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147A.025 Instruction program for county officials.
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Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, the Department for Local
Government, with the advice and approval of the state local finance officer,
annually shall conduct a program to instruct county clerks, sheriffs, jailers, and
county treasurers respecting their duties and responsibilities in the collection
and expenditure of public moneys, subject to their control and jurisdiction.
The Department for Local Government, with the advice and approval of the
state local finance officer, shall establish the content and publish instructional
materials essential to implementing this program. Subsequent to every regular
and extraordinary session of the General Assembly, the Department for Local
Government, with the state local finance officer, shall review and revise, if
necessary, the program when it is found not to be consistent with state law.
The Department for Local Government may assess a charge to any person
requesting copies of instructional materials published as provided by this
section to cover actual costs of printing and handling these materials, except
that no county official shall be charged for instructional materials provided for
his use. Funds accruing from the sale of instructional materials shall be paid
into the State Treasury, and the State Treasurer shall pay these funds into an
account of the Department for Local Government to defray the costs of printing
and handling these materials.
The commissioner of the Department for Local Government, with the advice
and approval of the state local finance officer, may prescribe completion
standards for this program, and may, subject to subsection (6) of this section,
establish the number, type, and sequence of instructional sessions to be
conducted by the Department for Local Government; but the commissioner of
the Department for Local Government shall not require the attendance of any
county official, nor shall he prescribe any requirement or standard that restricts
or impairs a county official or elected candidate in the lawful pursuit or conduct
of the office to which he is elected.
The Department for Local Government shall notify in advance each county
clerk, sheriff, jailer, and county treasurer respecting instructional session
pertinent to his office. Notification shall be by mail, and it shall be posted no
later than twenty-one (21) days prior to the instructional session. At a minimum,
the notice shall give the date, time, place, and title of the instruction session.
The Department for Local Government shall conduct this program by providing
a one (1) day session at various locations throughout this state in order to
minimize the travel expenses of those officials attending, provided that the
aggregate number of all sessions shall not exceed five (5) during any calendar
year. Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, the Department for
Local Government may commence instruction anytime during a calendar year.
The Department for Local Government shall not conduct a program as
provided by this section during any calendar year when a general election is
held for every constitutional county office. The Department for Local
Government, however, shall commence instruction for the succeeding year
within eighty (80) days following said general election.
Every county official who attends an instructional session shall be paid his
actual and necessary expenses in attending from the operating funds of his
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In fulfilling the requirements of this section, the Department for Local
Government shall confer with and coordinate its duties and responsibilities with
the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Auditor of Public Accounts.
The Department for Local Government shall also confer with those state
universities whose mission statements mandate their participation in the
training of public officials, the state associations for those officials listed in
subsection (1) of this section, and the Kentucky Association of Counties,
respecting the implementation of this section.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 69, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 562, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky.
Acts ch. 69, sec. 55, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 13,
sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 383, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1982.
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