Session of 1998
HOUSE BILL No. 2983
By Committee on Appropriations
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AN ACT concerning the citizens' utility
ratepayer board; relating to ne-
10 gotiation of contracts
for professional services; concerning the com-
11 position of the
negotiating committee.
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13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section 1. (a) In
accordance with the provisions of subsection (b),
15 the citizens' utility ratepayer board is
hereby authorized to contract for
16 professional services, including, but not
limited to, the services of engi-
17 neers, accountants, attorneys and
economists, to assist in carrying out the
18 duties of the board, which assistance may
include preparation and pres-
19 entation of expert testimony, when the
expenses of such professional serv-
20 ices are required to be assessed under
K.S.A. 66-1502 and amendments
21 thereto against the public utilities
involved.
22 (b) Such contracts shall
be negotiated by a negotiating committee
23 composed of the following persons: The
consumer counsel of the citizens'
24 utility ratepayer board; the director of
the budget or that director's des-
25 ignee; the director of accounts and reports
or that director's designee;
26 and the chairperson of the citizens'
utility ratepayer board or the chair-
27 person's designee. The consumer counsel of
the citizens' utility ratepayer
28 board shall convene the negotiating
committee for each such contract
29 and the negotiating committee shall
consider all proposals by persons
30 applying to perform such contract and shall
award the contract.
31 (c) Such contracts shall
not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-
32 3739, and amendments thereto, or to the
provisions of the acts contained
33 in article 58 of chapter 75 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated.
34 (d) As used in this
section, ``person'' means an individual, firm, part-
35 nership, corporation, association or other
legal entity.
36 Sec. 2. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
37 publication in the statute book.
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