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Authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses in state agencies' employee award and recognition program, increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000, eliminating the secretary of administration's authority to adopt rules and regulations and requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses.

Increasing the membership of the council on travel and tourism, updating the house legislative committee assignment required for council members appointed from the house, and removing provisions requiring allocation of funds from the matching grant program for the promotion of tourism for private, public and nonprofit entities and limiting the percentage of such funds granted to a single entity.

Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.

Requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect except when reporting would violate the penitential communication privilege and requiring training for persons obligated to report abuse and neglect.

Providing cities the authority to allow the driving of golf carts upon sidewalks and permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over city residence districts to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without an engineering and traffic investigation.

Increasing the cap on the amount of moneys disbursed by the division of conservation to conservation districts and providing an increased matching basis for state moneys disbursed to conservation districts based on amounts allocated by the board of county commissioners for such districts.

Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.

Prohibiting the assignment of benefits under certain property and casualty insurance contracts and defining such assignment of benefits as an unfair method of competition and unfair or deceptive act or practice.

Extending the time period for eligibility for the loan repayment program and the income tax credit for rural opportunity zones, adding down payment assistance and child care reimbursement as program benefit options and expanding eligibility for the income tax credit.

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes property based on the fair market value or average fair market value of the residential portion and providing the legislature the authority to establish valuation limits for any classes or subclasses of property.

Requiring a quarterly report from the director of the division of vehicles listing the names, addresses and alien registration numbers of certain noncitizens who have been issued a driver's license during such quarter.

Providing that the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee may receive requests for the Kansas highway patrol and the Kansas bureau of investigation to provide temporary personal and other assistance in support of funeral services honoring law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the service of the state.

Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Exempting certain registered agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement.

Renaming the Kansas governmental ethics commission to the Kansas public disclosure commission, defining terms in the campaign finance act, requiring the filing of statements of independent expenditures, prohibiting agreements requiring contributions in the name of another and requiring the termination of unused campaign finance accounts.

Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families, providing for registration and expungement processes that include administrative hearings and opportunities for subsequent appeals, requiring reports of abuse or neglect to include information regarding a custody dispute concerning the child who is the subject of the report and directing the secretary to submit a report to the legislature on such information.

Increasing the statutory limits on bonds issued by a township based on township population and purpose of the bond issuance.

Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence and setting forth relevant procedures.

Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size.

Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer.

Allowing certain exceptions to the confidentiality of records and information given to the crime victims compensation board.