Kansas 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB42 Comm Sub / Analysis

                    SESSION OF 2023
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 42
As Recommended by Senate Committee on 
Ways and Means
Brief*
SB 42 would authorize expenditures of $22,983 from 
existing resources in FY 2023 to pay the following claims 
against the State:
●$300 from the El Dorado Correctional Facility for 
an inmate’s property that went missing when the 
claimant’s cell was left unsecured;
●$29 from the El Dorado Correctional Facility for an 
inmate’s damaged radio;
●$36 from the El Dorado Correctional Facility for the 
loss of an inmate’s property when the claimant was 
moved to another unit;
●$23 from the El Dorado Correctional Facility for an 
inmate’s missing necklace;
●$21 from the Ellsworth Correctional Facility for two 
claims involving the lost property of an inmate;
●$59 from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility for 
an inmate’s food items that were destroyed by 
staff;
●$108 from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility for 
loss of an inmate’s property when the claimant was 
transferred to another correctional facility;
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research 
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental 
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at 
http://www.kslegislature.org ●$50 from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility for a 
law book wrongfully confiscated by staff;
●$250 from the Lansing Correctional Facility for an 
inmate’s property that was lost when the claimant 
was moved to another unit;
●$315 from the Lansing Correctional Facility for 
unpaid restitution owed to the claimant;
●$50 from Norton Correctional Facility for repair of a 
damaged electronic music player;
●$680 from the Larned State Hospital for destruction 
of a former resident’s personal property;
●$592 from the Adjutant General’s Department for 
damages sustained by the claimant’s vehicle when 
it was struck by an agency maintenance truck;
●$5,714 from the Adjutant General’s Department for 
damages sustained by the claimant’s vehicle from 
a malfunctioning security gate at a state facility;
●$1,607 from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for 
damages sustained by the claimant ’s rental 
property as a result of a fugitive standoff;
●$4,072 from the Department of Administration for 
damages sustained by the claimant’s vehicle from 
a malfunctioning security gate at a state parking 
garage;
●$1,989 from the Department of Administration for 
damages sustained by the claimant’s vehicle from 
a malfunctioning security gate at a state parking 
garage; and
●$7,087 in motor fuel tax refund claims. Refunds are 
allowed for taxes paid on fuel used for school 
buses and off-highway uses including farming. 
2- 42 These refunds go through the claims process if not 
filed in a timely manner.
The bill would be in effect upon publication in the 
Kansas Register.
Background
The bill was introduced by the Joint Committee on 
Special Claims Against the State (Joint Committee) on 
January 18, 2023.
During the 2022 Interim, the Joint Committee met four 
times and, excluding motor vehicle fuel tax refunds, heard 80 
claims, of which 59 claims, or 73.8 percent, were filed against 
the Department of Corrections or specific correctional 
facilities. Of the 80 claims heard, the Joint Committee 
recommended payment for 18 claims.
Senate Committee on Ways and Means
In the Senate Committee hearing on January 31, 2023, 
no testimony was provided.
Appropriations; special claims; state agencies
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