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1 | 2 | HOUSE BILL No. 2304 | |
2 | - | AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to government transparency; | |
3 | - | requiring local governments to report certain local economic development incentive | |
4 | - | program information to the secretary of commerce; defining such programs; | |
5 | - | requiring the secretary of commerce to post such information on the economic | |
6 | - | development incentive program database maintained by the secretary; requiring | |
7 | - | certain search result presentation formats, a comprehensive report and a summary | |
8 | - | report; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 and 74-50,227 and repealing the | |
9 | - | existing sections. | |
3 | + | By Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development | |
4 | + | Requested by Representative K. Williams | |
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6 | + | AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to government | |
7 | + | transparency; requiring local governments to report certain local | |
8 | + | economic development incentive program information to the secretary | |
9 | + | of commerce; defining such programs; requiring the secretary of | |
10 | + | commerce to post such information on the economic development | |
11 | + | incentive program database maintained by the secretary; requiring | |
12 | + | certain search result presentation formats, a comprehensive report and a | |
13 | + | summary report; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 and 74- | |
14 | + | 50,227 and repealing the existing sections. | |
10 | 15 | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: | |
11 | - | Section 1. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 is hereby amended to | |
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16 | + | Section 1. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 is hereby amended to read as | |
17 | + | follows: 74-50,226. As used in K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 and 74- | |
18 | + | 50,227, and amendments thereto: | |
14 | 19 | (a) "Administering agency" means the state agency or department | |
15 | - | charged with administering a particular economic development | |
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20 | + | charged with administering a particular economic development incentive | |
21 | + | program, as set forth by the program's enacting statute or, where no | |
22 | + | department or agency is set forth, the department of revenue. | |
18 | 23 | (b) "Economic development incentive program" means: | |
19 | 24 | (1) Any economic development incentive program administered | |
20 | 25 | wholly or in part by the secretary of commerce; | |
21 | - | (2) any tax credit program, except for social and domestic tax | |
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23 | - | (3) property that has been exempted from ad valorem taxation | |
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26 | + | (2) any tax credit program, except for social and domestic tax credits, | |
27 | + | regardless of the administering agency; | |
28 | + | (3) property that has been exempted from ad valorem taxation under | |
29 | + | the provisions of section 13 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of | |
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26 | 31 | (4) property that has been purchased, acquired, constructed, | |
27 | 32 | reconstructed, improved, equipped, furnished, repaired, enlarged or | |
28 | 33 | remodeled with all or any part of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued | |
29 | - | under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and | |
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32 | - | (5) any economic development fund, including, but not limited to, | |
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34 | + | under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and amendments | |
35 | + | thereto, that is exempt from ad valorem taxation under K.S.A. 79-201a | |
36 | + | Second, and amendments thereto; and | |
37 | + | (5) any economic development fund, including, but not limited to, the | |
38 | + | job creation program fund established by K.S.A. 74-50,224, and | |
34 | 39 | amendments thereto, and the economic development initiatives fund, | |
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35 | 75 | established by K.S.A. 79-4804, and amendments thereto; and | |
36 | 76 | (6) local government-based economic development programs or | |
37 | 77 | incentives, including, but not limited to: | |
38 | 78 | (A) Community improvement districts, K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq., and | |
39 | 79 | amendments thereto; | |
40 | - | (B) tax increment financing, K.S.A. 12-1770 et seq., and | |
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80 | + | (B) tax increment financing, K.S.A. 12-1770 et seq., and amendments | |
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42 | 82 | (C) business improvement districts, K.S.A. 12-1781 et seq., and | |
43 | 83 | amendments thereto; | |
44 | - | (D) self-supported municipal improvement districts, K.S.A. 12- | |
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84 | + | (D) self-supported municipal improvement districts, K.S.A. 12-1794 | |
85 | + | et seq., and amendments thereto; | |
46 | 86 | (E) neighborhood revitalization act, K.S.A. 12-17,114 et seq., and | |
47 | 87 | amendments thereto; | |
48 | 88 | (F) downtown redevelopment act, K.S.A. 12-17,121 et seq., and | |
49 | 89 | amendments thereto; | |
50 | 90 | (G) transportation development districts, K.S.A. 12-17,140 et seq., | |
51 | 91 | and amendments thereto; | |
52 | 92 | (H) public improvement districts, K.S.A. 12-17,152 et seq., and | |
53 | 93 | amendments thereto; | |
54 | 94 | (I) industrial development bonds, K.S.A. 12-3801 et seq., and | |
55 | 95 | amendments thereto; and | |
56 | - | (J) any other economic development incentive offered by the local | |
57 | - | government and accepted by the recipient that may be quantified as to | |
58 | - | the value provided to the recipient, including any grant, loan, lease, | |
59 | - | land acquisition, site preparation, utilities, facilities, streets or | |
60 | - | roadways, workforce development or workforce training. | |
96 | + | (J) any grant, loan, lease, land acquisition, site preparation, utilities, | |
97 | + | facilities, streets or roadways, workforce development, workforce training | |
98 | + | or any other incentive offered by the local government and accepted by the | |
99 | + | recipient that may be quantified as to the value provided to the recipient. | |
61 | 100 | (c) "Enterprise" means a corporation, limited liability company, S | |
62 | 101 | corporation, partnership, registered limited liability partnership, | |
63 | - | foundation, association, nonprofit entity, sole proprietorship, business | |
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65 | - | (d) "Local government" means: | |
102 | + | foundation, association, nonprofit entity, sole proprietorship, business trust | |
103 | + | or other entity engaged in business. | |
104 | + | (d) "Local government" means: | |
66 | 105 | (1) Any city, county or unified government, or any subdivision | |
67 | 106 | thereof; or | |
68 | 107 | (2) any instrumentality of a city, county or unified government, | |
69 | - | established for the purpose of economic development of such city, | |
70 | - | county or unified government, that is funded in whole or in part by | |
71 | - | such local government. | |
72 | - | (e) "Recipient" means the enterprise, identified by the business | |
73 | - | name filed with the secretary of state, that is the original applicant for | |
74 | - | and that receives proceeds from an economic development incentive | |
75 | - | program directly from the administering agency. "Recipient" includes | |
76 | - | an enterprise that is no longer solvent due to bankruptcy and a recipient | |
77 | - | with respect to an economic development project that has failed. If the | |
78 | - | "recipient" is an enterprise created primarily for the purpose of the | |
79 | - | economic development project, "recipient" includes the enterprise or | |
80 | - | enterprises, partners or principals that own or, individually or with | |
81 | - | other enterprises, have a controlling interest in the "recipient." | |
82 | - | (f) "Searchable website or web page" means a website or web | |
83 | - | page that allows the public to search and aggregate the information | |
84 | - | identified and required to be provided by this section and K.S.A. 74- | |
85 | - | 50,227, and amendments thereto, including requirements that the | |
86 | - | website or web page offer users the ability to efficiently search and | |
87 | - | display data at least by economic development incentive program, | |
88 | - | recipient and location of the economic development project by county | |
89 | - | and calculate incentive totals for each category claimed by year and be | |
90 | - | searchable by year. | |
108 | + | established for the purpose of economic development of such city, county | |
109 | + | or unified government, that is funded in whole or in part by such local | |
110 | + | government. | |
111 | + | (e) "Recipient" means the enterprise, identified by the business name | |
112 | + | filed with the secretary of state, that is the original applicant for and that | |
113 | + | receives proceeds from an economic development incentive program | |
114 | + | directly from the administering agency. "Recipient" includes an enterprise | |
115 | + | that is no longer solvent due to bankruptcy and a recipient with respect to | |
116 | + | an economic development project that has failed. If the "recipient" is an | |
117 | + | enterprise created primarily for the purpose of the economic development | |
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161 | + | project, "recipient" includes the enterprise or enterprises, partners or | |
162 | + | principals that own or, individually or with other enterprises, have a | |
163 | + | controlling interest in the "recipient." | |
164 | + | (f) "Searchable website or web page" means a website or web page | |
165 | + | that allows the public to search and aggregate the information identified | |
166 | + | and required to be provided by this section and K.S.A. 74-50,227, and | |
167 | + | amendments thereto, including requirements that the website or web page | |
168 | + | offer users the ability to efficiently search and display data at least by | |
169 | + | economic development incentive program, recipient and location of the | |
170 | + | economic development project by county. | |
91 | 171 | (e)(g) "Social and domestic tax credits" means the adoption credit | |
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172 | + | created pursuant to K.S.A. 79-202a 79-32,202a, and amendments thereto, | |
173 | + | the earned income tax credit created pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,205, and | |
174 | + | amendments thereto, the food sales tax credit created pursuant to K.S.A. | |
175 | + | 79-32,271, and amendments thereto, the child and dependent care tax | |
176 | + | credit created pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,111c, and amendments thereto, and | |
177 | + | the homestead property tax refund created pursuant to K.S.A. 79-4501 et | |
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179 | + | (f)(h) "Tax credit program" means any credit allowed against the tax | |
180 | + | imposed by the Kansas income tax act, the premium or privilege fees | |
181 | + | imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto, or the | |
182 | + | privilege tax as measured by net income of financial institutions imposed | |
183 | + | pursuant to article 11 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and | |
184 | + | amendments thereto. | |
105 | 185 | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,227 is hereby amended to read as | |
106 | 186 | follows: 74-50,227. (a) The department of commerce shall collect | |
107 | 187 | incentive data from economic development incentive programs that | |
108 | 188 | provide more than $50,000 of annual incentives from administering | |
109 | - | agencies or local governments as required by this section. Such data | |
110 | - | shall be collected from administering agencies or local governments | |
111 | - | and be stored in a database that is available to the public in a digital | |
112 | - | format. The database shall contain information from multiple years and | |
113 | - | must be searchable, printable and available to access over the internet | |
114 | - | on the department of commerce's website on a permanently accessible | |
115 | - | web page that may be accessed via a conspicuous link to that web page | |
116 | - | placed on the front page of the department's website. Information | |
117 | - | included in the database shall be updated by the department of | |
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119 | - | completed prior to the end of the following fiscal year in which such | |
120 | - | incentive was earned or distributed. The database shall be a searchable | |
121 | - | website or web page that is comprehensive of all information required | |
122 | - | by this section for all years as required by this section and shall permit | |
123 | - | searches by a user of such information by economic development | |
124 | - | incentive program, county and recipient. The database shall permit the | |
125 | - | user, on one web page and by means of an easily accessible drop-down | |
126 | - | menu or other similar prompt, to select to search at least by keyword or | |
127 | - | phrase within separately identified categories of economic | |
128 | - | development incentive program, county and recipient name. The | |
129 | - | database shall be capable of calculating total incentives for each HOUSE BILL No. 2304—page 3 | |
130 | - | category claimed by year and be searchable by year. A search result | |
131 | - | shall include all information required by this section, and such | |
132 | - | information applicable to the search result shall be in one printable or | |
133 | - | downloadable report. In addition to such a comprehensive report, the | |
134 | - | database shall be configured to provide a summary report in response | |
135 | - | to a search when requested. The summary report shall provide the total | |
136 | - | incentives awarded to the recipient, the number of years that the | |
137 | - | incentive may be claimed, the total unencumbered incentive award that | |
138 | - | may be claimed and the total incentives that have been claimed by the | |
139 | - | recipient per year. Such information shall be produced by economic | |
140 | - | development incentive program, county and recipient name. Such | |
141 | - | summary report shall be provided to the house committee on | |
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143 | - | on commerce on or before January 31 of each year and shall disclose | |
144 | - | the most recent three years of economic incentives claimed and the | |
145 | - | total amount of funds committed by the state or the local government | |
146 | - | that are required to be paid as an incentive over the entire period of the | |
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148 | - | (b) (1) Local governments shall provide the department of | |
149 | - | commerce with all available and reasonably obtainable information | |
150 | - | required by this section for all active economic development incentive | |
151 | - | programs of such local government commenced prior to July 1, 2025, | |
152 | - | that provide more than $50,000 in value in annual incentives as | |
153 | - | provided by subsection (c). On and after July 1, 2025, requiring the | |
154 | - | provision of all information required by this section as necessary from | |
155 | - | a recipient and providing such information to the department of | |
156 | - | commerce by the local government shall be a condition of commencing | |
157 | - | or providing any incentive to a recipient pursuant to any economic | |
158 | - | development incentive program that will provide more than $50,000 in | |
159 | - | value in annual incentives. Information required by this section for | |
160 | - | programs commencing after July 1, 2025, shall be provided to the | |
161 | - | department of commerce within 45 days of the execution of an | |
162 | - | economic development incentive program agreement between the local | |
163 | - | government and the recipient. The local government shall provide | |
164 | - | updates of all applicable information required by this section to the | |
165 | - | secretary of commerce, in the manner and form as required by the | |
166 | - | secretary, at least annually and at such additional time or times as may | |
167 | - | be required by the secretary. | |
168 | - | (2) On and after July 1, 2025, any recipient that will receive more | |
169 | - | than $50,000 in value in annual incentives from any economic | |
170 | - | development incentive program provided by a local government or any | |
171 | - | administering agency shall, as a condition of the award of such | |
172 | - | incentives, agree to provide all information required by this section to | |
173 | - | the secretary, at such times and in the form and manner as required by | |
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176 | - | (3) All information shall be provided in the form and manner as | |
177 | - | required by the secretary, except that the secretary shall make an | |
178 | - | electronic form available for local governments to report such | |
179 | - | information in a simple online format and shall only require the | |
180 | - | submission of information in digital form. | |
189 | + | agencies or local governments as required by this section. Such data shall | |
190 | + | be collected from administering agencies or local governments and be | |
191 | + | stored in a database that is available to the public in a digital format. The | |
192 | + | database shall contain information from multiple years and must be | |
193 | + | searchable, printable and available to access over the internet on the | |
194 | + | department of commerce's website on a permanently accessible web page | |
195 | + | that may be accessed via a conspicuous link to that web page placed on the | |
196 | + | front page of the department's website. Information included in the | |
197 | + | database shall be updated by the department of commerce at least on an | |
198 | + | annual basis and such update shall be completed prior to the end of the | |
199 | + | following fiscal year in which such incentive was earned or distributed. | |
200 | + | The database shall be a searchable website or web page that is | |
201 | + | comprehensive of all information required by this section for all years as | |
202 | + | required by this section and shall permit searches by a user of such | |
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247 | + | recipient. The database shall permit the user, on one web page and by | |
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250 | + | categories of economic development incentive program, county and | |
251 | + | recipient name. A search result shall include all information required by | |
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253 | + | in one printable or downloadable report. In addition to such a | |
254 | + | comprehensive report, the database shall be configured to provide a | |
255 | + | summary report in response to a search when requested. The summary | |
256 | + | report shall provide the total incentives awarded to the recipient and the | |
257 | + | total incentives that have been provided to the recipient. Such information | |
258 | + | shall be produced by economic development incentive program, county | |
259 | + | and recipient name. | |
260 | + | (b) (1) Local governments shall provide the department of commerce | |
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262 | + | section for all active economic development incentive programs of such | |
263 | + | local government commenced prior to July 1, 2025, that provide more | |
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265 | + | requiring the provision of all information required by this section as | |
266 | + | necessary from a recipient and providing such information to the | |
267 | + | department of commerce by the local government shall be a condition of | |
268 | + | commencing or providing any incentive to a recipient pursuant to any | |
269 | + | economic development incentive program that will provide more than | |
270 | + | $50,000 in value in annual incentives. Information required by this section | |
271 | + | for programs commencing after July 1, 2025, shall be provided to the | |
272 | + | department of commerce within 30 days of the execution of an economic | |
273 | + | development incentive program agreement between the local government | |
274 | + | and the recipient. The local government shall provide updates of all | |
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276 | + | commerce, in the manner and form as required by the secretary, at least | |
277 | + | annually and at such additional time or times as may be required by the | |
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279 | + | (2) On an after July 1, 2025, any recipient that will receive more than | |
280 | + | $50,000 in value in annual incentives from any economic development | |
281 | + | incentive program provided by a local government or any administering | |
282 | + | agency shall, as a condition of the award of such incentives, agree to | |
283 | + | provide all information required by this section to the secretary, at such | |
284 | + | times and in the form and manner as required by the secretary, for | |
285 | + | publication on the department's database as provided by this section. | |
181 | 286 | (b)(c) The database required to be created by subsection (a) shall | |
182 | - | contain the following information or shall contain a link by which the | |
183 | - | user can access such information, except that local governments shall | |
184 | - | provide such information as required by this section for active | |
185 | - | economic development incentive programs commenced prior to July 1, | |
186 | - | 2025, specified in section 1(b)(6)(A) through (I), and amendments | |
187 | - | thereto, to the secretary on or before July 1, 2026, and thereafter as | |
188 | - | required by this section. Local governments shall provide such | |
189 | - | information as required by this section for active economic | |
190 | - | development incentive programs commenced prior to July 1, 2025, | |
191 | - | specified in section 1(b)(6)(A) through (J) to the secretary on or before | |
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194 | 333 | program, including the: | |
195 | - | (A) Names and addresses, including county, of recipients | |
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200 | - | (B) annual amount of incentives claimed, distributed to or | |
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334 | + | (A) Names and addresses, including county, of recipients receiving | |
335 | + | benefits from the program and, for sales tax and revenue bonds issued | |
336 | + | under the STAR bond financing act, K.S.A. 12-17,162 et seq., and | |
337 | + | amendments thereto, the names of principals and officers for each project | |
338 | + | developer; | |
339 | + | (B) annual amount of incentives claimed, distributed to or received | |
340 | + | by each recipient and any remaining balance of the total amount of | |
341 | + | incentives claimed or awarded to the recipient; | |
203 | 342 | (C) qualification criteria for the economic development incentive | |
204 | 343 | program, including, if available, qualification criteria specific to the | |
205 | 344 | recipient. Qualification criteria shall include, but not be limited to, any | |
206 | - | requirements regarding the number of jobs created or the amount of | |
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208 | - | (D) required benchmarks for continued participation in the | |
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345 | + | requirements regarding the number of jobs created or the amount of initial | |
346 | + | or annual capital improvement; | |
347 | + | (D) required benchmarks for continued participation in the economic | |
348 | + | development incentive program and progress made toward the | |
349 | + | benchmarks; and | |
211 | 350 | (E) years for which the recipient has received benefits under the | |
212 | 351 | economic development incentive program; | |
213 | - | (2) descriptive information for each economic development | |
214 | - | ||
215 | - | (A) A description and history of the program, including its | |
216 | - | ||
352 | + | (2) descriptive information for each economic development program, | |
353 | + | which shall include: | |
354 | + | (A) A description and history of the program, including its inception | |
355 | + | date; | |
217 | 356 | (B) the purpose or goals of the program and the criteria for | |
218 | 357 | qualification; | |
219 | 358 | (C) applications for the program, if any, and relevant resources or | |
220 | 359 | contacts; | |
221 | 360 | (D) the program cost and return on investment, including | |
222 | 361 | assumptions used to calculate the return on investment; | |
223 | 362 | (E) the program compliance rate; | |
224 | 363 | (F) annual reports, if required by statute; and | |
225 | 364 | (G) evaluations of the program, if any; and | |
226 | 365 | (3) annual data, which shall be organized by recipient, county and | |
227 | 366 | program and shall include the: | |
228 | 367 | (A) Total amount of annual incentives from a program claimed or | |
229 | 368 | received by a recipient; | |
230 | - | (B) total amount of incentives received by recipients in each | |
231 | - | ||
369 | + | (B) total amount of incentives received by recipients in each county; | |
370 | + | and | |
232 | 371 | (C) total amount of incentives distributed by each program. | |
233 | - | (c)(d) Data collected pursuant to this section must shall be | |
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372 | + | (c)(d) Data collected pursuant to this section must shall be aggregated | |
373 | + | and provided by program, recipient and county. | |
235 | 374 | (d)(e) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, and | |
236 | 375 | notwithstanding any information publication requirements listed in this | |
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237 | 419 | section, no information shall be disclosed by the secretary of commerce | |
238 | 420 | under this section if such disclosure would: | |
239 | 421 | (1) Violate any federal law; | |
240 | - | (2) violate the confidentiality provisions of any agreement | |
241 | - | ||
242 | - | (3) in the discretion of the secretary of commerce, be detrimental | |
243 | - | ||
422 | + | (2) violate the confidentiality provisions of any agreement executed | |
423 | + | before July 1, 2019 2025; | |
424 | + | (3) in the discretion of the secretary of commerce, be detrimental to | |
425 | + | the development of a STAR bond project or jeopardize an economic | |
244 | 426 | development incentive program or project; or | |
245 | - | (4) disclose the names or other personally identifying information | |
246 | - | of individuals who have made contributions or investments pursuant to | |
247 | - | the provisions of an economic development incentive program for the | |
248 | - | purpose of receiving a tax credit. | |
249 | - | Information that is otherwise publicly available shall not be | |
250 | - | considered confidential and shall be subject to publication as provided | |
251 | - | in this section. | |
427 | + | (4) disclose the names or other personally identifying information of | |
428 | + | individuals who have made contributions or investments pursuant to the | |
429 | + | provisions of an economic development incentive program for the purpose | |
430 | + | of receiving a tax credit. | |
431 | + | Information that is otherwise publicly available shall not be considered | |
432 | + | confidential and shall be subject to publication as provided in this section. | |
252 | 433 | (e)(f) (1) The secretary of commerce shall report in writing to the | |
253 | - | standing committee on commerce, labor and economic development of | |
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256 | - | subsection (d)(3) and the reason why the information was not disclosed. | |
257 | - | Commencing on January 31, 2026, such reports shall be made on | |
258 | - | ||
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434 | + | standing committee on commerce, labor and economic development of the | |
435 | + | house of representatives and the standing committee on commerce of the | |
436 | + | senate any information not disclosed by the secretary pursuant to | |
437 | + | subsection (d)(3) and the reason why the information was not disclosed. | |
438 | + | Commencing on January 31, 2026, such reports shall be made on or | |
439 | + | before January 31 of each year for such information not disclosed in the | |
440 | + | fiscal year ending the preceding June 30. Any testimony or oral | |
260 | 441 | presentation before the committee or discussion by the committee with | |
261 | - | respect to the report shall be considered the discussion of data relating | |
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442 | + | respect to the report shall be considered the discussion of data relating to | |
443 | + | financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trusts, and | |
444 | + | individual proprietorships pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4319(b) | |
445 | + | (4), and amendments thereto, for purposes of the Kansas open meetings | |
446 | + | act, and shall be closed to the public. | |
266 | 447 | (2) The report of the secretary pursuant to subsection (e)(1) (f)(1) | |
267 | 448 | shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the provisions of the | |
268 | - | Kansas open records act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and amendments | |
269 | - | thereto, except that two years after the report is submitted to a | |
270 | - | legislative committee, such report shall be a public record open for | |
271 | - | inspection under the Kansas open records act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., | |
272 | - | and amendments thereto. | |
273 | - | (g) The secretary may impose an administrative fee of 1% of the | |
274 | - | amount of the total incentive, not to exceed $1,000, upon each recipient | |
275 | - | of an economic development incentive program administered by the | |
276 | - | secretary for the purpose of the payment of costs incurred by the | |
277 | - | secretary for administering and maintaining the database required by | |
278 | - | this section. | |
449 | + | Kansas open records act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and amendments thereto, | |
450 | + | except that two years after the report is submitted to a legislative | |
451 | + | committee, such report shall be a public record open for inspection under | |
452 | + | the Kansas open records act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and amendments | |
453 | + | thereto. | |
279 | 454 | Sec. 3. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 and 74-50,227 are hereby | |
280 | 455 | repealed. | |
281 | 456 | Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its | |
282 | 457 | publication in the statute book. | |
283 | - | I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the House, and passed | |
284 | - | that body | |
285 | - | HOUSE concurred in | |
286 | - | SENATE amendments __________________________________________________________________ | |
287 | - | ||
288 | - | Speaker of the House. | |
289 | - | ||
290 | - | Chief Clerk of the House. | |
291 | - | ||
292 | - | Passed the SENATE | |
293 | - | as amended | |
294 | - | ||
295 | - | President of the Senate. | |
296 | - | ||
297 | - | Secretary of the Senate. | |
298 | - | APPROVED ____________________________________________ | |
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300 | - | Governor. | |
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