2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 439 - PROBATION AND PAROLE .550 Probation by District Court -- Supervision by Department of Corrections, or by adult misdemeanant probation and work release agency of urban-county government.
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439.550 Probation by District Court -- Supervision by Department of Corrections,
or by adult misdemeanant probation and work release agency of urban-county
government.
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If any District Court places a person on probation following a conviction of crime,
either upon verdict or plea, the court may direct that the defendant be under the
supervision of the Department of Corrections.
In counties containing an urban-county form of government, the urban-county
council shall provide for supervision of a person placed on probation or work
release by the District Court of the county following a conviction of crime, either
upon a verdict or plea, under the supervision of an adult misdemeanant probation
and work release agency of the urban-county government. The employees of the
agency shall be classified civil service employees of a correctional services division
created under KRS 67A.028 and shall be subject to the direction of the judges of the
District Court in the performance of their duties. There shall be the number of
employees of said agency, including clerical personnel, as necessary for the
operation of the agency, and they shall receive reasonable salaries to be fixed by the
urban-county council which salaries shall be paid out of the urban-county treasury.
Effective: June 24, 2003
History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 100, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 344, sec. 52, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 1,
effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec.
449, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec.
24(14); and ch. 406, sec. 330. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 290, sec. 1. -- Amended
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 32, effective
May 18, 1956.
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