KRS 64.530: Compensation of county officers, employees, deputies and assistants, and

members of fiscal court -- Excess fees -- Applicability of KRS 64.368 if

population decreases below 70,000.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (5) and (6) of this section, th e fiscal court of each

county shall fix the reasonable compensation of every county officer and employee

except the officers named in KRS 64.535 and the county attorney and jailer. The

fiscal court may provide a salary for the county attorney.

(2) For the purposes of this section, justices of the peace and constables in all counties

shall be deemed to be county officers and deputies or assistants of county officers

shall be deemed to be county employees, but employees of county boards or

commissions which a re now authorized by law to fix the compensation of their

employees shall not be deemed to be county employees for the purposes of this

section.

(3) In the case of officers compensated from fees, or partly from fees and partly by

salary, the fiscal court s hall fix the reasonable maximum compensation that any

officer except the officers named in KRS 64.535 may receive from both sources.

The fiscal court may also fix the reasonable maximum amount that the officer may

expend each year for expenses of his offic e. The fiscal court shall fix annually the

reasonable maximum amount, including fringe benefits, which the officer may

expend for deputies and assistants, and allow the officer to determine the number to

be hired and the individual compensation of each dep uty and assistant. Any revenue

received by a county clerk in any calendar year shall be used exclusively for the

statutory duties of the county clerk and budgeted accordingly. At the conclusion of

each calendar year, any excess fees remaining shall be paid to the fiscal court

pursuant to KRS 64.152.

(4) In the case of county officers elected by popular vote and the county attorney, in the

event the fiscal court provides him a salary, the monthly compensation of the officer

and of his deputies and assistants shall be fixed by the fiscal court, consistent with

the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, not later than the first Monday in

May in the year in which the officers are elected, and the compensation of the

officer shall not be changed during the term but the compensation of his deputies or

assistants may be reviewed and adjusted by the fiscal court not later than the first

Monday in May of any successive year upon the written request of the officer. On or

before August 1, 1966, the fiscal court s hall fix the salary provided herein for the

county attorneys for the term commencing in January, 1966, notwithstanding any

other provisions of this section which may be inconsistent herewith.

(5) Nothing in this section shall apply to property valuation ad ministrators or their

deputies, assistants, and expenses, in any county, or to the circuit court clerk, county

clerk, sheriff, jailer, and their deputies, assistants, and expenses, in counties having

a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more. If a county's population that

equaled or exceeded seventy thousand (70,000) is less than seventy thousand

(70,000) after the most recent federal decennial census, then the provisions of KRS

64.368 shall apply.

(6) Justices of the peace serving on a fiscal court in any county, and county

commissioners serving on a fiscal court in any county shall be paid for their

services, out of the county treasury, not to exceed the maximum compensation

allowable under KRS 64.527. The fiscal court shall fix the amount to be re ceived

within the above limit, but no change of compensation shall be effective as to any

member of a fiscal court during his term of office. All of said annual salaries shall

be payable monthly. Justices of the peace and county commissioners shall not

receive any compensation for their services on the fiscal court, other than as

provided by this section; provided, however, justices of the peace and county

commissioners may receive no more than three thousand six hundred dollars

($3,600) annually or three h undred dollars ($300) per month as an expense

allowance for serving on committees of the fiscal court. The fiscal court shall fix

the amount to be received within the above limit, but no change of compensation

except as provided in KRS 64.285 shall be effe ctive as to any member of a fiscal

court during his term of office.