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House Committee on Local Government

  • Committee Assistant: Debra Heideman 785-296-7681
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    • Meeting Day: Mon/Wed Time: 9:00 am Location: 281-N

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    HB2145 - Extending voting franchise in city elections to qualified electors living in areas subject to extraterritorial zoning or subdivision regulations.
    HB2150 - Repealing the zoning and planning authority for cities in the three-mile area extending from the city boundaries.
    HB2174 - Authorizing the Kansas human rights commission or any city or county to remove an unlawful restrictive covenant by recording a redacted plat or declaration.
    HB2268 - Prohibiting certain restrictions of residential solar energy devices.
    HB2324 - Removing the publication of notice requirement before a landlord can sell a tenant's property that has been abandoned.
    HB2341 - Declaring Juneteenth National Independence Day to be a legal public holiday and closing state offices for certain legal public holidays.
    HB2343 - Authorizing legal publications to be made on internet websites selected by the governing body of a city, county or school district.
    HB2466 - Excluding registered agritourism locations from building permit requirements or building codes.
    HB2626 - Authorizing the disorganization of the Clearwater cemetery district and the transfer of all property and the care and maintenance of such cemetery.
    HB2704 - Creating the no-impact home-based business act, limiting the ability of municipalities to regulate such businesses and prohibiting certain types of activities by such businesses.
    Resolutions In Committee
    HCR5017 - A constitutional amendment to grant counties home rule powers.
    Sponsored Bills
    HB2082 - Authorizing counties to create a code inspection and enforcement fund and a municipalities fight addiction fund, and expanding the scope of county equipment reserve fund to include other technology expenses.
    HB2083 - Creating the Kansas vacant property act to prohibit municipalities from imposing any fees or registration requirements on the basis that property is unoccupied.
    HB2174 - Authorizing the Kansas human rights commission or any city or county to remove an unlawful restrictive covenant by recording a redacted plat or declaration.
    HB2237 - Authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate within county public right-of-way.
    HB2268 - Prohibiting certain restrictions of residential solar energy devices.
    HB2323 - Providing for the detachment and transfer of fire district property annexed by a city.
    HB2324 - Removing the publication of notice requirement before a landlord can sell a tenant's property that has been abandoned.
    HB2376 - Prohibiting the recording of any restrictive covenant that violates the Kansas act against discrimination and authorizing the removal of such covenants from existing documents, and prohibiting city or county laws prohibiting discrimination that are more restrictive than state law.
    HB2537 - Mandating that certain contractual provisions be incorporated in all city and county contracts, including the provisions of form DA-146a, with certain exceptions.
    HB2538 - Continuing the reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs of county clerks through calendar year 2028.
    HB2587 - Authorizing the board of directors for a drainage district to hold a meeting in executive session in accordance with the open meetings act.
    HB2661 - Requiring vacancies in county commissioner districts created by an increase in the number of commissioner districts be filled at the next general election and providing for staggered terms for such newly elected county commissioners.
    HB2733 - Requiring homeowners' associations to conduct certain home repairs in accordance with applicable codes and standards and providing for enforcement by civil penalties in an action brought by the attorney general.
    HB2734 - Imposing a five-year expiration on all improvement districts and community improvement districts if no improvements are carried out within the five-year period.
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