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Minutes for HB2114 - Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Short Title
Authorizing the chief engineer to adopt rules and regulations under the watershed district act and concerning fees and inspections of dams.
Minutes Content for Fri, Feb 14, 2025
Chairperson Rahjes opened the hearing on HB2114 and asked Revisor Kyle Hamilton, Office of Revisor of Statutes, to give the bill brief. (Attachment 4) There were no questions.
Research Analyst, Heather O'Hara, Legislative Research Department, was requested to give a report on the fiscal note.
Chairperson Rahjes acknowledged Kelsey Olson, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture, who gave Oral Proponent testimony. (Attachment 5) She stood for questions.
Submitting Written-Only Proponent testimony was Lori C. Spragens, Executive Director, Association of State Dam Safety Officials (Attachment 6)
There was no other proponent testimony presented on this bill.
Chairperson Rahjes requested Aaron M. Popelka, VP of Legal & Governmental Affairs, Kansas Livestock Association, to give Oral Opponent testimony on HB2114. (Attachment 7) He stood for questions.
There were no others to present Oral Opponent or Written-Only Opponent testimony.
Oral Neutral testimony was given by Travis Lowe, CAE, Kansas Society of Professional Engineers (Attachment 8) There were no questions.
Neutral Written-Only testimony was supplied by:
Kent Askren, Public Policy Director, Kansas Farm Bureau (Attachment 9)
Wendi Stark, Legislative Liaison, The League of Kansas Municipalities (Attachment 10)
There was no other testimony to be presented and Chairperson Rahjes closed the hearing on HB2114.
