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Minutes for HB2477 - Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Short Title
Increasing the maximum reimbursement from the Kansas agricultural remediation fund from $200,000 to $300,000 for an eligible person and from $400,000 to $600,000 when both a buyer and a seller or a lessee and a lessor are responsible for remediation and increasing the amount available to the Kansas agricultural remediation board for administrative overhead expenses from $150,000 to $175,000.
Minutes Content for Tue, Jan 30, 2024
Chairperson Rahjes opened the hearing on HB 2477 and asked Kyle Hamilton, Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, to give an overview of the bill. (Attachment 1) He stood for questions.
Chairperson Rahjes called upon the following conferees to give proponent testimony and asked them to withhold answering questions until all proponent testimony had been given.
Kelsey Olson, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture (Attachment 2)
Randy Stookey, Sr. Vice President Government Affairs and General Counsel, Kansas Grain and Feed Association, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (Attachment 3)
Shayna DeGroot, on behalf of Taylor Williamson, Kansas Corn Growers Association, the Kansas Soybean Association, the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association, and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (Attachment 4)
Shahira Stafford, Kansas Cooperative Council (Attachment 5)
As a group, the proponents answered questions from the Committee.
Chairperson Rahjes requested Kate Gleeson, Acting Bureau Chief, Bureau of Environmental Remediation, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, to come forward to answer questions.
For this hearing, Ms. Gleeson had provided written-only proponent testimony. (Attachment 6)
There were no oral or written-only opponents or neutrals on this bill.
Chairperson Rahjes closed the hearing on HB 2477.
