2000 Legislative Goals:

1.  Help get the Judicial Council Chapter 61 package passed.

2.  Oppose any tightening of the Kansas Fair Credit Reporting Act and watch any developments in the area of identity fraud.

3.  Watch for any proposed increases in court costs.

4.  Assess the proposed amendment to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments Act (K.S.A. 60-3001, et. seq.) by the Judicial Council.  If passed, this
will undo part of what we got passed in the 1999 session.

5.  Continue in our efforts to get K.S.A. 60-2310 (d) amended to make it possible to use wage garnishment on assigned accounts.

6.  Watch for any attempts to unfavorably amend the bad check statute.
 

      Please contact a member of the legislative committee with any ideas you have about Legislation.  The committee will meet every week throughout the Session with the Kansas Collectors Association legislative committee and the lobbyist which both groups have hired for this year.  Our lobbyist is Elwaine Pomeroy who is from Topeka.  Elwaine was a member of the Kansas Senate for 20 years and for the last 6 years of his term, was chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

     As the Session unfolds, we will post complete information here for the benefit of the members.  Additional summaries will be sent through the e-mail list.