Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2113: Establishing the state conservation fund and transferring $2,500,000 to such fund and providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund and from the state water plan fund to the water technical assistance fund and the water project grant fund
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning water; relating to conservation districts; transferring $5,000,000 each July 1 to match federal funding for conservation districts; requiring conservation districts to provide water quality sampling and the resulting aggregate data to the state geological survey; relating to funding for the state water plan and water infrastructure projects; making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2026, 2027 and 2028 for the state treasurer; providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund…
From the introduced text, February 14, 2025:
AN ACT concerning water; relating to conservation districts; transferring $5,000,000 each July 1 to match federal funding for conservation districts; requiring conservation districts to provide water quality sampling and the resulting aggregate data to the state geological survey; relating to funding for the state water plan and water infrastructure projects; making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2026, 2027 and 2028 for the state treasurer; providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund; requiring the Kansas water office to transfer appropriations for the water technical assistance fund, the water projects grant fund and the Kansas matching grant fund; matching grant funds to individuals and entities within water conservation areas and local enhanced management areas for new water technology adoption; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 82a-955 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: New Section 1. (a) (1) There is hereby established in the state treasury the state conservation fund. All moneys credited to the state conservation fund shall be expended or transferred only for the purposes and in the manner provided by this section. All expenditures from the state conservation fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts for the financing of conservation programs. (2) It is the intent of the …