KRS § 64.345 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 64 / Section 64.345
64.345 Clerks and sheriffs and jailers in counties having population of 70,000 or more -- Compensation -- Expenses -- Deputies and assistants -- Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000 -- Expenses not to exceed annual approved budgetary amounts
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64.345 Clerks and sheriffs and jailers in counties having population of 70,000 or

more -- Compensation -- Expenses -- Deputies and assistants -- Applicability of

KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000 -- Expenses not to exceed

annual approved budgetary amounts.

(1) The county clerk and sheriff of each county having a population of seventy

thousand (70,000) or over shall receive an annual salary pursuant to the salary

schedule in KRS 64.5275.

(2) In counties containing a city of the first class, an urban-county form of government,

or a consolidated local government, the amount, if any, allowed for the necessary

office expenses of each officer shall be approved by the fiscal court in counties

containing a city of the first class, by the legislative body in counties containing an

urban-county form of government, or by the legislative council in a consolidated

local government. This approval shall be signed by the county judge/executive in a

county containing a city of the first class, the executive authority in a county having

an urban-county form of government, or the mayor in a consolidated local

government. Approval by the fiscal court, urban-county legislative body, or

legislative council of a consolidated local government under this subsection shall

not include oversight of expenditure of the funds. This oversight shall be retained

by the Office of the Controller created pursuant to KRS 42.0201. In counties having

a consolidated local government or containing a city of the first class, each sheriff's

deputy who uses his own automobile in the performance of official duties shall be

authorized an allotment for expenses incurred, up to a maximum of three hundred

dollars ($300) per month, to be paid out of the fees and commissions of the sheriff's

office. In all other counties with a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more,

the amount, if any, allowed for the necessary office expenses of each officer shall be

fixed by the fiscal court by an order entered upon the fiscal court order book no later

than January 15 of each year. Necessary office expenses for sheriffs and county

clerks in counties containing a city of the first class, an urban-county form of

government, or a consolidated local government, and counties with a population of

seventy thousand (70,000) or more shall include discretionary funds to cover

additional expenses related to special training and travel related to homeland

security emergencies, academy graduations, retirements, state and national sheriff's

conventions, and extraordinary office expenses in amounts authorized by the

approving authority. A certified copy of the orders, and of any subsequent changes

made therein, shall, as soon as entered, be forwarded to the Finance and

Administration Cabinet.

(3) Each officer shall, on the first day of each month, send to the Finance and

Administration Cabinet a statement, subscribed and sworn to by him, showing the

amount of money received or collected by or for him the preceding month as fees or

compensation for official duties and shall, with these statements, send to the

Finance and Administration Cabinet the amount so collected or received. The

Finance and Administration Cabinet may extend the time for filing the statement

and making the payment for a period not exceeding ten (10) days in any month.

(4) The salary of each officer and his deputies and assistants and his office expenses

shall be paid semimonthly by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Finance

and Administration Cabinet made payable to the officer. If seventy-five percent

(75%) of the amount paid into the State Treasury in any month by any of such

officers is not sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses of his office for that

month, the deficit may be made up out of the amount paid in any succeeding month;

but in no event shall the amount allowed by the Finance and Administration Cabinet

to any officer for salaries and expenses exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the

amount paid to the Finance and Administration Cabinet by the officer during his

official term.

(5) In counties containing a city of the first class, an urban-county form of government,

or a consolidated local government, the number of deputies and assistants allowed

to each officer and the compensation allowed to each deputy and assistant shall be

approved at reasonable amounts upon motion of each officer by the fiscal court in

counties containing a city of the first class, by the legislative council in a

consolidated local government, and by the legislative body in counties containing an

urban-county form of government. This approval shall be signed by the county

judge/executive in a county containing a city of the first class, the executive

authority in a county having an urban-county form of government, or the mayor in a

consolidated local government. Approval by the fiscal court, urban-county

legislative body, or legislative council of a consolidated local government under this

subsection shall not include oversight of expenditure of the funds. This oversight

shall be retained by the Office of the Controller. In all other counties with a

population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more, the number of deputies and

assistants allowed to each officer and the compensation allowed to each deputy and

assistant shall be fixed at reasonable amounts upon motion of each officer by the

fiscal court by an order entered upon the fiscal court order book no later than

January 15 of each year. A certified copy of the orders, and of any subsequent

changes made therein, shall, as soon as entered, be forwarded to the Finance and

Administration Cabinet.

(6) If a county's population that equaled or exceeded seventy thousand (70,000) is less

than seventy thousand (70,000) after the most recent federal decennial census, then

the provisions of KRS 64.368 shall apply.

(7) The Office of the Controller shall recognize the amount allowed for necessary office

expenses of each officer under subsection (2) of this section as the official budget

for the office. The Office of the Controller shall use professional judgment in

creating the appropriate fund and account structure to ensure that the offices do not

exceed annual approved budgetary amounts or expend more than the resources

available for the term of office.