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Minutes for HB2112 - Committee on Water
Short Title
Requiring water supply system and wastewater treatment facility operator certification examination fees to not exceed the costs for such exams and eliminating the certification of operators through correspondence courses.
Minutes Content for Thu, Jan 30, 2025
Chairperson Minnix opened the hearing for HB2112.
Kyle Hamilton, Revisor of Statues provided a bill brief (Attachment 4).
Proponents
Oral Proponents
Kate Miller, Kansas Municipal Utilities, (Attachment 5).
Wendi Stark, The League of Kansas Municipalities, (Attachment 6).
John Gilroy, American Water Works Association, Kansas Section (Attachment 7) .
Cathy Tucker-Vogel, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, (Attachment 8) Ms. Tucker-Vogel responded to questions from committee regarding the amount of pass fail rate for drinking water exams. Questions about small communities and the new standard certification process impacts small community water operations. Questions about the number of exams performed each year and their pass rate.
Written Proponents
Randy Frazier, City Manager, Arkansas City, (Attachment 9).
Kurt Bookout, Former Director of Public Utilities, (Attachment 10).
Fred Jones, Water Resource Manager, Garden City KS, (Attachment 11).
Opponents
Oral Opponent
Daryn Martin, Kansas Rural Water, (Attachment 12) Shared that HB2112 will add cost and unnecessary regulations to the water permit process. Small communities would struggle with obtaining certification due to the complexity of passing a certification test, that includes functions not used in smaller communities.
Written Opponent
Heath Austin, Mayor of Potwin Kansas, (Attachment 13).
Steve Carmichael, City of Haven Kansas, (Attachment 14).
Perry Smith, Superintendent, Finney County, (Attachment 15).
Brandon Smith, Public Wholesale Water #12, (Attachment 16).
Chairperson Minnix closed the hearing at 10:10 am.
Chairperson Minnix adjourned the meeting at 10:12 am.
