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HB 2540 - Capital Improvement Budget - Key Vote

Kevin Yoder voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.

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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 25, 2007

Title: Capital Improvement Budget

Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - May 22, 2007

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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) - May 22, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - March 16, 2007 (Key vote)

Title: Capital Improvement Budget

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates money for the capital improvements budget for state agencies ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009.

Highlight: -$30 million for the State Board of Regents for the renovation and construction of new state academic buildings, including $15 million to renovate state higher education buildings so they are compliant with the American’s With Disability Act and the state fire code for the fiscal years 2007-2008 (sec. 18). -$3.23 million for the repair of correctional institutions (sec. 22). -$3.99 million for the Topeka and Larned Juvenile Correction Facility (sec. 23).

Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 16, 2007

Title: Capital Improvement Budget

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