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70.320 Deputy constables in authorized counties. (Effective January 1, 2015)
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
As used in this section:
(a) "Authorized county" means a county containing either an eligible city or a
consolidated local government; and
(b) "Eligible city" means a city on the registry maintained by the Department
for Local Government under subsection (5) of this section.
The appointment of deputy constables shall be allowed only in authorized
counties. In authorized counties, each constable may appoint one (1) or more
deputies with the consent of the county judge/executive or the mayor, in a
consolidated local government, as the case may be. The constable and his or
her surety are liable on his or her bond for all the acts and omissions of his or
her deputies.
Deputy constables may be removed at any time for any cause deemed
sufficient by the constable by order of the county judge/executive or the mayor
in a consolidated local government, as the case may be, entered after filing of
a written direction by the constable.
Each deputy constable in counties containing a consolidated local government
or city of the first class shall be compensated for his or her services by salary
fixed by the consolidated local government or fiscal court, and paid out of the
levy of the consolidated local government or county.
On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall
create and maintain a registry of cities that, as of August 1, 2014, were
classified as cities of the first or second classes. The Department for Local
Government shall make the information included on the registry available to the
public by publishing it on its Web site.
Effective:January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 44, effective January 1, 2015. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 70, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 161, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky.
Acts ch. 152, sec. 44. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 1. -- Amended
1954 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1. -Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 180,
secs. 8 and 9. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 425, 1083a-9.
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