Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2517

Introduced
1/22/26  

Caption

Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Leavenworth county for the purposes of furnishing, equipping, improving and maintaining county-supported emergency management operations.

Impact

The implementation of HB 2517 would empower Leavenworth County to impose a sales tax that can be directly allocated to bolster its emergency management services. This would be a significant change, as it gives local governments a new avenue for funding operations that are essential for public safety and emergency response. Such financial measures are aimed at improving the county's readiness and resilience in the face of emergencies, aligning funding mechanisms with local needs to address particular challenges that the county may face.

Summary

House Bill 2517 focuses on providing authority for countywide retailers' sales tax specifically for Leavenworth County. This bill is designed to enhance the county's ability to finance, equip, improve, and maintain emergency management operations. The underlying intent of the bill is to ensure that the necessary resources are available for effective emergency management in the county, which may include responses to disasters, public safety measures, and other essential services. By allowing this sales tax authority, Leavenworth County can potentially generate significant revenue to support these critical functions.

Contention

As with any new financial authority, there may be points of contention surrounding HB 2517. Some community members might express concerns about the potential burden of an additional sales tax on local consumers and businesses. It is vital to balance the need for adequate funding for emergency services with the economic impacts on the population. Discussions around the bill may touch on the effectiveness of prioritizing funding for emergency management versus other community needs and initiatives, sparking debate on what is deemed most essential in times of crisis.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.