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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1998
Page
7
Senate panel approved the 1999 state budget boosting school funding and providing a 40 percent pay raise for most state workers. The budget totals about 8.49 billion for fiscal year 1999, with added funds for health insurance expansion for Kansas children, higher Medicaid payments, and new legislative computers.
The Senate moved a state pay bill to a final vote after Torrka Dave Kerr led debate. The bill provides 4 percent raises for state workers plus 2.5 percent steps and 1.5 percent cost of living for classified staff, with 4 percent merit raises for unclassified admins pending approval. The House committee previously rejected a similar measure 13-9, while Republicans opposed it and Democrats supported it.
The Senate sent to Gov. Bill Graves a bill naming a 2250 acre federal wetlands area on the Republican River floodplain within Milford Lake's flood control pool after Rep. Steve Lloyd, R-Clay Center, who is dying of stomach cancer. Lloyd said the naming is fitting due to his past enjoyment of the Milford Lake area. The measure awaits the governor's signature.
The Kansas House approved a bill to ban lottery machines and require humans to sell tickets. The measure would prohibit machines that play games or dispense tickets and block bingo groups from operating such devices. The vote was 75 to 24 amid debate over amendments and scholarship funding tied to lottery proceeds.
The Senate rejected House amendments to a telecommunications bill on Tuesday, sending it to a conference committee to resolve differences. The bill, passed by the House on Monday, 1192, would give consumers more time to review purchases via telemarketers, prohibit easing how sales are forced, and exempt State Fair sales from the door to door sales law.
Toreka AP Kansas House Judiciary Committee considered a bill to let the Kansas Supreme Court add nine district magistrate judges to the 69 in state service. Opponents warned of a two tier system and longer justice process for victims. Three positions would go to Shawnee and Johnson counties, two to the Finney Greeley Hamilton Kearny Scott Wichita district, and one to Wyandotte. No new judges for Douglas County amid rising caseloads.
The Senate tentatively approved a bill letting cities vote more frequently on retail liquor stores and allow fortified wine sales in Kansas. Currently, cities vote on liquor stores every four years. Sen. Lana Oleen amended it to include fortified wine. The House likely won’t act late in the session unless attached to another bill. Domestic fortified wine would come from state wineries using Kansas-grown products.
A House bill amended by a Senate committee would let 22 state parks host lake resorts financed by private developers. The panel added six Park locations near populated, lake areas while two parks lack lakes. The study projected a 200 room resort could cost 16 million and yield 4.7 million in annual revenue with 200 jobs.
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