SB 14 — Providing for continuous state budgets until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature, temporary reallocations and establishing conditions and limitations.

{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} AsAmended by House Committee Session of 2025 SENATE BILLNo.BILL No.

14 By Committee on Ways and Means 1-16 AN ACTA concerningCTconcerning the state budget;

in certain specified circumstances;

establishing conditions and limitations therefor.therefor;

6repealing Besection it1 enacted by the Legislature of the2025 StateSenate ofBill Kansas:No.

Section14. 1. During any regular session of the legislature, if the legislature passes an appropriation bill providing for appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year or years for state agencies, the governor vetoes such appropriation bill in its entirety and the legislature fails to override such veto, then the provisions of this section shall take effect for the ensuing fiscal year.

{NotwithstandingBe theit provisionsenacted ofby any statute to the contrary,Legislature if the provisions of this section take effect, then the legislatureState and the governor shall not receive compensation for such period of timeKansas: until an appropriations bill providing for appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year or years for state agencies is passed by the legislature, signed by the governor and takes effect.} (a) Except as provided further, if the legislature does not amend, lapse or eliminate any existing appropriation in the current fiscal year on or before July 1 of any year, on July 1, such existing appropriations provided for the previous fiscal year shall be in effect in the new fiscal year and all subsequent fiscal years until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature.

Section 1. (a) Except as provided further, if the legislature does not amend, lapse or eliminate any existing appropriation in the current fiscal year on or before July 1 of any year, on July 1, such existing appropriations provided for the previous fiscal year shall be in effect in the new fiscal year and all subsequent fiscal years until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature.

75-75-3717(f), 3717(f), and amendments thereto, has not been enacted on or before June 30 of any year, the department of administration may, for accounting purposes, adjust its appropriation account structure, beginning on July 1 of such year, to reflect the appropriation account structure in the biennial state agencies budget.

(b) All appropriations to any state agency, expenditures from which, by law, may be made only with the approval of the governor, state finance council, secretary of administration or other entity, shall be construed to be conditional appropriations, which shall become available only as contemplated expenditures therefrom are approved by the governor, state finance council, secretary of administration or other entity as required by SBlaw. 14—Am.

by HCW 2 law.

(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), all continuing appropriations, accounts and special revenue fund balances within the state general fund or any special revenue fund may be made temporarilySENATE availableBILL forNo. the purpose of allowing encumbrances or financing expenditures of other state general fund or any special revenue fund activities whenever there are insufficient moneys in the funds or accounts from which the activities are financed if there are accounts receivable balances or moneys anticipated to be received that will be sufficient to repay the fund or account from which moneys are transferred.

The14—page secretary2 temporarily available for the purpose of administration,allowing encumbrances or financing expenditures of other state general fund or any special revenue fund activities whenever there are insufficient moneys in consultationthe withfunds or accounts from which the appropriateactivities stateare agencyfinanced head,if directorthere ofare accounts receivable balances or moneys anticipated to be received that will be sufficient to repay the budgetfund andor directoraccount offrom legislativewhich research,moneys SBare 14—Am.transferred.

byThe HCWsecretary 3of administration, in consultation with the appropriate state agency head, director of the budget and director of legislative research, shall determine the composition and allowability of the accounts receivable balances and anticipated moneys to be received for this purpose and, following approval by the state finance council, shall specifically approve the use of surplus moneys from the state general fund or any special revenue fund.

(3) If a continuing appropriation to an account within the state general fund or a special revenue fund is transferred from an account or fund that by law is an interest-bearing account or fund, then on or th before the 10 day of each month during any fiscal year of such continuing appropriation, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to such interest-bearing account or fund interest earnings based on:

SB(4) The 14—Am.secretary of administration shall not exercise the authority granted in this subsection if a temporary reallocation would jeopardize the cash flow of any fund or account from which a temporary reallocation would be made.

by(5) If HCWthe 4 (4) The secretary of administration shallexercises not exercise the authority granted in this subsection if a temporary reallocation would jeopardize the cash flow of any fund or accountproposes fromto whichSENATE aBILL temporaryNo. reallocation would be made.

(5) If14—page the3 secretary of administration exercises or proposes to exercise the authority granted in this subsection, the secretary shall publish and transmit a report to the members of the house committee on appropriations and the senate committee on ways and means on a monthly basis specifying the date, amount, source and use of any outstanding temporary reallocation or proposed reallocation of moneys for the period covered by the report.

2. This2. On actJuly shall1, take2030, effectsection and1 beof in2025 forceSenate fromBill andNo. after its publication in the statute book.

14 is hereby repealed.

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3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register.

I hereby certify that the above ILLoriginated in the SENATE, and passed that body __________________________ SENATE adopted Conference Committee Report ________________ _________________________ President of the Senate.

_________________________ Secretary of the Senate.

Passed the H OUSE as amended _________________________ H OUSE adopted Conference Committee Report ________________ _________________________ Speaker of the House.

_________________________ Chief Clerk of the House.

A PPROVED _____________________________ _________________________ Governor.