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
February 11, 2025
The Honorable Virgil Peck, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 144-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Peck:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 80 by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 80 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
Currently, the Secretary of Wildlife and Parks can issue deer permits to nonresident
landowners to hunt on their own land. SB 80 would no longer allow the Secretary to issue those
permits.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027
Expenditures
State General Fund -- -- --
Fee Fund(s) -- -- --
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Expenditures -- -- --
Revenues
State General Fund -- -- --
Fee Fund(s) -- ($195,330) ($195,330)
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Revenues -- ($195,330) ($195,330)
FTE Positions -- -- --
The Honorable Virgil Peck, Chairperson
Page 2—SB 80
The Department of Wildlife and Parks states that enactment of the bill would reduce
revenues into its Wildlife Fee Fund by $195,330 starting in FY 2026. To estimate the fiscal effect
of the bill, the agency utilized the 2024 hunting season, in which 2,298 hunt-own-land deer permits
were sold at a cost of $85 each (2,298 permits X $85 = $195,330). Any fiscal effect associated
with SB 80 is not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
The Kansas Association of Counties states that enactment of the bill could have an impact
depending on the number of nonresident deer permits that would no longer be issued. However,
the Association states that it cannot estimate the fiscal effect that the enactment of the bill would
have on counties. The League of Kansas Municipalities states that the bill would not have a fiscal
effect on cities.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Martin DeBoer, Department of Wildlife & Parks
Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties