Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas SB98: Providing for the route 66 association of Kansas distinctive license plate
Status: Signed into law, April 11, 2025
What the bill says
An act concerning data centers; relating to economic development; providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas, the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements; prohibiting public utilities from authorizing discounted economic development electric rates for customers that construct new or expanded facilities that are data centers…
From the enrolled text, April 11, 2025:
AN ACT concerning data centers; relating to economic development; providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas, the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements; prohibiting public utilities from authorizing discounted economic development electric rates for customers that construct new or expanded facilities that are data centers; requiring qualified data centers to be reviewed and approved by the Kansas intelligence fusion center prior to awarding public financial assistance or benefits; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 66-101j and 793606 and repealing the existing sections. New Section 1. For purposes of sections 1 through 3, and amendments thereto: (a) "Commencement of construction" means the date that construction, reconstruction, enlargement or remodeling of a qualified data center by a qualified firm commences, as determined in the agreement required by section 2, and amendments thereto. (b) "Commencement of operations" means the date that the qualified firm commences operations at a qualified data center, as determined in the agreement required by section 2, and amendments thereto. (c) "Data center equipment" means equipment or software purchased or leased for the processing, storage, retrieval or communication of data, regardless of whether the property is …