29A.180 Responsibility for needs of jurors, transportation to view scene, security
personnel, equipment, and services.
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The sheriff, city police, or city marshal, as appropriate, shall be responsible for
meals, housing, and other incidental needs of grand jurors and petit jurors in Circuit
Court and in District Court when the jurors are kept overnight or otherwise
sequestered when ordered to do so by the judge of the court for which the jurors
were summoned. The expenses for these services shall be borne by the Finance and
Administration Cabinet and the officer shall be reimbursed in accordance with
administrative regulations issued by the Finance and Administration Cabinet,
pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A.
The sheriff, city police, or city marshal, as appropriate, shall be responsible for the
transportation of jurors and other authorized persons to views of the scene or other
locations authorized by the court pursuant to KRS 29A.310. In criminal cases the
expenses for these services shall be borne by the Finance and Administration
Cabinet, and the sheriff shall be reimbursed in accordance with administrative
regulations issued by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, pursuant to KRS
Chapter 13A. Excepting views conducted under the Eminent Domain Act of
Kentucky, in civil cases these expenses shall be paid by the party requesting the
viewing.
The sheriff, city police, or city marshal, as appropriate, shall be responsible for
providing any specialized security personnel, equipment, and services which the
judge, with the consent of the Chief Justice, shall deem necessary for the conduct of
a trial in which the judge believes that special security precautions are necessary or
desirable. The expenses for these services shall be borne by the Finance and
Administration Cabinet, and the officer shall be reimbursed in accordance with
administrative regulations issued by the Finance and Administration Cabinet,
pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A. In such cases, the judge may also request the Chief
Justice to provide the services of the Department of Kentucky State Police to ensure
proper security precautions relating to the case.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 114, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 508, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 338, sec. 1, effective March 30, 1978. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts
ch. 22, sec. 29, effective January 2, 1978.
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