Airport Authority Bonding and State Construction Project Thresholds; HB 2336
HB 2336 amends law pertaining to the issuance of general obligation bonds by airport
authorities enacted under the Surplus Property and Public Airport Authority Act and increase the
cost thresholds under which a negotiating committee must be convened for state construction
projects .
The bill increases the amount of general obligation bonds that may be issued by such
boards without approval from $1.0 million to $10.0 million and require amounts in excess of
$10.0 million be approved by the relevant board of county commissioners, rather than by
general election.
The bill permits a board of county commissioners to approve the issuance of such bonds
in an amount in excess of 1.85 percent of the assessed valuation of tangible personal property
within the county.
The bill further specifies any issuance of bonds subject to approval by a board of county
commissioners can be petitioned by qualified electors of the county to be submitted to a general
election in the manner provided for in continuing law.
Additionally, the bill increases the cost thresholds for state building projects at which a
negotiating committee must be convened for the selection of architectural, engineering, or land
surveying services to $1.5 million and provide for future increases to the thresholds that will
begin in FY 2025 and be based upon increases in the consumer price index for all urban
consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
[Note: Current law sets the cost threshold at $1.0 million for the Department of
Administration and $500,000 for all other state agencies.]
The bill also limits the costs applying to the thresholds from the total project costs to the
construction costs of the project.
Kansas Legislative Research Department 1 2023 Summary of Legislation