Title VIII, Offices and Officers
4 chapters · 410 sections in this title.
KRS § 64.710 Expense accounts and contingent funds prohibited -- Exceptions
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No public officer or employee shall receive or be allowed or paid any lump sum expense allowance, or contingent fund for personal or official expenses, except where such allowance or fund either is expressly provided for by statute or is specifically appropriated by the General A…
KRS § 64.720 When compensation of county officers and employees payable out of county treasury
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treasury. Except where the law provides that the compensation shall be paid out of the fees of the office, the fiscal court may authorize payment of compensation out of the county treasury to any county officer or employee specifically provided for by law.
KRS § 64.730 Effect of failure to fix compensation of officer prior to commencement of term
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term. Where any public body is required by KRS 64.480 to 64.740 to fix the compensation of an officer, and of his deputies and assistants, for terms commencing after June 30, 1950, not later than the first Monday in May in the year in which such officers are elected, and the body…
KRS § 64.740 Protection of employees under civil service
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Nothing in KRS 64.480 to 64.740 is intended to supersede any existing provision of law with respect to protection of employees under civil service against reduction of compensation.
KRS § 64.810 Annual audit of books of fiscal court or county office by certified public accountant, if auditor declines to perform audit -- Procedure
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accountant, if auditor declines to perform audit -- Procedure. (1) (a) Any fiscal court, county clerk, or sheriff may employ a certified public accountant to audit the books, accounts, and papers of the county or his office in lieu of the audit conducted by the State Auditor of P…
KRS § 64.820 Collection of amount due county from county officials as determined by audit
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audit. (1) The fiscal court shall collect any amount due the county from county officials as determined by the audit of the official conducted pursuant to KRS 43.070 and 64.810 if the amount can be collected without suit. (2) In the event the fiscal court cannot collect the amoun…
KRS § 64.830 Settlement of accounts upon vacation of office -- Quietus
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(1) An outgoing county official, as soon as his or her successor has been qualified and inducted into office and his or her official bond approved, shall immediately vacate his or her office, deliver to his or her successor all books, papers, records, and other property held by v…
KRS § 64.840 Issuance of receipt for payment of fine, forfeiture, tax, or fee -- County government's payment acceptance options
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government's payment acceptance options. (1) Except for taxes collected on behalf of the state for which standard receipt forms had been supplied by the state prior to 1974, all county officials shall, upon the receipt of any fine, forfeiture, tax, or fee, prepare a receipt that …
KRS § 64.850 Commingling of public and private funds prohibited
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It shall be unlawful for any county official to deposit public funds with individual or private funds in any bank or other depository or for any such official to withdraw public funds for any purpose other than that for which they were received and deposited.
KRS § 64.990 Penalties
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(1) If any officer to whom KRS 64.050 applies, or his personal representative, trustee, or committee, as the case may be, collects any fees, accounts, or demands due him in his official capacity after the expiration of his term, or after he has resigned or died or vacated the off…