Kansas House Bill HB2001

Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/13/25
• Refer: 1/13/25

Caption

Continuing the reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs of county clerks through calendar year 2029.

Summary

HB2001 extends an existing state reimbursement program for county clerks’ printing and postage costs related to taxpayer notifications. Under current law, county clerks who incur those costs must document them to the secretary of revenue, who certifies the amount and triggers a transfer from the state general fund into the taxpayer notification costs fund. This bill continues that process for calendar years 2025 through 2029, rather than allowing the reimbursement authority to expire after 2024. The bill also maintains the taxpayer notification costs fund in the state treasury and preserves the Department of Revenue’s role in administering payments from the fund. Expenditures from the fund remain limited to paying county printing and postage costs under the referenced statute, and payments continue to be made through the normal state accounting and appropriation process. The bill takes effect upon publication in the Kansas register.

Impact

HB2001 amends K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-2989 to extend the state’s reimbursement mechanism for county clerks’ taxpayer-notification printing and postage expenses through 2029. It does not create a new program, but it prolongs the existing transfer of money from the state general fund to the taxpayer notification costs fund and keeps the Department of Revenue responsible for certifying and administering those reimbursements. Counties that incur eligible notice-related costs would continue to be eligible for state payment during the extended period.

Sentiment

The available context suggests the bill is routine and largely noncontroversial, with no recorded committee transcript debate and no votes provided. Its purpose is administrative and fiscal continuity: preserving reimbursement to counties for mandated notification costs. The absence of recorded opposition or amendments in the provided materials indicates the measure was likely viewed as a straightforward extension of an existing funding arrangement.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. If any concerns were raised, they would likely center on the fiscal impact to the state general fund, the duration of the extension through 2029, or the policy choice to reimburse county clerks for these printing and postage obligations. However, the record supplied here does not identify any member, committee, or stakeholder taking a formal opposing position.