Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-37,112

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State agency: means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority which may lawfully request a state appropriation. See Kansas Statutes 75-3728a

(a) Subject to approval by the secretary of administration, a state agency may enter into financing agreements with the Kansas development finance authority to provide financing for energy conservation improvements. Each such financing agreement shall specify:

(1) The projected annual energy cost savings identified by an engineering analysis of the proposed energy conservation improvement;

(2) the estimated cost of the proposed energy conservation improvement, including the costs of planning and financing; and

(3) the estimated time that annual energy cost savings will commence.

(b) Payments made to the Kansas development finance authority pursuant to each agreement entered into under this act shall be made from moneys credited to the energy conservation improvement fund and in accordance with the provisions of appropriations acts. The total amount of such payments for a fiscal year under all such agreements shall not exceed the amount of annual energy cost savings identified by an engineering analysis conducted prior to carrying out the energy conservation improvements.

(c) No state agency shall enter into an agreement to finance an energy conservation improvement under this act unless the state agency has first advised and consulted with the joint committee on state building construction on the proposed energy conservation improvement and the director of architectural services has reviewed and approved the project for the proposed energy conservation improvement.