.070 Uniforms, equipment, and facilities.
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16.070 Uniforms, equipment, and facilities.
(1)
The commissioner is the head and chief executive officer of the department. He
shall provide for himself and each officer of the department, under the provisions of
KRS 45A.045 to 45A.650, such uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including
motor vehicles, necessary to the performance of his or their respective duties, but all
uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including motor vehicles, shall remain the
property of the Commonwealth. The commissioner may sell through the Finance
and Administration Cabinet, under the provisions of KRS 45A.045 to 45A.650,
such uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including motor vehicles, as become unfit
for use, and all moneys received therefrom shall be paid into the State Treasury and
credited to a revolving fund to be used by the department.
(2)
The commissioner shall keep an inventory and shall charge against each officer the
value of all property of the department issued to him, and if it is determined by the
commissioner that any loss or destruction of property was due to the carelessness or
neglect of an officer, then the value of the property shall be deducted from the pay
of the officer.
(3)
By agreement with the commissioner of highways of the Commonwealth, the
commissioner of the Department of State Police may provide for the leasing of
motor vehicles and accessories thereto, radio facilities and equipment, office
equipment and other property or facilities, upon such terms and conditions and for
such compensation as said agreement may provide. The commissioner of highways
and the commissioner of Department of State Police may further provide, by
agreement, for the service and repair at any state garage of motor vehicles or
accessories thereto which are owned, operated, or rented by the department, upon
such terms and conditions and for such compensation as said agreement may
provide. Subject to KRS Chapter 42, the department is authorized, by lease or
purchase, to acquire, maintain, and operate motor vehicles, and the officers of said
department, including the commissioner, are authorized and empowered to operate
such motor vehicles in the course of their duties, and in carrying out the purposes,
responsibilities, and functions provided for in KRS 16.010 to 16.170.
(4)
The commissioner shall establish local headquarters so as to best distribute the
officers and employees of the department throughout the various sections of the
Commonwealth where they will be most efficient in carrying out the provisions of
KRS 16.010 to 16.170.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 496, sec. 24, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. II, sec. 9(1), Art. IV, sec. 20(1); and Art.V, sec. 24(3) to
24(6). -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 13. -- Amended 1956 (1st Extra.
Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, Art. X, sec. 6. -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 7.