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Americans for Prosperity

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A group that argues for limits on government spending is proposing its own ''model'' budget for legislators to consider.

The proposal is from the Kansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity.

It would hold the growth in spending financed with general tax revenues to 3.5 percent for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' budget calls for growth of 4.6 percent.

Not only would the group's plan spend about $107 million less than the governor's budget, it would leave room for tax cuts. Americans for Prosperity is proposing more than $187 million in cuts.

The group's model budget would consolidate water programs, eliminate the Kansas Arts Commission and fold the Human Rights Commission into the attorney general's office.