2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .886   Appointment and commissioning of peace officers and TVA policemen.

61.886 Appointment and commissioning of peace officers and TVA policemen. (1) The Tennessee Valley Authority, hereinafter called "TVA," may apply to the Governor for the appointment and commissioning of peace officers and TVA policemen. Such persons shall be selected from a list submitted by TVA to the Governor. The Governor, upon such application being made and upon the payment to him of a one (1) time fee of five dollars ($5) for each officer to be appointed, shall appoint, for annually renewable terms of one (1) year, such persons or as many thereof as he deems proper to be such peace officers and policemen and shall give commissions to those appointed. Appointments and annual renewals of appointments under this subsection shall be subject to approval by the sheriff of each county in which the peace officer will normally operate, not including counties into which he may pursue and arrest persons under KRS 61.887. (2) Such commissions shall be recorded in the office of the county court clerk of the several counties in which such officer performs any duties as a TVA peace officer. No person shall be eligible for appointment and commission as a TVA peace officer unless he has established to the satisfaction of the Governor that, except for county residency requirements, he possesses the qualifications prescribed for nonelective peace officers by KRS 61.300 and, in addition, that he has been a resident of Kentucky, or an adjoining state in which TVA operates, for at least two (2) years at the time of his appointment. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978.