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KS HB2040
Bill
Status
4/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
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AI Summary
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Extends the deadline for the State Corporation Commission to issue a final order on electric transmission line siting permit applications from 120 days to 180 days after the application filing date
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Amends K.S.A. 66-1,178, which governs the permit process electric utilities must complete before beginning site preparation, construction, or exercising eminent domain for transmission lines
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Maintains existing requirements that public hearings be held within 90 days of application filing in a county where the proposed line would traverse
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Takes effect upon publication in the Kansas Register
Legislative Description
Extending the time in which the state corporation commission shall make a final order on a transmission line siting application.
Last Action
House Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
4/10/2025