CHAPTER 42

House Bill No. 2470

An Act concerning economic development; relating to the Kansas neighborhood revitalization act; providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area; amending K.S.A. 12-17,116 and repealing the existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. K.S.A. 12-17,116 is hereby amended to read as follows: 12-17,116. The governing body of any municipality may designate any area within such municipality as a neighborhood revitalization area if the governing body finds that one or more of the conditions as described in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 12-17,115(c), and amendments thereto, exist and that the rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment of the area is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the municipality. The governing body may declare a building outside of a neighborhood revitalization area to be a dilapidated structure if the structure satisfies the conditions set forth in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 12-17,115(a). Nothing in the Kansas neighborhood revitalization act shall prohibit any municipality with a population of less than 10,000 people from designating the entire municipality as being within a neighborhood revitalization area.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 12-17,116 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

Approved April 6, 2026.