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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	SENATE BILL No. 184
3	3	By Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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5	5	AN ACT concerning the environment; relating to the Kansas drycleaner
6	6	environmental response act; amending such act to change the penalties
7	7	for violations thereof; modifying the deductible rate for corrective
8	8	actions, the environmental surcharge rate and the solvent fee; updating
9	9	the delinquency penalty related to environmental surcharges and
10	10	solvent fees; amending K.S.A. 65-34,142, 65-34,144, 65-34,147, 65-
11	11	34,148, 65-34,150, 65-34,151 and 65-34,154 and repealing the existing
12	12	sections.
13	13	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14	14	Section 1. K.S.A. 65-34,142 is hereby amended to read as follows:
15	15	65-34,142. As used in this act:
16	16	(a) "Chlorinated drycleaning solvent" means any drycleaning solvent
17	17	which that contains a compound which that has a molecular structure
18	18	containing the element chlorine.
19	19	(b) "Corrective action" means those activities described in subsection
20	20	(a) of K.S.A. 65-34,148(a), and amendments thereto.
21	21	(c) "Corrective action plan" means a plan approved by the secretary
22	22	to perform corrective action at a drycleaning facility.
23	23	(d) "Department" means the department of health and environment.
24	24	(e) "Drycleaning facility" means a commercial establishment that
25	25	operates, or has operated in the past, in whole or in part for the purpose of
26	26	cleaning garments or other fabrics utilizing a process that involves any use
27	27	of drycleaning solvents. "Drycleaning facility" includes all contiguous
28	28	land, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on the land
29	29	used in connection with a drycleaning facility but does not include prisons
30	30	or governmental entities.
31	31	(f) "Drycleaning solvent" means any and all nonaqueous solvents
32	32	used or to be used in the cleaning of garments and other fabrics at a
33	33	drycleaning facility and includes, but is not limited to, perchloroethylene,
34	34	also known as tetrachloroethylene, and petroleum-based solvents, and the
35	35	products into which such solvents degrade.
36	36	(g) "Drycleaning unit" means a machine or device which that utilizes
37	37	drycleaning solvents to clean garments and other fabrics and includes any
38	38	associated piping and ancillary equipment and any containment system.
39	39	(h) "Fund" means the drycleaning facility release trust fund.
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76	76	(i) "Immediate response to a release" means containment and control
77	77	of a known release in excess of that meets or exceeds a reportable quantity
78	78	and notification to the department within 48 hours of any known release in
79	79	excess of that meets or exceeds a reportable quantity.
80	80	(j) "Owner" means any person who owns or leases, or has owned or
81	81	leased, a drycleaning facility and who is or has been responsible for the
82	82	operation of drycleaning operations at such drycleaning facility.
83	83	(k) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint venture,
84	84	consortium, joint-stock company, corporation, partnership, association or
85	85	limited liability company. Person does not include any governmental
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87	87	(l) "Release" means any spill, leak, emission, discharge, escape, leak
88	88	or disposal of drycleaning solvent from a drycleaning facility into the soils
89	89	or waters of the state.
90	90	(m) "Reportable quantity" means a known release of a chlorinated
91	91	drycleaning solvent in excess of that meets or exceeds one quart over a 24-
92	92	hour period or a known release of a nonchlorinated drycleaning solvent in
93	93	excess of that meets or exceeds one gallon over a 24-hour period.
94	94	(n) "Retailer" means any business that:
95	95	(1) Is registered for purposes of the Kansas retailers' sales tax act and
96	96	provides drycleaning, or drycleaning and laundry, services to final
97	97	consumers; or
98	98	(2) has provided a drycleaning, or drycleaning and laundry, facility
99	99	with a resale exemption certificate and is responsible for charging and
100	100	collecting retailers' sales tax from final consumers of drycleaning or
101	101	laundry services.
102	102	(o) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.
103	103	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 65-34,144 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
104	104	34,144. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
105	105	(1) Operate a drycleaning facility in violation of this act, rules and
106	106	regulations adopted pursuant to this act or orders of the secretary pursuant
107	107	to this act;
108	108	(2) prevent or hinder a properly identified officer or employee of the
109	109	department or other authorized agent of the secretary from entering,
110	110	inspecting, sampling or responding to a release as authorized by this act;
111	111	(3) knowingly make any false material statement or representation in
112	112	any record, report or other document filed, maintained or used for the
113	113	purpose of compliance with this act;
114	114	(4) knowingly destroy, alter or conceal any record required to be
115	115	maintained by this act or rules and regulations adopted under this act;
116	116	(5) willfully allow a release or knowingly fail to make an immediate
117	117	response to a release in accordance with this act and rules and regulations
118	118	pursuant to this act.
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162	162	(b) The director of the division of environment, upon a finding that a
163	163	person has violated a provision of subsection (a), may impose on such
164	164	person an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for
165	165	every violation.
166	166	(c) In assessing an administrative penalty under this section, the
167	167	director of the division of environment shall consider, when applicable, the
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169	169	(1) The extent to which the violation presents a hazard to human
170	170	health;
171	171	(2) the extent to which the violation has or may have an adverse
172	172	effect on the environment;
173	173	(3) the amount of the reasonable costs incurred by the state in
174	174	detection and investigation of the violation; and
175	175	(4) the economic savings realized by the person in not complying
176	176	with the provision for which a violation is chargedExcept as otherwise
177	177	provided, a violation of K.S.A. 65-34,145(a), and amendments thereto,
178	178	shall constitute an unlawful act pursuant to K.S.A. 65-3441, and
179	179	amendments thereto, and subject to enforcement actions under K.S.A. 65-
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182	182	division of environment or the secretary finding violations pursuant to this
183	183	section shall be subject to notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant
184	184	to K.S.A. 65-34,153, and amendments thereto.
185	185	Sec. 3. K.S.A. 65-34,147 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
186	186	34,147. It is the intent of the legislature that, to the maximum extent
187	187	possible, moneys in the fund be utilized to address contamination resulting
188	188	from releases of drycleaning solvents. The department is directed to
189	189	administer the Kansas drycleaner environmental response act under the
190	190	following criteria:
191	191	(a) To the maximum extent possible, the department itself should deal
192	192	with contamination from drycleaning facilities utilizing moneys in the
193	193	fund. The department should discourage other units of government, both
194	194	federal and local, including the United States environmental protection
195	195	agency, from becoming involved in contamination problems resulting from
196	196	releases from drycleaning facilities.
197	197	(b) The department should make every reasonable effort to keep sites
198	198	where drycleaning solvents are involved off of the national priorities list,
199	199	as defined in 40 C.F.R. 300.5.
200	200	(c) The department should not seek out contaminated drycleaning
201	201	facility sites because of the existence of the fund or the other provisions of
202	202	this act. The moneys are made available for use as sites are discovered in
203	203	the normal course of the business of the agency.
204	204	(d) Careful consideration should be given to interim or early
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248	248	corrective action which that may result in an overall reduction of risk to
249	249	human health and the environment and in the reduction of total costs of
250	250	corrective action at a site. Such interim or early corrective action should
251	251	receive consideration by the department as a high priority.
252	252	(e)(d) The department, in its discretion, may use innovative
253	253	technology to perform corrective action.
254	254	Sec. 4. K.S.A. 65-34,148 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
255	255	34,148. (a) Whenever a release poses a threat to human health or the
256	256	environment, the department, consistent with rules and regulations adopted
257	257	by the secretary pursuant to subsections (d) and (e) of K.S.A. 65-34,143(d)
258	258	and (e), and amendments thereto, shall expend moneys available in the
259	259	fund to provide for the:
260	260	(1) Investigation and assessment of a the release from a drycleaning
261	261	facility, including costs of investigations and assessments of contamination
262	262	which that may have moved off the drycleaning facility;
263	263	(2) necessary or appropriate emergency action, including but not
264	264	limited to treatment, restoration or replacement of drinking water supplies,
265	265	to assure ensure that the human health or safety is not threatened by a
266	266	release or potential release;
267	267	(3) remediation of releases from drycleaning facilities, including
268	268	contamination which that may have moved off of the drycleaning facility,
269	269	which and such remediation shall consist of clean up of affected soil,
270	270	groundwater and surface waters, using the most cost effective cost-
271	271	effective alternative that is technologically feasible and reliable, provides
272	272	adequate protection of human health and environment and to the extent
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274	274	(4) operation and maintenance of corrective action;
275	275	(5) monitoring of releases from drycleaning facilities including
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277	277	(6) payment of reasonable costs incurred by the secretary in
278	278	providing field and laboratory services;
279	279	(7) reasonable costs of restoring property, as nearly close as
280	280	practicable to the conditions that existed prior to the activities associated
281	281	with the investigation of a the release or, clean up or remediation activities;
282	282	(8) removal and proper disposal of wastes generated by a the release
283	283	of a drycleaning solvent; and
284	284	(9) payment of costs of corrective action conducted by the department
285	285	or by other entities other than the department but approved by the
286	286	department, whether or not such corrective action is set out in a corrective
287	287	action plan, provided, however, that reimbursement for corrective action
288	288	costs incurred before the effective date of this act shall be limited to
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290	290	conduct such corrective action, whether or not such corrective action is
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335	335	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to authorize the
336	336	department to obligate moneys in the fund for the payment of any costs
337	337	which that are not integral to corrective action for a release of drycleaning
338	338	solvents from a drycleaning facility. Moneys from the fund shall not be
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340	340	(1) For corrective action at sites that are contaminated by solvents
341	341	normally used in drycleaning operations where the contamination did not
342	342	result from the operation of a drycleaning facility;
343	343	(2) for corrective action at sites, other than drycleaning facilities, that
344	344	are contaminated by drycleaning solvents which that were released while
345	345	being transported to or from a drycleaning facility by a party other than the
346	346	owner of such drycleaning facility or the owner's agents or employees;
347	347	(3) to pay any costs associated with any fine or penalty brought
348	348	against a drycleaning facility owner under state or federal law; or
349	349	(4) to pay any costs related to corrective action at a drycleaning
350	350	facility that has been included by the United States environmental
351	351	protection agency on the national priorities list or at any facility which that
352	352	is a hazardous waste disposal facility, as defined in K.S.A. 65-3430, and
353	353	amendments thereto.
354	354	(c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict the department
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356	356	(1) Modifying, in the discretion of the secretary, the priority status of
357	357	a site where warranted under the system of priorities established pursuant
358	358	to subsection (d) of K.S.A. 65-34,143(d), and amendments thereto; or
359	359	(2) temporarily postponing completion of corrective action for which
360	360	moneys from the fund are being expended whenever such postponement is
361	361	deemed necessary in order to make moneys available for corrective action
362	362	at a site with a higher priority.
363	363	(d) At any multisource site, the secretary shall utilize the moneys in
364	364	the fund to pay for the proportionate share of the liability for corrective
365	365	action costs which that is attributable to a release from one or more
366	366	drycleaning facilities and for that proportionate share of the liability only.
367	367	(e) At any multisource site, the secretary is authorized to make a
368	368	determination of determine the relative liability of the fund for costs of
369	369	corrective action, expressed as a percentage of the total cost of corrective
370	370	action at a site, whether known or unknown. The secretary shall issue an
371	371	order establishing such percentage of liability. Such order shall be binding
372	372	and shall control the obligation of the fund until or unless amended by the
373	373	secretary. In the event of an appeal from such order, such percentage of
374	374	liability shall be controlling for costs incurred during the pendency of the
375	375	appeal.
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420	420	any person under order or contract with the department, may enter onto
421	421	any property or premises, at reasonable times and upon written notice to
422	422	the owner or occupant, to take corrective action where the secretary
423	423	determines that such action is necessary to protect the public human health
424	424	or the environment. If consent is not granted by the person in control of a
425	425	site or suspected site regarding any request made by any officer, employee
426	426	or agent of the department, or any person under order or contract with the
427	427	department, under the provisions of this section, the secretary may issue an
428	428	order directing compliance with the request. The order may be issued after
429	429	such notice and opportunity for consultation as is reasonably appropriate
430	430	under the circumstances.
431	431	(g) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this act, in the discretion
432	432	of the secretary, an owner may be responsible for up to 100% of the costs
433	433	of corrective action attributable to such the owner or operator if the
434	434	secretary finds, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance
435	435	with the Kansas administrative procedure act, that:
436	436	(1) Requiring the owner to bear such responsibility will not prejudice
437	437	another owner or person who is eligible, under the provisions of this act, to
438	438	have corrective action costs paid by the fund; and
439	439	(2) the owner:
440	440	(A) Caused a release by willful or wanton actions and such release
441	441	was caused by operating practices contrary to those generally in use at the
442	442	time of the release;
443	443	(B) is in arrears for moneys owed pursuant to this act, after notice and
444	444	an opportunity to correct the arrearage;
445	445	(C) substantially obstructs the efforts of the department to carry out
446	446	its obligations under this act, provided, however, except that the exercise
447	447	of legal rights shall not constitute a substantial obstruction;
448	448	(D) caused or allowed the release because of a material violation of
449	449	the performance standards established in this act or the rules and
450	450	regulations adopted by the secretary under this act; or
451	451	(E) has more than once failed to report or failed to take an immediate
452	452	response to a release, knowing or having reason to know of such release.
453	453	For purposes of this subsection (g), unless a transfer is made solely to
454	454	take advantage of this provision, purchasers of stock or other indicia of
455	455	ownership and other successors in interest shall not be considered to be the
456	456	same owner or operator as the seller or transferor of such stock or indicia
457	457	of ownership even though there may be no change in the legal identity of
458	458	the owner or operator. To the extent that an owner is responsible for
459	459	corrective action costs under this subsection, such owner shall not be
460	460	entitled to the exemption set out in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 65-34,149(c),
461	461	and amendments thereto.
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506	506	$5,000,000 for corrective action at any contaminated drycleaning site. For
507	507	purposes of this subsection, "contaminated drycleaning site" means the
508	508	areal extent of soil or, groundwater or surface water contamination with
509	509	drycleaning solvents.
510	510	(i) There shall be a deductible of $5,000 of corrective action costs
511	511	incurred because of a release from a drycleaning facilityOn and after July
512	512	1, 2025, any owner or other person applying for reimbursement from the
513	513	fund for costs incurred or anticipated to be incurred for performing
514	514	corrective actions shall submit a $10,000 deductible due with submission
515	515	of such application to the department. Nothing herein shall prohibit the
516	516	department from taking corrective action because the department cannot
517	517	obtain the deductible.
518	518	Sec. 5. K.S.A. 65-34,150 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
519	519	34,150. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-34,152, and
520	520	amendments thereto, there is hereby imposed an environmental surcharge
521	521	in the form of a gross receipts tax for the privilege of engaging in the
522	522	business of laundering and drycleaning garments and other household
523	523	fabrics in this state. The tax shall be at a rate of 2.5% 5% of the gross
524	524	receipts received from drycleaning or laundering services. The tax shall be
525	525	paid by the consumer to the retailer, and it shall be the duty of the retailer
526	526	to collect from the consumer the full amount of the tax imposed or an
527	527	amount as nearly as possible or practicable to the average thereof.
528	528	(b) Gross receipts otherwise taxable pursuant to this section shall be
529	529	exempt from the tax imposed by this section if they arise from:
530	530	(1) Services rendered through a coin-operated device, whether
531	531	automatic or manually operated, available for use by the general public;
532	532	(2) the laundering without use of drycleaning solvents of uniforms,
533	533	linens or other textiles for commercial purposes, including any rental of
534	534	uniforms, linens or dust control materials; or
535	535	(3) charges or services to entities that qualify for exemption from
536	536	retailers' sales tax on laundering and drycleaning services pursuant to
537	537	K.S.A. 79-3606, and amendments thereto.
538	538	(c) The tax imposed by this section shall be imposed on the same tax
539	539	base as the Kansas retailers' sales tax and shall be in addition to all other
540	540	state and local sales or excise taxes.
541	541	(d) The secretary of revenue shall remit the taxes paid under this act
542	542	to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215,
543	543	and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state
544	544	treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit
545	545	of the fund. For the purpose of this section, the proceeds of the tax shall
546	546	include all funds collected and received by the director of taxation
547	547	pursuant to this section, including interest and penalties on delinquent
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592	592	(e) Every retailer liable for the payment of taxes imposed by this
593	593	section shall report the taxes for the same periods and at the same time as
594	594	the returns that the retailer files under the Kansas retailers' sales tax act, as
595	595	prescribed by K.S.A. 79-3607, and amendments thereto. Each retailer shall
596	596	report the tax imposed by this act on a form prescribed by the secretary of
597	597	revenue.
598	598	(f) (1) All taxes imposed by this section and not paid at or before the
599	599	time taxes are due from the retailer under the Kansas retailers' sales tax act
600	600	shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear interest at the rate prescribed by
601	601	subsection (a) of K.S.A. 79-2968(a), and amendments thereto, from the
602	602	due date until paid. In addition, there is hereby imposed upon all amounts
603	603	of such taxes remaining due and unpaid after the due date a penalty on the
604	604	unpaid balance of the taxes due in the amounts and percentages prescribed
605	605	by K.S.A. 79-3615, and amendments thereto.
606	606	(2) The secretary of revenue shall report any such delinquency to the
607	607	secretary at least once each calendar year in accordance with K.S.A. 75-
608	608	5133, and amendments thereto.
609	609	(3) The secretary or the director of the division of environment, upon
610	610	finding that a person has violated any provision of this section, may
611	611	impose a penalty, in addition to any other penalty provided by law. Such
612	612	penalty shall not exceed $10,000 per violation that shall constitute an
613	613	actual and substantial economic deterrent to the violation for which it is
614	614	assessed and, in the case of a continuing violation, every month that such
615	615	violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation.
616	616	(4) The secretary or the director of the division of environment may
617	617	collect any delinquent taxes, including any interest or penalty assessed
618	618	pursuant to this act, upon issuance of an order requiring payment of the
619	619	amount due subject to K.S.A. 65-34,153, and amendments thereto.
620	620	(g) Whenever any taxpayer or person liable to pay tax imposed by
621	621	this section refuses or neglects to pay the tax, the amount of the tax,
622	622	including any interest or penalty, shall be collected in the manner provided
623	623	by law for collection of delinquent taxes under the Kansas retailers' sales
624	624	tax act.
625	625	(h) Insofar as not inconsistent with this act, the provisions of the
626	626	Kansas retailers' sales tax act shall apply to the tax imposed by this
627	627	section.
628	628	(i) The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized to administer and
629	629	enforce the provisions of this section and to adopt such rules and
630	630	regulations as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the
631	631	secretary of revenue under this section.
632	632	Sec. 6. K.S.A. 65-34,151 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
633	633	34,151. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-34,152, and
634	634	amendments thereto, there is hereby imposed a fee on the purchase or
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678	678	acquisition of drycleaning solvent by any owner of a drycleaning facility.
679	679	The fee shall be paid to the director of taxation by the person who
680	680	distributes the solvent.
681	681	(b) The amount of the fee imposed by this section on each gallon of
682	682	drycleaning solvent shall be an amount equal to the product of the solvent
683	683	factor for the drycleaning solvent and the fee rate of $3.50 plus .25 added
684	684	on January 1 of each calendar year, beginning in 1996, until the fee rate
685	685	reaches a maximum of $5.50 per gallon.
686	686	(c) The solvent factor for each drycleaning solvent is as follows:
687	687	Drycleaning solvent Solvent Factor
688	688	Perchloroethylene 1.00
689	689	Chlorofluorocarbon-113 1.00
690	690	1,1,1-trichloroethane 1.00
691	691	Other chlorinated drycleaning solvents 1.00
692	692	Any nonchlorinated drycleaning solvent 0.10
693	693	(d) In the case of a fraction of a gallon, the fee imposed by this
694	694	section shall be the same fraction of the fee imposed on a whole gallon.
695	695	(e) No person who distributes drycleaning solvent shall sell any such
696	696	solvent for use in a drycleaning facility unless such person first obtains the
697	697	registration number of the owner of such facility.
698	698	(f) The secretary of revenue shall remit the fees paid pursuant to this
699	699	section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A.
700	700	75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance,
701	701	the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to
702	702	the credit of the fund. For the purpose of this section, the proceeds of the
703	703	fee shall include all funds collected and received by the director of
704	704	taxation pursuant to this section, including interest and penalties on
705	705	delinquent fees.
706	706	(g) Subject to rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section,
707	707	the fees imposed by this act shall be paid to the director of taxation for the
708	708	same reporting period and on the same reporting date as the purchaser or
709	709	user of the solvent reports Kansas retailers' sales tax, as prescribed in
710	710	K.S.A. 79-3607, and amendments thereto. The fees imposed by this
711	711	section shall be reported on a form prescribed by the secretary of revenue.
712	712	(h) (1) Subject to rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this
713	713	section, all fees imposed under the provisions of this section and not paid
714	714	on or before the 25th day of the month succeeding the reporting period in
715	715	which the solvent was purchased shall be deemed delinquent and shall
716	716	bear interest at the rate prescribed by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 79-2928
717	717	K.S.A. 79-2968, and amendments thereto, from the due date until paid. In
718	718	addition, there is hereby imposed upon all amounts of such fees remaining
719	719	due and unpaid after the due date a penalty on the unpaid balance of the
720	720	fees due in the amounts and percentages prescribed by K.S.A. 79-3615,
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765	765	(2) The secretary of revenue shall report any such delinquency o the
766	766	secretary at least once each calendar year in accordance with K.S.A. 75-
767	767	5133, and amendments thereto.
768	768	(3) The secretary or the director of the division of environment, upon
769	769	finding that a person has violated any provision of K.S.A. 65-34,151, and
770	770	amendments thereto, may impose a penalty not to exceed $10,000 per
771	771	violation. Such penalty shall constitute an actual and substantial economic
772	772	deterrent to the violation for which such penalty is assessed and, in the
773	773	case of a continuing violation, every day that such violation continues
774	774	shall be deemed a separate violation.
775	775	(4) The secretary or the director of the division of environment may
776	776	collect any delinquent fee, including any interest or penalty assessed
777	777	pursuant to this act, upon issuance of an order requiring payment of the
778	778	amount due subject to K.S.A. 65-34,153, and amendments thereto.
779	779	(i) Whenever any person liable to pay the fee imposed by this section
780	780	refuses or neglects to pay the fee, the amount of the fee, including any
781	781	interest or penalty, shall be collected in the manner provided by law for
782	782	collection of delinquent taxes under the Kansas retailers' sales tax act or
783	783	this act.
784	784	(j) Insofar as not inconsistent with this act, the provisions the Kansas
785	785	retailers' sales tax act shall apply to the fees imposed by this section.
786	786	(k) The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized to administer and
787	787	enforce the provisions of this section and to adopt such rules and
788	788	regulations as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the
789	789	secretary of revenue under this section.
790	790	Sec. 7. K.S.A. 65-34,154 is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
791	791	34,154. On or before the first day of the regular legislative session each
792	792	year, the secretary shall submit to the members of the standing committee
793	793	on energy agriculture and natural resources of the senate and to the
794	794	members of the standing committee on environment agriculture and
795	795	natural resources of the house of representatives, or any successor
796	796	committees, a report regarding:
797	797	(a) Receipts of the fund during the preceding calendar year and the
798	798	sources of the receipts;
799	799	(b) disbursements from the fund during the preceding calendar year
800	800	and the purposes of the disbursements;
801	801	(c) the extent of corrective action taken under this act during the
802	802	preceding calendar year; and
803	803	(d) the prioritization of sites for expenditures from the fund.
804	804	Sec. 8. K.S.A. 65-34,142, 65-34,144, 65-34,147, 65-34,148, 65-
805	805	34,150, 65-34,151 and 65-34,154 are hereby repealed.
806	806	Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
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