Exempting the department of wildlife and parks from proposed rule and regulation restrictions on implementation and compliance costs.

HB 2279 exempts the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks from a state law requiring legislative approval for rules that would cost businesses or local governments over $1 million in implementation and compliance costs over five years. This means the department can adopt certain rules without needing the legislature to vote on them first. The bill amends existing law (K.S.A. 77-441) to add this specific exemption and repeals the previous version of the law. The change directly affects the department’s rule-making process but does not alter cost thresholds for other state agencies.