Requiring interest earnings of the parks fee fund to be transferred to such fund each month.

Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 510
By Committee on Ways and Means
2-16
AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; requiring interest earnings of the
parks fee fund to be transferred to such fund each month; amending
K.S.A. 32-991 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 32-991 is hereby amended to read as follows: 32-
991. (a) Unless otherwise directed by law and except for revenues pledged
to payment of revenue bonds issued in connection with specific projects,
all moneys received from state park permit fees, tolls, rentals and charges
derived from the use, lease or operation of state parks, or any portion
thereof or facility therein, including receipts from the park and recreation
motor vehicle permit and from fees for duplicate permits and other issues
of the department, all moneys derived from the sale of bonds and all
moneys from sources related thereto or allied recreational pursuits shall be
remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A.
75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance,
the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to
the credit of the parks fee fund, which is hereby created.
(b) All costs and expenses incurred by the department for the
following purposes shall be paid from the parks fee fund:
(1) Administering, implementing and enforcing the laws of this state
relating to state parks and state park facilities and their management and
use; and
(2) acquiring title to lands and rights therein or thereon, waters or
water rights, and keeping, improving and maintaining the same for the
purposes described in subsection (b)(1).
(c) No moneys derived from sources described in subsection (a) shall
be used for any purpose other than the administration of matters which
relate to state parks and which are under the control, authorities and duties
of the secretary and the department as provided by law.
(d) On or before the 10 th of each month, the director of accounts and
reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the parks fee fund
interest earnings based on:
(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the parks fee fund for the
preceding month; and
(2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for
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the preceding month.
(e) All expenditures from the parks fee fund shall be made in
accordance with appropriations acts upon warrants of the director of
accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the
secretary.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 32-991 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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