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HB 2302 grant programs remain oversubscribed; task force hears small-city plea for sustained funding
Summary
The task force heard that HB 2302s technical assistance and water projects funds have seen hundreds of applications and dramatic unmet need. Victoria Asbury of the Kansas Water Office reviewed program rules, eligibility, evaluation criteria and recent application totals, and a small-city grant writer urged continued and expanded funding.
The Kansas Water Office reported large demand for the HB 2302 grant programs created by the 2023 legislature and funded by a State General Fund transfer to the State Water Plan Fund.
Victoria Asbury described two statutory grant lines created by HB 2302: (1) a Technical Assistance Fund (statutory cap per award $1,000,000) to help municipalities and water districts prepare plans, engineering and other pre-construction technical work; and (2) a Water Projects Fund (statutory cap per award $8,000,000) to support construction, repairs, match for federal grants and specified KDHE loan assistance. The law mandated transfers and initial…
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