F House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Dana Rooney, Committee Assistant–785-368-7166
9:00 a.m.
Room 346-S
Thursday, March 3
Bill introductions
Discussion & possible action on:
HB2612 —
Refugee resettlement; refugee absorptive capacity act.
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http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2016/02/18/hate-group-staffer-testifies-before-kansas-state-legislature/
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http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2016/02/18/hate-group-staffer-testifies-before-kansas-state-legislature/
URGENT
Please
read, learn and share information about these two bills that are currently in the Kansas legislature. Letters and phone calls to your legislators and to the committee members in favor of these bills are needed.
Sponsored
and introduced by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
March
25, 2015
The
Honorable Ralph Ostmeyer, Chairperson
Senate
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Statehouse,
Room 136-E
Topeka,
Kansas 66612
Dear
Senator Ostmeyer:
SUBJECT:
Fiscal Note for SB 166 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In
accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 166 is respectfully
submitted to your committee.
SB
166 would enact the Rule of Law Restoration Act, which would take effect on January
1, 2016.
Under
the bill, no employer or business entity could hire, recruit, or refer for a fee,
for employment, an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien with
respect to employment or knowing that the alien’s employment authorization is
based on the fact that the alien received deferred action pursuant to the
federal executive memoranda.
The
bill specifies that no wage, compensation, or remuneration of any kind for the performance
of services paid to an unauthorized alien or to an alien who received deferred
action pursuant to the federal executive memoranda would be allowed as a
deductible business expense for any state income or business tax purposes in
Kansas.
This
provision would apply whether or not an Internal Revenue Service form 1099 is
issued in conjunction with the wages or remuneration.
No
driver’s license or nondriver identification would be issued to any person who
is an alien who received deferred action pursuant to the federal executive
memoranda. An alien who applies for a new driver’s license or to renew a
driver’s license would be required to provide a valid passport or any document
issued by the federal government indicating the applicant’s lawful immigration status.
The
Office of the Attorney General states any costs related to the enactment of SB
166 would come from any legal challenges. If a legal challenge were made, the
agency indicates it would likely be required to utilize the State Solicitor
General and may be required to use outside counsel based upon the amount of
discovery required.
The
Honorable
Ralph
Ostmeyer, Chairperson
March
25, 2015
Page
2 —SB 166
The
Kansas Department of Revenue states passage of SB 166 would have a negligible effect
on State General Fund revenues.
According
to the Kansas Department of Labor, there would be no fiscal effect resulting from
the passage of SB 166.
Any
fiscal effect associated with SB 166 is not reflected in The FY 2016 Governor’s
Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Shawn
Sullivan,
Director
of the Budget
cc:
Jack
Smith, KDOR
Willie
Prescott, Attorney General’s Office
Dawn
Palmberg, Labor
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The
Kansas House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on House Bill (HB) 2466 Wednesday, February 3. HB 2466
prohibits localities in the state from implementing sanctuary policies that
impede the enforcement of immigration law.
Specifically,
HB 2466 prohibits cities and counties from
implementing an ordinance, resolution, policy or procedure that limits or
restricts the enforcement of immigration law. The measure also protects local
law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration officials by
prohibiting cities and counties from limiting officers’ authority to gather
immigration status information and communicate such information federal
authorities.
State
and local law enforcement are often on the front lines in dealing with crime
involving transnational gang activity, human trafficking, smuggling, drug
related offenses, and other serious crimes often tied to illegal
immigration. When state and local law enforcement fail to contact federal
immigration officials, criminal aliens are able to reenter communities and
engage in further criminal activity at the expense and safety of citizens and
lawful aliens.
In
addition to threatening public safety, sanctuary policies impose a needless
waste of taxpayer money and resources. Because many sanctuary policies force
law enforcement officials to release criminals back onto the streets instead of
notify ICE or transfer criminal aliens to federal custody, local law
enforcement often encounter recidivist criminal aliens repeatedly. Public
resources are best utilized when the federal government can obtain custody of
wanted criminal aliens at the time they are apprehended by law enforcement.
It
is very expensive and makes little sense to release deportable aliens back onto
the streets and force federal officials to pursue their cases independently.
Kansas has approximately 88,300 illegal aliens residing in the state, costing taxpayers over $424 million dollars a year. These
costs include estimates of taxes contributed by unauthorized aliens.
Kansas
is one of about a dozen states that have introduced legislation to prohibit
sanctuary policies this year. These states include Arizona, Florida, Georgia,
Indiana, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
