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
February 16, 2023
The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Transportation
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Petersen:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 229 by Senate Committee on Commerce
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 229 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 229 would create the City of Topeka distinctive license plate. The bill would allow any
Kansas resident who is the owner of a passenger vehicle or truck of a gross weight of 20,000
pounds to be issued one City of Topeka license plate for each vehicle on and after January 1, 2024.
The distinctive plate would be issued upon proper registration and payment of the regular license
fee as provided in KSA 8-143 to the county treasurer of the flag image payment established by the
City of Topeka. The City of Topeka would be authorized to allow the flag image to be affixed on
license plates upon payment of a flag image payment of at least $25, but no more than $100 for
each license plate. The payment would be issued to the City of Topeka or the county treasurer.
Annual flag image payments collected by county treasurer would be remitted to the State Treasurer
and credited to the Greater Topeka Partnership, Inc.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2023
SGF
FY 2023
All Funds
FY 2024
SGF
FY 2024
All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- $14,813
Expenditure -- -- -- $3,750
FTE Pos. -- -- -- --
The Department of Revenue estimates enactment of SB 229 would increase its
expenditures by $3,750 in FY 2024 for administrative costs related to designing and manufacturing The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
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the new plate. The Department estimates the bill would increase revenues to the State Highway
Fund by $9,813 from a $40 personalized plate fee, which assumes an initial issuance of 250 license
plates, with $39.25 to the State Highway Fund and $0.75 to the county treasurer of registration. In
addition, the Department estimates the bill would increase revenues to the Distinctive License
Plate Fund from a $5,000 nonrefundable fee required from the sponsor of a new distinctive license
plate, which is used to defray the cost to develop the new plate. Any fiscal effect associated with
SB 229 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue