2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 64 - FEES AND COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 64.530 Compensation of county officers, employees, deputies and assistants, and members of fiscal court -- Excess fees -- Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000
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64.530 Compensation of county officers, employees, deputies and assistants,
and members of fiscal court -- Excess fees -- Applicability of KRS 64.368
if population decreases below 70,000
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(6)
Except as provided in subsections (5) and (6) of this section, the fiscal court of
each county shall fix the reasonable compensation of every county officer and
employee except the officers named in KRS 64.535 and the county attorney
and jailer. The fiscal court may provide a salary for the county attorney.
For the purposes of this section, justices of the peace and constables in all
counties shall be deemed to be county officers and deputies or assistants of
county officers shall be deemed to be county employees, but employees of
county boards or commissions which are now authorized by law to fix the
compensation of their employees shall not be deemed to be county employees
for the purposes of this section.
In the case of officers compensated from fees, or partly from fees and partly by
salary, the fiscal court shall fix the reasonable maximum compensation that any
officer except the officers named in KRS 64.535 may receive from both
sources. The fiscal court may also fix the reasonable maximum amount that the
officer may expend each year for expenses of his office. The fiscal court shall
fix annually the reasonable maximum amount, including fringe benefits, which
the officer may expend for deputies and assistants, and allow the officer to
determine the number to be hired and the individual compensation of each
deputy and assistant. Any revenue received by a county clerk in any calendar
year shall be used exclusively for the statutory duties of the county clerk and
budgeted accordingly. At the conclusion of each calendar year, any excess
fees remaining shall be paid to the fiscal court pursuant to KRS 64.152.
In the case of county officers elected by popular vote and the county attorney,
in the event the fiscal court provides him a salary, the monthly compensation of
the officer and of his deputies and assistants shall be fixed by the fiscal court,
consistent with the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, not later than
the first Monday in May in the year in which the officers are elected, and the
compensation of the officer shall not be changed during the term but the
compensation of his deputies or assistants may be reviewed and adjusted by
the fiscal court not later than the first Monday in May of any successive year
upon the written request of the officer. On or before August 1, 1966, the fiscal
court shall fix the salary provided herein for the county attorneys for the term
commencing in January, 1966, notwithstanding any other provisions of this
section which may be inconsistent herewith.
Nothing in this section shall apply to property valuation administrators or their
deputies, assistants, and expenses, in any county, or to the circuit court clerk,
county clerk, sheriff, jailer, and their deputies, assistants, and expenses, in
counties having a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more. If a
county's population that equaled or exceeded seventy thousand (70,000) is
less than seventy thousand (70,000) after the most recent federal decennial
census, then the provisions of KRS 64.368 shall apply.
Justices of the peace serving on a fiscal court in any county, and county
commissioners serving on a fiscal court in any county other than one
containing a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class, shall be paid for their
services, out of the county treasury, not to exceed the maximum compensation
allowable under KRS 64.527. The fiscal court shall fix the amount to be
received within the above limit, but no change of compensation shall be
effective as to any member of a fiscal court during his term of office. The
compensation of county commissioners serving on fiscal courts in counties
containing a city of the first class shall not exceed nine thousand six hundred
dollars ($9,600) per year; in counties containing cities of the second class it
shall not exceed nine thousand dollars ($9,000) per year; and in counties
containing cities of the third or fourth class it shall not exceed twenty percent
(20%) more than the annual compensation paid in the county for the calendar
year immediately preceding 1974; and all of said annual salaries shall be
payable monthly. Justices of the peace and county commissioners shall not
receive any compensation for their services on the fiscal court, other than as
provided by this section; provided, however, justices of the peace and county
commissioners may receive no more than three thousand six hundred dollars
($3,600) annually or three hundred dollars ($300) per month as an expense
allowance for serving on committees of the fiscal court. The fiscal court shall fix
the amount to be received within the above limit, but no change of
compensation except as provided in KRS 64.285 shall be effective as to any
member of a fiscal court during his term of office.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 8, effective January 1, 2007. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 220, sec. 8, effective January 1, 1994. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 249,
sec. 7, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1,
effective February 23, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 3, effective
July 15, 1982; and ch. 385, sec. 22, effective July 1, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky.
Acts ch. 196, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 384, sec. 131, effective
June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 20,
effective January 1, 1978; and ch. 14, sec. 40, effective January 2, 1978. -Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 306, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 60,
sec. 2; and ch. 254, sec. 4. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1; ch. 203,
sec. 5; and ch. 358, sec. 1. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 1. -Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 33. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 15,
sec. 2; and ch. 255, sec. 75. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 3. -Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 1. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 126,
sec. 2. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 1. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts
ch. 123, sec. 9.
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