KRS 67.928: Powers and duties of Sections 99 and 144 constitutional offices within

unified territory -- Funding responsibilities and oversight duties unaffected by

unification.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all offices provided for in

Sections 99 and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky shall remain in existence upon

the unification of a county and a participating city or cities pursuant to KRS 67.900

to 67.940. However, all existing powers and duties of the offices shall be assigned

to the unified local government.

(2) Nothing in KRS 67.900 to 67.940 shall alter or affect the election or term of any

county court clerk, county attorney, coroner, jailer, sheriff, surveyor, or assessor.

Nor shall any provision of KRS 67.900 to 67.940 be cons trued to alter or affect the

powers, duties, or responsibilities of these officers as prescribed by the Constitution

and laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Any funding responsibilities or

oversight of any constitutional officers or their employees previ ously exercised by

the county, which shall include the approval of the annual budget of the sheriff's and

the county clerk's offices, shall be transferred to the unified local government.