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Minutes for HB2501 - Committee on Transportation
Short Title
Designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state locomotive.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 7, 2024
Chris Waggoner, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes, provided the committee with a briefing of the bill. (Attachment 1)
Proponents: Representative Scott Hill, 70th District, Kansas Legislature , presented verbal testimony in support of HB2501 that would designate the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state locomotive. (Attachment 2)
Ross K. Boelling, president and general manager of the Abilene and Smoky Valley railroad, presented verbal testimony in support of HB2501 designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official operative state locomotive recognizing the 30th year of its endeavor in the Abilene and Enterprise, Kansas, communities. (Attachment 3)
Allen C. Harper, Chairman & CEO of American Heritage Railways, presented written testimony supporting HB2501 as designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 the official operative state locomotive. (Attachment 4)
Julie Roller Weeks, director of Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau, provided written testimony supporting the bill. (Attachment 5)
There were no opponents and no neutral testimonies.
The chair closed on the hearing of HB2501.
