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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sfthunderchief: [QB] Rachel's husband Duane (above) provided an accurate assessment of the bill and its intent. Having joined the NFA I am hearing more about the strategy. The bill that NFA largely drafted last summer was written with an appreciation of the currect fiscal crisis facing Kansas. The NFA leadership also recognizes that Kansas will never be eligible for any significant federal funding until the state gets on board with and complies with the provisions of the PRIAA- Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act. Primarily Kansas must have a real state passenger rail plan instead of the two-paragraph joke describing the SW Chief which has virtually no interaction with the state. Kansas also needs a Service Development Plan. So SB 409 authorizes (and the word is authorizes, not funds) a state rail program. It recognizes that there will be virtually no appropriations in Kansas this year, beyond those mandated by law. If any kind of bill has a chance of passing this term it could be authorizations. And there is also HR 2552 which has a hearing scheduled for Tuesday which authorizes the state to become a formal member or the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission. NFA appreciated that it would be premature to seek an appropriation bill when the federal ARRA grant was turned down as Kansas does not have a Service Development Plan. The $500,000 ARRA request that was approved to do the SDP can now proceed. Once completed Kansas will be more eligible for future federal funding. AT THAT TIME I AM CONFIDENT THE NFA WILL BE INVOLVED IN DRAFTING A BILL FOR APPROPRIATION. BTW, SB409 was developed as it is so that it doesn't require a super-majority, it needs only 21 Senate and 63 House votes. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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