2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 15 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW 15.770 Assistant county attorneys, stenographers, secretaries, and other staff positions.
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15.770 Assistant county attorneys, stenographers, secretaries, and other
staff positions.
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Each county attorney, with the approval of the Prosecutors Advisory Council,
may appoint one (1) assistant county attorney for each District Judge in excess
of one (1) in his judicial district unless prior approval is obtained from the
Prosecutors Advisory Council for additional appointments; except no assistant
county attorney may be appointed in multicounty judicial districts in which there
are fewer District Judges than county attorneys unless prior approval is
obtained from the Prosecutors Advisory Council for additional appointments.
The number of assistant county attorney positions, stenographic, secretarial
and clerical positions and other personnel positions shall be based on real
need to be determined with the advice and consent of the Prosecutors
Advisory Council.
Assistant county attorneys shall not be prohibited from engaging in the private
practice of law.
Any personnel appointed by the county attorney, under this section, who assist
in the prosecutorial duties of District Court, shall be appointed for the duration
of the unexpired part of the term of the county attorney, and subject to removal
at the discretion of the county attorney.
All salaries paid to personnel appointed under this section shall be paid from
the State Treasury to the extent such personnel assist in prosecutorial duties.
Such salaries shall be commensurate with the appointee's education,
experience, training and responsibility, and be based upon the guidelines
established by the Prosecutors Advisory Council, which guidelines shall be
comparable with the classification and compensation plan for comparable
positions maintained by the state Personnel Cabinet, pursuant to KRS 64.640.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998. -Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 15, effective January 1,
1978.
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