Brief (1)
HB 3026 would permit an amount not to exceed $75,000 to be used to fund plant pest activities in the Kansas Department of Agriculture from each of the following fee funds: the Feeding Stuffs Fee Fund; the Fertilizer Fee Fund; and the Agricultural Liming Materials Fee Fund. The aggregate limit would be $225,000.
Background
The bill was introduced by the House Appropriations Committee. At the hearing on the bill, the Secretary of Agriculture testified that the bill was necessary in order to offset State General Fund expenditures in the Department of Agriculture.
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