KRS 64.017: County clerk's expense allowance.

(1) The county clerk of any county shall receive a maximum annual expense allowance

of $3,600 to be paid from the fees collected by the clerk. In counties of less than

75,000 population, the expense allowance shall be taken in monthly installments of

$300 from fees collected on a calendar year basis. In counties of 75,000 or more

population, the allowance shall be paid in semimonthly installments of $150

according to the procedures found in KRS 64.345(4). The expense allowance

provided by this section shall be in addition to other lawful expense payments.

(2) If the amount of fees collected will not fund the full amount of the annual expense

allowance, then the county clerk shall receive the excess of such fees after all other

lawful expenses and salaries ha ve been paid. The fiscal court of any county may

pay that portion of the maximum annual expense allowance for which no excess

fees are available.