KRS § 15.705 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.705
15.705 Prosecutors Advisory Council
Status: in_force

15.705 Prosecutors Advisory Council.

(1) For the purpose of administration of the unified prosecutorial system, there is

hereby created the Prosecutors Advisory Council, hereafter referred to as the

council.

(2) The council shall consist of thirteen (13) members who shall be residents of

Kentucky and shall include:

(a) The Attorney General or his or her designee;

(b) Five (5) Commonwealth's attorneys:

1. One (1) from the First Judicial Circuit to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit;

2. One (1) from the Twentieth Judicial Circuit to the Thirty-eighth Judicial

Circuit;

3. One (1) from the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit to the Fifty-seventh

Judicial Circuit; and

4. Two (2) from any judicial circuit who shall serve at large;

each of whom shall be elected by the membership of the Commonwealth's

Attorneys Association;

(c) Five (5) county attorneys:

1. One (1) from a county with a population equal to or greater than

seventy-five thousand (75,000) based on the most recent federal

decennial census;

2. One (1) from a county with a population equal to or greater than twenty-

five thousand (25,000) but less than seventy-five thousand (75,000)

based on the most recent federal decennial census;

3. One (1) from a county with a population of less than twenty-five

thousand (25,000) based on the most recent federal decennial census;

and

4. Two (2) from any other county who shall serve at large;

each of whom shall be elected by the membership of the County Attorneys

Association; and

(d) Two (2) nonattorney citizen members:

1. One (1) appointed by the Attorney General from a list of three (3) names

submitted by the Commonwealth's Attorneys Association; and

2. One (1) appointed by the Attorney General from a list of three (3) names

submitted by the County Attorneys Association.

The Attorney General shall serve during his or her term of office and the other

members shall serve for a term of two (2) years. A Commonwealth's attorney or a

county attorney shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

(3) The Attorney General or his or her designee shall be the chair of the council. Seven

(7) members shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The council

shall promulgate annually a schedule of meetings. Special meetings may be called

by the chair or seven (7) members of the council. A minimum of ten (10) days'

notice must be given prior to the call of a special meeting. The notice may be

waived by a majority of the council.

(4) (a) The council shall be responsible for, but not limited to:

1. The preparation of the budget of the unified prosecutorial system of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky;

2. The continuing legal education and program development of the unified

prosecutorial system of Kentucky; and

3. Proposing and adopting a code of ethics for prosecutors within the

unified prosecutorial system.

(b) The council shall provide the proposed budget of the unified prosecutorial

system of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Interim Joint Committee on

Appropriations and Revenue each biennium.

(5) Each nonattorney citizen member of the council shall receive twenty-five dollars

($25) per day for attending each meeting. All council members shall be reimbursed

for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.