Kansas settles lawsuit over tapping fees in 2009 budget fix
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October 19, 2017
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is acknowledging that it illegally diverted specialized fees to help cover general government spending as part of a 2009 budget fix to settle a lawsuit filed by a legislative leader.
Former Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal said Wednesday that the settlement is a victory for businesses and individuals who pay fees to cover the costs of state regulation. Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis approved the settlement last month.
O'Neal was House speaker when as an attorney he filed the lawsuit for providers of workers' compensation insurance coverage that paid ann...
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