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Committee extends KCC permit deadline for transmission lines from 120 to 180 days
Summary
House Bill 2040 would extend the Kansas Corporation Commission's statutory deadline to issue transmission‑line permits from 120 days to 180 days. The House Utilities Committee approved an amendment changing the bill's effective date to publication in the register and passed the bill favorably by voice vote.
House Bill 2040, relating to transmission‑line permits issued by the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), was considered by the House Utilities Committee. Committee staff summarized the bill as an extension of the statutory review deadline for transmission‑line siting applications from 120 days to 180 days.
Nick Myers, assistant revisor at the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, told the committee the bill would lengthen the KCC’s permit decision window from 120 days after receipt of an application to 180 days. Senator Petersen moved an amendment to change the bill’s effective date language to publication in the register rather than in the statute book; the amendment was adopted by voice vote. Senator Thompson moved that the committee pass HB 2040 as amended favorably; the motion was seconded by Senator Petersen and approved by voice vote. The chair announced the motion carried.
What’s next: HB 2040 passed out of the House Utilities Committee as amended and will proceed in the legislative process. The committee recorded voice‑vote approval for both the effective‑date amendment and final passage; no roll‑call vote was recorded in the transcript.
