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Minutes for HB2302 - Committee on Water
Short Title
Modifying the distribution of moneys into the state water plan fund, creating the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund for water-related infrastructure projects and distributing a portion of the revenue from the sales and compensating use tax to the state water plan fund.
Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 14, 2023
Chairperson Minnix recognized Chris Waggoner, Revisor of Statues. Mr Waggoner provided a brief of HB2302.
Proponents Oral
Mike Bulk, Ducks Unlimited, testified (Attachment 1).
Zack Pistora, Kansas Sierra Club, testified (Attachment 2).
Ellen Parker, Water One, Johnson County, Kansas, testified (Attachment 3).
Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities, testified (Attachment 4).
Justin Cobb, The Nature Conservancy, testified (Attachment 5).
Aaron Popelka, Kansas Livestock Association, testified (Attachment 6).
Joshua Svaty, Regional Economic Area Partnership, testified (Attachment 7).
Joe Newland, Kansas Farm Bureau, testified (Attachment 8).
Brad Mears, League of Municipal Utilities, testified (Attachment 9).
Kelly R. Zellner, City of Caney Kansas, testified (Attachment 10).
Don Henry, City of Wichita Kansas, testified (Attachment 11).
Prop Written Only
Randy Stookey, Kansas Grain and Feed, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association, testimony (Attachment 12).
Russ Kessler, City of Haysville Kansas, testimony (Attachment 13).
Tim Danneberg, City of Olathe Kansas, testimony (Attachment 14).
Bill Simshauser, Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, testimony. (Attachment 15)
Dustin Stambaugh, City of Ellsworth Kansas, testimony (Attachment 16).
Greg Harlan, City of Belle Plaine Kansas, testimony (Attachment 17).
Shahira Stafford, Kansas Cooperative Council, testimony (Attachment 18).
Kim Everley, City of McLouth Kansas, testimony. (Attachment 19).
Fred Jones, City of Garden City, Kansas, testimony (Attachment 20).
Michael Koss, City of Overland Park Kansas testimony. (Attachment 21)
Richard LaMunyon, City of Maize Kansas, testimony (Attachment 22).
Debra Lamb, City of Parsons Kansas, testimony (Attachment 23).
Hardy Howard, City of WaKenney Kansas, testimony (Attachment 24).
Debra Grammon, City of Logan Kansas, testimony (Attachment 25).
Richard Nienstedt, City of Ottawa Kansas, testimony (Attachment 26).
Randy Frazer, City of Arkansas City Kansas, testimony, (Attachment 27).
Elmer Ronnebaum, Kansas Rural Water Association, testimony (Attachment 28).
Audree Guzman, City of Valley Falls Kansas, testimony (Attachment 29).
Stacy Barnes, City of Greensburg Kansas, testimony (Attachment 30).
John Roe, Kansas Corn, testimony, (Attachment 31).
Kelly Passauer, City of Independence Kansas, testimony (Attachment 32).
Jake Letner, City of Columbus Kansas, testimony (Attachment 33).
Westley Young, City of Fredonia Kansas, testimony (Attachment 34).
Tom Buller, Kansas Rural Center, testimony (Attachment 35).
Michael White, Kansas Contractors, testimony (Attachment 36).
Nick Levendofsky, Kansas Farmers Union, testimony (Attachment 37).
Murray McGee, City of Mound Ridge, testimony (Attachment 38).
Justin Cobb, Kansans for Conservation, testimony (Attachment 39).
Neutral Oral
Connie Owen, Kansas Water Office, Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Kansas Department of Agriculture, joint testimony (Attachment 40).
Opponent Written only
Tom Brown, City of McPherson Kansas, (Attachment 41).
Chairperson Minnix closed the hearing on HB2302.
