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Minutes for SB23 - Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Short Title
Providing for abatement of property tax for certain buildings or improvements destroyed or substantially destroyed by natural disaster.
Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 2, 2021
Chairperson Tyson opened the hearing on SB 23.
Amelia Kovar-Donohue, Office of Revisor of Statutes, provided a briefing on the bill. (Attachment 1)
Proponent oral testimony was presented by:
Honorable Braun, Leavenworth County Resident (Attachment 2)
Brian Habjan, Lidwood, KS (Attachment 3)
Mike Stieben, Leavenworth County Commissioner District 5 (Attachment 4)
Representative Timothy Johnson, 36 District, Bonner Springs, KS (Attachment 5)
Proponent written testimony was submitted by:
Dean Klahr, Kansas Livestock Association (Attachment 6)
Randy Stookey & Shahira Stafford, Kansas Grain and Feed Association and
Kansas Cooperative Council (Attachment 7)
John Donley, Kansas Farm Bureau (Attachment 8)
Opponent written testimony was submitted by:
Allen Dinkel, City Manager, Junction City, KS (Attachment 9)
Neutral oral testimony was presented by:
Trey Cocking, League of Kansas Municipalities (Attachment10)
When all questions from the committee were answered, Chairperson Tyson closed the hearing on SB 23.
