2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 64 - FEES AND COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 64.092 Compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers or agencies for attending court and providing security services -- Rates.
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64.092
Compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers or
agencies for attending court and providing security services -- Rates.
Compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers or agencies for
attending court shall be as follows:
(1) Compensation shall be provided only for the actual time for which the sheriff or
other officer is ordered to be physically present in the courtroom or is ordered
to be physically present to discharge a duty ordered by the Chief Circuit Judge,
Chief District Judge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals, as appropriate.
(2) Compensation shall not be provided for more than one (1) sheriff or other
officer per courtroom unless the need for additional personnel is certified in
writing by the Chief Circuit Judge, Chief District Judge, or Judge of the Court of
Appeals, as appropriate, and the utilization of additional personnel is approved
by the Chief Justice, or his designee. In the event of an emergency of such
nature precluding contacting the Chief Justice or his designee, the Chief Circuit
Judge, Chief District Judge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals may authorize
such assignment of additional personnel for a period not to exceed twenty-four
(24) hours.
(3) Where a single sheriff or other law enforcement officer serves more than one
(1) court or courtroom during a single day, he shall be paid as if he had served
only one (1) courtroom during that day. Dual compensation for service during a
single day shall not be permitted.
(4) Time, for compensation purposes, shall be computed as the actual time spent
in the courtroom pursuant to court direction or order and the actual time spent
in other service to the court as directed or ordered by the appropriate judge.
(5) Time spent in court service by a sheriff or other law enforcement officer shall
be certified by the judge of the court which the officer attended and by the
Chief Judge of the Circuit Court, if the service was to the Circuit Court, or by
the Chief Judge of the District Court, if the service was to the District Court.
(6) The sheriff or other law enforcement officer serving a Circuit or District Court
shall be compensated at the rate of eight dollars ($8) per hour of service. If
service is for a part of an hour, then compensation for such service shall be
prorated for the actual number of minutes' service within a given hour.
(7) The sheriff shall receive the disbursements provided for in KRS 42.320(2)(i) to
help defray the cost of providing security services and related activities to the
court. The moneys received by the sheriff under this subsection are authorized
official expenses to be considered operating expenses of the sheriff's office
and shall not be considered as part of his compensation.
Effective:August 1, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 10, effective August 1, 2002. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 328, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 188, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky.
Acts ch. 248, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 321,
sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch.
22, sec. 63, effective January 2, 1978.
2014-2016 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2014 Ky. Acts
ch. 117, Pt. I, F, 5, (2) at 640.
Formerly codified as KRS 64.348.
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