KRS 241.110: County judge/executive as county administrator -- Appointment of person

other than county judge/executive -- Investigators and clerks -- Powers and

jurisdiction -- Constitutional oath.

(1) (a) The fiscal court of any county in which traff ic in alcoholic beverages is not

forbidden under KRS Chapter 242 may by resolution declare that regulation

of the traffic in that county is necessary.

(b) The county judge/executive shall immediately constitute a county alcoholic

beverage control administr ator for the county. However, the county

judge/executive may decline to accept this office, or after accepting the office,

the county judge/executive may resign from the office, and in either event,

notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 241.120, 241.140, a nd 241.150, the

county judge/executive may promptly appoint a person:

1. At least thirty (30) years of age;

2. Who at the time of the appointment has been a citizen of the state and a

resident of that county for at least two (2) years next preceding the da te

of appointment; and

3. Who is able to qualify to serve at the pleasure of the county

judge/executive as county alcoholic beverage control administrator for

that county.

Before entering upon the duties of county alcoholic beverage control

administrator appointed by the county judge/executive, the appointee shall

take the oath prescribed by Section 228 of the Constitution. Upon the

qualification and appointment of this person as county alcoholic beverage

control administrator for the county, the person sh all immediately notify the

department.

(2) The compensation of the county alcoholic beverage control administrator,

appointed by the county judge/executive, shall be fixed by the fiscal court in

accordance with KRS 64.530. The county judge/executive may al so appoint any

investigators and clerks deemed necessary for the proper conduct of the county

alcoholic beverage control administrator's office, their salaries likewise shall be

fixed by the fiscal court pursuant to KRS 64.530, and they will serve at the p leasure

of the county judge/executive.

(3) No person shall be a county alcoholic beverage control administrator, an

investigator, or an employee of the county under the supervision of the county

alcoholic beverage control administrator, who would be disqualified to be a

member of the board under KRS 241.100.

(4) (a) The county alcoholic beverage control administrator, appointed by the county

judge/executive, and the administrator's investigators, shall have full police

powers of peace officers, and their jurisdiction shall be over the

unincorporated areas of the county and within the corporate limits of any city

in the county not having its own administrator. They may inspect any

premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, sold, stored, or

otherwise trafficked in, without first obtaining a search warrant.

(b) The county alcoholic beverage control administrator, and any investigator

appointed by the administrator, shall not have the power to make arrests

unless he or she is certified in accordance with KRS 15.380 to 15.404.

(5) Before entering upon official duties, each county administrator shall take the oath

prescribed in Section 228 of the Constitution.