Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
January 31, 2023
The Honorable Shannon Francis, Chairperson
House Committee on Transportation
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 582-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Francis:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2147 by House Committee on Transportation
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2147 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2147 would add “abandoned or towed vehicles” to the list of vehicles that do not need
to be registered when a public agency or person providing wrecker or towing service is in
possession of a vehicle and applies for a certificate of title for the purpose of selling the vehicle.
The bill would outline a process by which a public agency that has impounded a vehicle would
transfer the certificate of title to the highest cash bidder at a public auction. The bill would also
prohibit the sale of an impounded vehicle by a public agency or an abandoned or towed vehicle by
a wrecker or towing service prior to receiving a certificate of title from the Division of Vehicles.
The bill would exempt a public agency or person providing wrecker or towing services from
certain statutory provisions regarding the impounding and disposition of abandoned and towed
vehicles if such agency or person sells more than five vehicles in a calendar year.
The Department of Revenue indicates enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect on
the agency but would require updates to policies and procedures and the TR-85 possessory lien
affidavit as well as retraining for and communication with towing companies, counties, the Kansas
Vehicle Title Services Company, the Kansas Highway Patrol and their designees, other
government agencies, and departmental staff.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue