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Kansas committee hears bill to boost state water-plan transfers, expand grant funds
Summary
The Committee on Water heard House Bill 2558, which would raise annual State General Fund transfers to the State Water Plan Fund to $60 million for FY2027–FY2031, increase distributions to two water grant funds, raise threshold balances and extend their sunset to 07/01/2031; municipal, agricultural and groundwater district groups testified in support while agencies offered neutral fiscal context.
The Committee on Water heard testimony Monday on House Bill 2558, a proposal to increase annual transfers from the State General Fund to the State Water Plan Fund and expand how those funds are distributed to technical assistance and grant programs.
Reviser Chris told the committee the bill would set the SGF transfer to the State Water Plan Fund at $60,000,000 on July 1 of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 and would direct additional transfers from the State Water Plan Fund of $15,500,000 to the Water Technical Assistance Fund and $22,500,000 to the Water Projects Grant Fund. "The amount of the transfer from SGF to the state water plan fund would be $60,000,000," Chris said during his opening summary. The bill would also raise the unencumbered-balance thresholds that trigger additional appropriations and extend the planned abolishment date for the two recipient funds to July 1, 2031; the bill’s effective date would be July 1, 2026.
Fiscal staff Heather summarized the fiscal note, saying enactment would not immediately increase operational…
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