KRS 61.409: Law enforcement agency not to establish requirements for employees

relating to residency or voter registration -- Exceptions -- Application.

(1) No state, city, county, urban -county, charter county, or consolidated local

government law enforcement agen cy shall set a residence requirement, except

requiring residence within the Commonwealth, for any of its employees who do not

possess peace officer powers.

(2) No state, city, county, urban -county, charter county, or consolidated local

government law enfor cement agency shall require that an employee, whether that

employee is a peace officer or not, be a registered voter.

(3) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not preclude an employer or agency specified

in subsection (1) from having a requirement for re sponse to a specified location

within a specified time limit for an employee or volunteer who is off -duty but who

is on-call to respond for work.

(4) The residence requirements of subsection (1) of this section requiring residency

within the Commonwealth s hall not apply to an employee of a law enforcement

agency employed by that agency on July 15, 2002, until that employee's

employment relationship with the law enforcement agency is terminated.