KRS 258.195: Employment, appointment, or contract with animal control officers --

Establishment and maintenance of animal shelters -- Intergovernmental

agreements -- Authority of animal control officers.

(1) The governing body of each county shall employ, appoint, or contract with an

animal control officer, or shall contract with an entity that employs, appoints, or

contracts with an animal control officer, and shall establish and maintain an animal

shelter as a means of facilitating and administering KRS 258.095 t o 258.500. One

(1) or more counties may enter into intergovernmental agreements for the

establishment of regional animal shelters, or may contract with entities authorized

to maintain sheltering and animal control services. Animal shelters shall meet the

standards provided by KRS 258.119(3)(b) within three (3) years after July 13, 2004.

Governing bodies may adopt additional standards and ordinances related to public

health, safety, enforcement, and the efficient and appropriate operation of their

shelters and their animal control programs.

(2) Cities may employ, appoint, or contract with animal control officers, or may

contract with an entity that employs, appoints, or contracts with animal control

officers, for the enforcement of this chapter and local anim al control ordinances

within their corporate limits. Cities may enter into agreements with the counties for

the enforcement of the county's animal control ordinances. The agreement shall

include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, setting out the jur isdiction and the

duties of the animal control officer respective to the agreement.

(3) Animal control officers shall have the authority to issue uniform citations, local

citations, or local notices for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, th e

provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to cruelty, mistreatment, or

torture of animals, and animal control ordinances in their respective jurisdictions.