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Minutes for HB2314 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Rehabilitation of abandoned property by cities.
Minutes Content for Fri, Feb 22, 2019
Chairperson Tarwater recognized Reed Holwegner, Principal Research Analyst, Legislative Research Department, who gave an overview of HB2314. There were no questions.
Proponents appearing before the Committee were:
Representative Stan Frownfelter, 37th District, Kansas House of Representatives (Attachment 1), (Attachment 2)
Trey Cocking, Deputy Director, League of Kansas Municipalities (Attachment 3)
Whitney Damron, City of Topeka (Attachment 4)
Mike Taylor, Unified Government, Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas (Attachment 5)
Written-only proponents were:
Doug Gerber, City of Topeka (Attachment 6)
Michael Dodson, Mayor, City of Manhattan (Attachment 7)
Member Cities of the League providing written-only proponent testimony were:
Belle Plaine (Attachment 8)
Chapman (Attachment 9)
Cheney (Attachment 10)
Concordia (Attachment 11)
Community Housing Association of Dodge City (Attachment 12)
Dodge City (Attachment 13)
El Dorado (Attachment 14)
Fort Scott (Attachment 15)
Garnett (Attachment 16)
Great Bend (Attachment 17)
Overland Park (Attachment 18)
Pittsburg (Attachment 19)
Prairie Village (Attachment 20)
Appearing as an opponent was:
Patrick DeLapp, Concerned Citizen (Attachment 21), (Attachment 22)
Written-only opponent:
John Todd, Realtor Emeritus (Attachment 23)
Appearing as neutrals were:
Senator David B. Haley, State of Kansas, District 4, Wyandotte County (Attachment 24)
Ed Jaskinia, President, The Associated Landlords of Kansas (Attachment 25)
Written-only neutral:
Patrick Vogelsberg, Kansas Association of Realtors (Attachment 26)
Conferees giving oral testimony stood for questions.
Chairperson Tarwater thanked the conferees for their testimony and closed the hearing on HB2314.
