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 C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
January 24, 2024
The Honorable Sean Tarwater, Chairperson
House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 346-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Tarwater:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2545 by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2545 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2545 would allow self-service storage unit operators to sell an occupant’s property if
the occupant does not retrieve the property within 45 days of a notice of termination or non-
renewal. Before selling the property, the operator would be required to mail a final notice to the
occupant stating that the property may be sold unless removed from the storage unit by a specified
date that is at least 15 days after the final notice. Any remaining proceeds from the sale of the
property after the deduction of rent, labor, or other reasonable expenses would be considered
abandoned property and paid to the State Treasurer.
The bill would amend the Self-Service Storage Act to define certain terms and allow for
self-service storage unit rental agreements to be signed electronically. The bill would also allow
unsigned rental agreements to be considered effective if the occupant pays and the operator accepts
the amount of rent described in the agreement, provided that the occupant was notified of this
policy in the agreement.
The Department of Revenue indicates that enactment of the bill would result in $162 of
additional State General Fund expenditures in FY 2025 to update forms and train staff on the policy
changes made by the bill. The Judiciary indicates that the bill would not have a fiscal effect on its The Honorable Sean Tarwater, Chairperson
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operations. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2545 is not reflected in The FY 2025 Governor’s
Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Trisha Morrow, Judiciary
Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue