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Sedgwick County lays out four legislative priorities: juvenile competency reimbursement, election-date consolidation, coroner cremains authority and sales-tax-s
Summary
Sedgwick County staff told commissioners they will ask their lobbyists to draft four bills this session: juvenile competency restoration reimbursement, election-date consolidation, coroner authority to dispose of unclaimed cremains, and a sales-tax distribution change.
Sedgwick County staff told commissioners they will ask the county's lobbyists to draft and seek bills this session on four priorities: juvenile competency restoration reimbursement, consolidation of local election dates, statutory authority for the coroner to dispose of unclaimed cremated remains, and a change to the 1% sales-tax distribution formula described separately.
1) Juvenile competency reimbursement: County attorneys drafted language to amend the statute implementing Senate Bill 28 (2024) to include juveniles awaiting competency restoration or treatment. County staff said existing law now reimburses counties for adults in custody who await…
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