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Minutes for HB2387 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Providing funding for STAR bond districts to replace lost food sales tax revenue, authorizing renovation and construction costs for historic theaters as eligible STAR bond project costs and extending the deadline for the STAR bond report to certain legislative committees.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 16, 2023
The Chairman called the meeting to order.
Chairman Tarwater welcomed Representative Bergkamp to the committee and will be substituting in for Vice Chair Borjorn and Representative Neighbors who is substituting for Ranking Minority Leader Jason Probst.
The chair opened the meeting on HB2387,
Charles Reimer, Revisor, briefed the committee on the bill,
The following presented testimony as a proponent:
Bob North, Chief Counsel, Kansas Department of Commerce.(Attachment 1)
Kimberley Svaty , on behalf of the city of Derby Kansas.(Attachment 2)
Mike Hutfles, President & CEO , Hutfles and Associates(Attachment 3)
John Goodyear, on behalf of the League of the Kansas Municipalities(Attachment 4)
There was no opponent or neutral in person testimony.
Written proponent testimony was provided by Mark Manning on behalf of the City of Wichita.(Attachment 5)
Written opponent testimony was provided by Mike Austin, Americans for Prosperity.(Attachment 6)
All conferees stood for questions.
The chair closed the hearing on HB2387.
