.121   Powers and duties of Sections 99 and 144 constitutional officers within territory of consolidated local government -- Terms, elections, powers, duties, and responsibilities of county clerk, county attorney, sheriff, jailer, coroner, surveyor, and assessor.

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67C.121 Powers and duties of Sections 99 and 144 constitutional officers within
territory of consolidated local government -- Terms, elections, powers, duties,
and responsibilities of county clerk, county attorney, sheriff, jailer, coroner,
surveyor, and assessor.
(1)
All offices provided for in Sections 99 and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky
shall remain in existence upon the consolidation of a city of the first class with its
county. However, all existing powers and duties of these offices shall be assigned to
the consolidated local government.
(2)
Nothing in KRS 67C.101 to 67C.137 shall alter or affect the election or term of any
county court clerk, county attorney, sheriff, jailer, coroner, surveyor, or assessor.
Nor shall any provision of KRS 67C.101 to 67C.137 be construed to alter or affect
the powers, duties, or responsibilities of these officers as prescribed by the
Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Any funding
responsibilities or oversight of any constitutional officers or their employees
previously exercised by the county, which shall include the approval of the annual
budget of the sheriff's and the county clerk's offices, shall be transferred to the
consolidated local government.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 59, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000.
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