2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 67B - METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 67B.030 Establishment and nature of department -- Duties of jailer and limited duties of sheriff vested in department.
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67B.030 Establishment and nature of department -- Duties of jailer and limited
duties of sheriff vested in department.
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A metropolitan correctional services department may be established or
maintained by ordinance of a consolidated local government or by order of the
fiscal court of any county containing a city of the first class, in which the
constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been consolidated as provided in
Section 105 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Said
department shall, upon its creation or maintenance, constitute a de jure
department and division of the consolidated local or county government, having
and possessing all of the enumerated powers, responsibilities, and duties
hereinafter specifically set forth.
Upon the creation or maintenance of a metropolitan correctional services
department by the consolidated local government or fiscal court of a county
containing a city of the first class, in which the constitutional offices of sheriff
and jailer have been consolidated pursuant to Section 105 of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, all of the duties, responsibilities, and
liabilities of the sheriff and jailer as set forth and contained in the Kentucky
Revised Statutes, with reference to the operation and maintenance of the
county jail and all county correctional facilities shall immediately be vested in
the department and thereupon the sheriff and jailer shall have no further
responsibility, duty, and liability for the performance of said statutory duties on
a personal basis; provided, however, that said sheriff shall be required to
annually inspect all county correctional facilities and render reports as
hereinafter provided.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 48, effective July 15, 2002. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 26, effective July 1, 1982. -- Created 1972
Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 3.
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