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Minutes for HB2738 - Committee on Taxation
Short Title
Discontinuing an Atchison County countywide retailers' sales tax and allowing counties to decide whether to apportion revenue between the county and cities located in the county.
Minutes Content for Thu, Mar 17, 2022
Chairperson Smith opened the hearing for HB2738.
Adam Siebers, Assistant Revisor, noted HB2738 discontinues the Atchison countywide retailers' sales tax and allows counties to decide whether to apportion revenue between the county and cities located in the county for elections imposing countywide retailers' sales tax held on and after July 1, 2022. (Attachment 1) Mr. Siebers stood for questions from Committee members.
Amy Kramer, Kansas Department of Revenue, provided an overview on the fiscal note for HB2738 noting the bill has no fiscal effect on state sales tax revenue and is only a local impact tax. HB2738 would sunset a sales tax in Atchison County and would give counties the options of dedicating a countywide sales tax for county purposes or applying the tax to the existing apportionment formula. The bill would also terminate the countywide sales tax in Atchison County for joint law enforcement communications and solid waste disposal on June 30, 2023.
Proponents:
Jay Armstrong, Atchison County Farm Bureau, testified as a proponent for HB2738. (Attachment 2) Mr. Armstrong stood for questions from Committee members.
Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties, testified as a proponent for HB2738. (Attachment 3) Mr. Hall stood for questions from Committee members.
Written testimony was submitted by the following as proponents for HB2738:
Jonathan Mize, Blish-Mize Company, (Attachment 4)
Jon Quinday, City Manager, City of Russell, Kansas, (Attachment 5)
Opponents:
Erik Sartorius, League of Kansas Municipalities, testified as an opponent for HB2738. (Attachment 6) Mr. Sartorius stood for questions from Committee members.
Stuart Little, Little Government Relations, testified as an opponent for HB2738. (Attachment 7) Mr. Little stood for questions from Committee members.
Written testimony was submitted by the following as opponents for HB2738:
Sara Caylor, City Commissioner, (Attachment 8)
Whitney Damron, on behalf of the City of Topeka, (Attachment 9)
Dick Carter, City of Overland Park, Kansas, (Attachment 10)
Kamme Sroufe, City Administrator, City of Kechi, Kansas, (Attachment 11)
Kendal Francis, City Administrator, Great Bend, Kansas, (Attachment 12)
Russ Kessler, Mayor, City of Hays, Kansas, (Attachment 13)
Kimberly Gencur Svaty, on behalf of Kiel Mangue, City Manager, Derby, Kansas, (Attachment 14)
Terry Somers, Mayor, City of Mount Hope, Kansas, (Attachment 15)
Grant Spieth, Mayor, City of Columbus, Kansas (Attachment 16)
Tiffany M. Hartson, City Administrator, City of Harper, Kansas, (Attachment 17)
Rhonda Hill, City Clerk, City of Gas, Kansas, (Attachment 18)
Allen J. Dinkel, City Manager, Junction City, Kansas, (Attachment 19)
Cole Herder, City Administrator, City of Humboldt, Kansas, (Attachment 20)
Lucas Jay Mullin, City Administrator, City of Eureka, Kansas, (Attachment 21)
Kerwin L. McKee, City Manager, Holton, Kansas, (Attachment 22)
Don Hardin, Mayor, City of Stafford, Kansas, (Attachment 23)
Southwest Kansas Coalition, Dodge City, Garden City, and Liberal, Kansas, (Attachment 24)
Ethan Reimer, City Manager, City of Halstead, Kansas, (Attachment 25)
Jim Benage, Mayor, City of Bel Aire, Kansas, (Attachment 26)
Ron Fehr, City Manager, City of Manhattan, Kansas, (Attachment 27)
Mike Baughn, Kansas Legislative Policy Group, (Attachment 28)
Brent Clark, City Administrator, Valley Center, Kansas, (Attachment 29)
Amber Vogan, Assistant City Manager, City of Bonner Springs, Kansas, (Attachment 30)
Carl Chalfant, City Administrator, City of Washington, Kansas, (Attachment 31)
Jade Piros de Carvalho, Mayor, City of Hutchinson, Kansas, (Attachment 32)
Kerry Rozman on behalf of Mayor Thatcher, City of Clay Center, Kansas, (Attachment 33)
Tami Haverkamp, City Administrator, City of Seneca, Kansas, (Attachment 34)
Amy Lange, City Manager, Concordia, Kansas, (Attachment 35)
Thomas A. Brown, Mayor, City of McPherson, Kansas, (Attachment 36)
Brent Clark, City Administrator, Valley Center, Kansas, (Attachment 37)
Chairperson Smith closed the hearing for HB2738.
