Brief ⁽¹⁾

HB 2198 would amend a section of current law which establishes the Kansas Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, which is used to provide low-interest loans for wastewater treatment and water pollution control projects. The bill would allow expenditures from the fund to be used to make grants to qualifying projects as authorized by the Federal Appropriation Act of 1996 in accordance with the Rural Communities Hardship Grants Program guidelines and also to make grants to qualifying projects as authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001 in accordance with the Wet Weather Water Quality Act of 2000.

Background

This bill was introduced at the request of a spokesperson from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. At the hearing on the bill a spokesperson from the Department explained that Congress created two federal grant programs, moneys from which could be used to fund certain projects in Kansas. The spokesperson stated that the bill would amend current Kansas law to utilize the new grant programs and allow the Department to administer these in conjunction with the ongoing Kansas Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. There were no opponents to the bill.

The fiscal note states that the Department of Health and Environment indicates that the bill would have no effect on State General Fund revenues or expenditures.

1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/fulltext.cgi