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City hears Topeka legislative briefing; manager previews Jan. 20 sales-tax presentation
Summary
A Topeka update from Kimberly Nitseraswati covered a sales-tax bill that may conflict with the Streamlined Sales Tax Compact, water-reuse rulemaking, cable infrastructure relocation proposals, property-tax valuation hearings and a bill to move local elections to even years. The city manager said Jan. 20 will include a full sales-tax briefing with proposed spending buckets.
Kimberly Nitseraswati (Speaker 7) briefed council on several Kansas legislative items, saying Representative Ho Heisel introduced a bill to allow a new local sales-tax issue that could run afoul of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement and that the administration is working with Reviser's Office and the compact's organization to resolve the legal details.
"That's a bill that we've been working very closely with him on," Nitseraswati said, summarizing the sales-tax measure and cautioning it raises multi-state compliance questions…
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