74-50,225. Economic development incentive programs; application fees; rules and regulations. (a) For purposes of recovering application processing, oversight, administrative and other costs, the secretary of commerce may assess an application fee of up to $750 upon applications for economic development incentive programs administered wholly or in part by the secretary, including, but not limited to, the Kansas industrial training and retraining programs, K.S.A. 74-5065 et seq., and amendments thereto, the high performance incentive program, K.S.A. 74-50,131 et seq., and amendments thereto, the promoting employment across Kansas act, K.S.A. 74-50,210 et seq., and amendments thereto, and the job creation program fund, K.S.A. 74-50,224 et seq., and amendments thereto. The secretary may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(b) The secretary of commerce shall remit all moneys received by or for the secretary from such application fees and collected under this section 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 economic development incentive program application fee fund, which is hereby established in the state treasury and which may be used for costs to the department of commerce arising from administering such economic development incentive programs. All expenditures from the economic development incentive program application fee 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 or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.

History: L. 2016, ch. 109, § 1; July 1.