74-50,150. State affordable airfare fund; purpose and administration; administrative fee; duties of secretary of commerce; reports to legislature; study by legislative budget committee. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the $5,000,000 state affordable airfare fund, which shall be known and referred to as the state affordable airfare fund and which shall be administered by the secretary of commerce. In accordance with the provisions of appropriation acts, moneys shall be transferred to the state affordable airfare fund from the state general fund or one or more special revenue funds in the state treasury as specified by appropriation acts. Subject to appropriation acts, the secretary is authorized to designate or deduct from such moneys transferred to the state affordable airfare fund an annual administrative fee not to exceed 2% of such moneys transferred, which administrative fee shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, and the entire amount deposited by the state treasurer in the state treasury to the credit of the state affordable airfare administrative fee fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All expenditures from the state affordable airfare fund shall be for the program to provide more air flight options, more competition for air travel and affordable air fares for Kansas, including a regional airport in western Kansas. All expenditures from the state affordable airfare fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of commerce or the designee of the secretary.
(b) The moneys credited to the state affordable airfare fund shall be disbursed as an annual grant by the secretary of commerce to the regional economic area partnership (REAP) and shall be used for the development and implementation of a program to provide more air flight options, more competition for air travel and affordable air fares for Kansas, including a regional airport in western Kansas. Each annual grant shall be matched by moneys received by the regional economic area partnership (REAP) from local units of government or private entities on the basis of 75% from the state affordable airfare fund to 25% from local units of government or private entities.
(c) Annually, beginning by January 15, 2008, at the beginning of each regular session of the legislature thereafter, the regional economic area partnership (REAP) shall evaluate and present a report on the effectiveness of this program to the house of representatives committee on appropriations and the senate committee on ways and means. Commencing with the regular session in 2008, the regional economic area partnership (REAP) shall prepare and submit a report on the expenditures of the state annual grant and local matching moneys under the program and the results obtained for such expenditures to the legislature at the beginning of each regular session.
(d) During the interim between regular sessions of the legislature, commencing with the 2006 legislative interim period, the legislative budget committee shall study and review the activities of the regional economic area partnership (REAP) under the program to provide more air flight options, more competition for air travel and affordable air fares for Kansas, including a regional airport in western Kansas.
(e) All expenditures from the state affordable airfare administrative fee fund shall be for the purpose of recovering costs incurred by the secretary in the course of administering the state affordable airfare fund and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.
History: L. 2006, ch. 138, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 109, § 4; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities
Article 50 - Department Of Commerce
74-5001a Purpose of department.
74-5002 Declaration of necessity and public policy.
74-5002c Successors and continuation of department and secretary of economic development.
74-5002d Rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until superseded.
74-5002e Application of documentary references and designations.
74-5002m Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings.
74-5002o Organization of department; policies governing administration.
74-5002q Rules and regulations to provide objective scoring matrix for awarding housing tax credits.
74-5002r Rules and regulations.
74-5002w Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings.
74-5002x Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved.
74-5002y Authorization to contract for data processing services and training.
74-5005 Powers and duties of department.
74-5007a Purpose and powers of business development division.
74-5009 Division of community development; powers.
74-5011 Same; duties; cooperation by political subdivisions.
74-5012 Same; authorization to enter into certain agreements.
74-5015 Officers and employees, retention of benefits and rights.
74-5016 Property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations transferred.
74-5017 Resolution of conflicts by governor.
74-5018 Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings.
74-5020 Department and office of secretary of economic development abolished.
74-5021 Community resource act; citation.
74-5022 Same; legislative findings and declaration; purpose of act.
74-5025 Same; training and technical assistance; contracts.
74-5026 Same; application for grants; form, manner, time; approval; certified budget.
74-5027 Same; contents of application.
74-5028 Same; grants; amounts; limitations; allocation; reports.
74-5029 Declaration of public policy; development of agricultural products.
74-5033 Contracts for promotional advertising services; bidding exemption.
74-5038 Same; determination of forms to be filed; maintenance of file.
74-5039 "State agency" defined.
74-5048 Division of trade development; powers.
74-5058 Kansas private activity bond allocation act; citation.
74-5062 Same; review of allocation; assistance of advisory committee.
74-5068 Cooperation and assistance required of certain state agencies.
74-5096 Grant administration by department.
74-5098 Authorized uses of grant proceeds; limitations.
74-5099 Cooperative undertakings by city-county economic development organizations.
74-50,100 Authority to award grants terminated.
74-50,101 Evaluation of plans by secretary; report to governor and legislature.
74-50,106 Review and approval of proposed agreements by secretary of commerce; eligibility.
74-50,111 Annual report of IMPACT program activities.
74-50,113 Kansas enterprise zone act.
74-50,115 Same; sales tax exemption; requirements.
74-50,116 Nonmetropolitan regional business program; criteria.
74-50,117 Quarterly list of designated nonmetropolitan regions to revenue.
74-50,118 Nonmetropolitan regions; annual report.
74-50,119 Same; rules and regulations.
74-50,131 Definitions; qualifications; certification of eligibility; rules and regulations.
74-50,132 Tax credits for qualified firms.
74-50,150 State affordable airfare fund; purpose and administration; administrative fee; duties of secretary of commerce; reports to legislature; study by legislative budget committee.
74-50,163 Agriculture marketing and promotions advisory board; members; duties.
74-50,181 Title and citation of act.
74-50,183 Athletic commission, established; members, qualifications; terms; compensation.
74-50,184 Same; background investigations.
74-50,185 Inspectors, agents and other personnel; rules and regulations.
74-50,187 Rules and regulations.
74-50,189 Licenses; conditions of issuance.
74-50,190 Sports contests; three judges.
74-50,191 Medical suspensions; medical retirement.
74-50,192 Unlicensed regulated sports; injunctions, restraining or other orders.
74-50,193 Complaints against licensees; suspension, revocation or refusal to issue license, grounds.
74-50,194 Contestants, license required.
74-50,195 Certain sports exempt from regulation under act.
74-50,196 Liability insurance, surety bond or indemnity coverage.
74-50,201 Individual development account program act.
74-50,204 Same; account holder; purposes for withdrawal of moneys.
74-50,205 Same; establishment of account by financial institution; duties; deposits, limitations.
74-50,208 Same; income tax credit for contributions by program contributors.
74-50,209 Qualified older Kansan; access to workforce training; strategic plan required.
74-50,210 Title and intent of act.
74-50,212 Qualified company; eligibility requirements; benefits; retention incentives.
74-50,214 Documentation submitted to department of revenue; rules and regulations.
74-50,215 Annual review of qualified company; books and records; audits.
74-50,220 Recovery zone bonds; allocation; rules and regulations.
74-50,221 Qualified energy conservation bonds; allocation; rules and regulations.
74-50,222 Rural opportunity zones; definitions.
74-50,224 Job creation program fund; expenditures; purposes; annual report.
74-50,225 Economic development incentive programs; application fees; rules and regulations.
74-50,226 Economic development incentive program information database; definitions.
74-50,228 Same; presentations by secretary to legislative committees.