2027 and added language directing pursuit of available historic tax credits as part of the financing strategy.
Committee members requested clarification on the tax-credit language tied to the KBI headquarters, asking what credits would be pursued. A senator explained that the building owner could apply for historic tax credits for rehabilitation work and that those credits could affect the sale price or the state’s purchase cost; senators also noted the state would “take it if it’s available” to avoid missing potential savings. Committee members asked for identification of the property at issue; a senator said it was the Quincy Street property behind the Evergy site.
Other capital and security items discussed in the construction package included life-safety maintenance for a Salina training academy ($500,000 SHF as a House modification) and a KBI bonding package referenced on subsequent blue sheets. The transcript records that bids and assigned-counsel funding remain funded despite an overall 1.5% reduction position in other lines.
Why it matters: the package carries substantial bonding authority requests that would affect state capital budgets and borrowing; language around pursuing historic tax credits could affect net state costs for the KBI headquarters project.
No formal committee roll-call vote on the package appears in the transcript excerpt.
