KRS 18A.010: General purpose of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 -- Total number of

employees limited.

(1) The general purpose of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 is to establish for the state a

system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods

governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, lay -off,

removal, discipline, and welfare of its classified employees and other incidents of

state employment. All appointments and promotions to positions in the state

classified se rvice shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be

ascertained by competitive examination, except as hereinafter specified. The

General Assembly finds that this chapter is necessary in order to improve the

morale and motivation of state em ployees and to gain the maximum utilization of

human resources in order to provide better service to the citizens of this

Commonwealth.

(2) The total number of permanent full -time personnel employed in agencies of the

executive branch shall not exceed thirty-three thousand (33,000).

(3) The provisions of subsection (2) of this section do not apply to teachers, career

guidance coaches and counselors, or school administrators employed in state -

operated area technology centers, or employees of the General Asse mbly, the

Legislative Research Commission, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance

Authority, the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, or the Court

of Justice.

(4) As used in this section, "career guidance coach" has the same meaning as in KRS

158.810.