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Minutes for HB2006 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Requiring the department of commerce to create a database of economic development incentive program information.
Minutes Content for Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB 2006 and introduced Charles Reimer, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes, who gave an overview of the bill. The Revisor answered questions.
Oral proponent testimony was given by the following conferees:
Representative Kristey S. Williams, 77th District, Kansas House of Representatives (Attachment 1)
Michael Austin, Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Government, Kansas Policy Institute (Attachment 2)
Mike Brown, Brown Midwest Construction Services, Olathe, Kansas (Attachment 3)
Michael Ashcraft, Concerned Citizen (Attachment 4)
There was no written-only proponent testimony
Oral opponent testimony was given by:
Eric Stafford, VP of Governmental Affairs for the Kansas Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 5)
Trent Armbrust, Board Member, Kansas Economic Development Alliance (Attachment 6)
There was no written-only opponent testimony, and no oral neutral testimony.
Written-only neutral testimony was provided by:
Tim McKee, CEO, Olathe Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 7)
Dick Carter, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 8)
Kevin Walker, VP of Public Policy & Advocacy, Overland Park Kansas Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 9)
All conferees stood for questions from Committee members.
Chairperson Tarwater closed the hearing on HB 2006 and thanked the conferees for attending.
