.185 Coroners and deputies.
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64.185 Coroners and deputies.
(1)
Coroners shall receive out of the county or urban-county treasury, whichever is
appropriate, the monthly compensation the fiscal court of each county shall fix,
subject to the following minimums:
County
Monthly Minimum
Population
Compensation
(a) 10,000 or less
$ 200
(b) 10,001 to 20,000
300
(c) 20,001 to 40,000
350
(d) 40,001 to 60,000
400
(e) 60,001 to 100,000
450
(f) 100,001 to 150,000
800
(g) 150,001 or more
1,000
Coroners who hold a current certificate of continuing education, issued jointly by
the Department of Criminal Justice Training, Justice Cabinet, and the Division of
Kentucky State Medical Examiners Office, Justice Cabinet, shall be paid the
following minimum monthly compensation set forth in this subsection in
recognition of the training:
County
Monthly Minimum
Population
Compensation
(a) 10,000 or less
$ 400
(b) 10,001 to 20,000
500
(c) 20,001 to 40,000
650
(d) 40,001 to 60,000
750
(e) 60,001 to 100,000
850
(f) 100,001 to 150,000
1,100
(g) 150,001 or more
1,300
(2)
Deputy coroners, who hold a current certificate of continuing education, as
described in subsection (1) of this section, shall receive out of the county or urban-
county treasury, whichever is appropriate, the monthly compensation the fiscal
court of each county shall fix, subject to the following minimums:
County
Monthly Minimum
Population
Compensation
(a) 10,000 or less
$200
(b) 10,001 to 20,000
250
(c) 20,001 to 40,000
275
(d) 40,001 to 60,000
300
(e) 60,001 to 100,000
400
(f) 100,001 to 150,000
900
(g) 150,001 or more
1,100
(3)
The fiscal court of any county, urban-county, or charter county government, may
compensate coroners and deputy coroners an additional amount of up to three
hundred dollars ($300) per month as an expense allowance.
(4)
The initial course of continuing education required under subsection (1) of this
section shall consist of a basic training course prescribed by the Justice Cabinet.
Annually thereafter the coroner shall attend and successfully complete at least
eighteen (18) hours of approved training in order to be compensated in accordance
with subsection (1) of this section.
(5)
If a deputy coroner assumes the office of coroner after receiving the training
stipulated in this section, the deputy coroner shall be compensated in accordance
with the compensation schedule set forth in subsection (1) of this section.
(6)
The number of deputy coroners in a county shall not exceed one (1) for each
twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, or fraction thereof, according to the most
recent federal census, but every coroner may, subject to fiscal court approval,
appoint two (2) deputy coroners, regardless of population.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 424, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 465, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 13, effective July
15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 19, effective June 17, 1978. --
Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 387, sec. 2, effective July 1, 1974. -- Amended 1966
Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 68. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 1. -- Created 1954
Ky. Acts ch. 125, secs. 1, 2, and 3.