Kansas Association of Mappers

Here's a quick legislative update for Kansas Mappers, some bills in the house:

On the topic of the Economy:

HB 2006 - Requiring the department of commerce to create a database of economic development incentive program information.

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2006/

…there could be some interesting statistics that could come from this.

There is a lot currently going on in the area of Energy:

HB 2081 - Reestablishing the Kansas electric transmission authority.

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2081/

Electric Utility companies are currently regulated by the State through the Kansas Corporation Commission, http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/ .

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2317/

HB 2317 - Requiring certain electric transmission lines to acquire a siting permit from the state corporation commission

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2317/

…similar to another bill in the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications:

HB 2109 - Requiring electric public utilities to acquire a permit from the state corporation commission prior to the siting of certain electric transmission lines.

http://www.kslegislature.rg/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2109_00_0000.pdf

Fun facts –

Kansas participates in the Southwest Power Pool https://www.spp.org/about-us/

You can see real time maps of energy pricing, including a graph of the generation mix at http://pricecontourmap.spp.org/pricecontourmap/

Quiz: what’s the difference between FERC and NERC? 

For that answer and more, check out the maps and information from https://www.eia.gov/state/maps.php  .

Have you heard about NG911 in Kansas?

HB 2084 - Amending the Kansas 911 act. 

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2084/

Introduced by Scott Eckberg, this one has very specific GIS language, check it out! 

Agriculture and Natural Resources:

HB 2085 - Concerning requirements for the reinstatement of a forfeited benefit unit of a rural water district.

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2085/

This is in the Committee of Agriculture, if you are involved in mapping water resources, then this one might be of interest to you.

Here’s another interesting one, http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2224_00_0000.pdf

HB 2224 - Requiring the state corporation commission and the secretary of health and environment to assess certain fees upon operators of class I and class II injection wells and establishing the state geological survey monitoring well fund.

AN ACT concerning oil and gas; relating to the state corporation commission; department of health and environment; state geological survey; authorizing drilling of monitoring wells in the Arbuckle formation; assessing one-time fees upon class I and class II well operators; establishing the state geological survey monitoring well fund; amending K.S.A. 76-326 and repealing the existing section.

For more about the Arbuckle formation - see The Geology of Kansas ARBUCKLE GROUP by Evan K. Franseen, Alan P. Byrnes, Jason R. Cansler*, D. Mark Steinhauff**, and Timothy R. Carr

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/2004/franseen/franseenarbuckle.pdf

HB 2273 - Establishing the wind generation permit and property protection act, relating to certain electric generation facilities; setbacks from certain property;

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2273/

Governmental Relations:

HB 2308 - City of Wichita and Sedgwick county authorized to consolidate city and county government.

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/hb2308/

Finally, I encourage you to skim over these, on the topic of

Transportation

HB 2373 - Creating the transportation planning program

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2373_00_0000.pdf

HB 2369 - Authorizing the secretary of transportation to designate toll projects on new and existing highways and changing financing requirements for toll or turnpike projects.

http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2369_00_0000.pdf

and finally, while not necessarily mapper related, be aware of

HB 2385 - Designating the polka as the official state dance.

we might need a map to find the planned polka dancing opportunities around the state.