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64.070 Officers conveying prisoners.
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Except as provided in KRS 441.540, an officer conveying a prisoner to
the penitentiary shall be paid out of the State Treasury the rate per mile
paid state employees for official travel in privately-owned vehicles, as
established by administrative regulation of the Finance and Administration
Cabinet, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, to be calculated by the nearest
traveled route, and shall be paid all actual necessary expenses for
feeding, lodging and transporting the prisoner;
(b) Upon the production of the receipt of the warden of the penitentiary for
the delivery of a prisoner, and a complete verified account of all expenses
incurred, giving the names of the guards employed and distance traveled,
the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall audit the account of the
officer for conveying the prisoner and, if found correct, draw a warrant for
its payment.
(a) For conveying a prisoner charged with a felony from one (1) county to
another, an officer shall receive the same mileage and expenses allowed
for conveying a prisoner to the penitentiary, to be paid out of the State
Treasury except as provided in KRS 441.530;
(b) Upon the production of the receipt of the jailer of the county to which the
prisoner is transferred, and a complete verified account of all expenses
incurred, giving the names of the guards employed and the distance
traveled, the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall audit the account
of the officer for conveying the prisoner and if found correct shall draw a
warrant for its payment.
(a) For arresting a person charged with a misdemeanor upon a warrant
issued from another county, and conveying the person to the county jail of
the county from which the warrant issued, an officer shall be paid out of
the county treasury of the county from which the warrant was issued the
same mileage and expenses allowed for conveying a prisoner to the
penitentiary;
(b) The officer shall present to the county judge/executive of the county from
which the warrant issued a verified and itemized statement of his mileage
and expenses and the county judge/executive shall direct the county
treasurer to pay the same out of the county treasury.
For conveying a prisoner charged with a felony to the jail of the county in which
he was arrested, an officer shall be paid out of the State Treasury the rate per
mile paid state employees for official travel in privately-owned vehicles, as
established by administrative regulation of the Finance and Administration
Cabinet, adopted pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, for each mile traveled in going
and returning.
The number of guards employed in conveying prisoners to the penitentiary or
from one (1) county to another shall not exceed one (1) for every two (2)
prisoners. Where only one (1) prisoner is conveyed no guard shall be
employed, except that the Circuit Judge may appoint one (1) guard for each
prisoner to the nearest railroad station.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 508, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1994. -Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 374, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st
Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 12, effective January 1, 1978; and ch. 14,
sec. 28, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. II,
sec. 9(1). -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942,
from Ky. Stat. secs. 164, 354, 361, 363, 1728, 2046.
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