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117.345 Cost of elections -- Payment.
(1)
(2)
(3)
The cost of all elections held in any county shall be allowed by the fiscal court
and paid by the county treasurer, except as otherwise provided by law.
When the cost of any election has been allowed by the fiscal court and paid by
the county treasurer, and within sixty (60) days following the date of the
election, the county treasurer shall certify a statement of the number of
precincts in the county, the date, and kind of election to the State Board of
Elections, including an election that was delayed or postponed in accordance
with KRS 39A.100. The certification shall be filed within ninety (90) days after
the election. Upon receipt of the certification and upon being satisfied as to the
correctness thereof, the State Board of Elections shall issue its warrant upon
the State Treasurer in favor of the county treasurer for the amount of two
hundred fifty-five dollars ($255) for each precinct in the county.
Payments to any county under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section
shall be terminated if and whenever it fails to renew a lease, contract, or lease
and option with the State Property and Buildings Commission executed in
connection with the acquisition of voting machines by the commission for the
use of the county; and payments to any county shall be terminated whenever
the county fails to pay any part of the rentals required for any effective period of
the lease or if a county board of elections fails to provide training to precinct
election officers required by KRS 117.187(2).
Effective:March 8, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 3, effective March 8, 2006. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 5, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky.
Acts ch. 394, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
341, sec. 33, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec.
18, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 18, effective
July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 5, effective June 17,
1978. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 48, effective June 21, 1974.
2014-2016 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2014 Ky. Acts
ch. 117, Pt. I, A, 17, (2) at 616.
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