Kansas Statutes 74-9106. Legislative bills amending or enacting statutes creating crimes; fiscal impact and correctional resource statement
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-9106
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
When requested by the chairperson of a special or standing committee of the legislature, a fiscal impact and correctional resource statement shall be provided for bills amending any current crime or creating a new crime under the laws of the state of Kansas. The Kansas sentencing commission shall provide to the committee or committees to which such bill was referred a statement explaining the fiscal impact and effect on the utilization of correctional resources of such bill. The fiscal impact and correctional resources statement shall include a reliable estimate in dollars of the anticipated expenditures and change in utilization of correctional resources necessary to carry out the provisions of the bill. It shall also include a statement as to the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long-range effect of the measure. Every agency and department of the state is directed to fully cooperate with the commission in preparation of any such statement. No comment or opinion shall be included in such statement regarding the merits of the measure for which the statement is prepared.