KRS 67B.030: Establishment and nature of department -- Duties of jailer and limited

duties of sheriff vested in department.

(1) A metropolitan correctional services department may be established or maintained

by ordinance of a consolidated local government or by o rder of the fiscal court of

any county containing a city of the first class, in which the constitutional offices of

sheriff and jailer have been consolidated as provided in Section 105 of the

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Said department sh all, upon its

creation or maintenance, constitute a de jure department and division of the

consolidated local or county government, having and possessing all of the

enumerated powers, responsibilities, and duties hereinafter specifically set forth.

(2) Upon the creation or maintenance of a metropolitan correctional services

department by the consolidated local government or fiscal court of a county

containing a city of the first class, in which the constitutional offices of sheriff and

jailer have been cons olidated pursuant to Section 105 of the Constitution of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, all of the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the

sheriff and jailer as set forth and contained in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, with

reference to the operatio n and maintenance of the county jail and all county

correctional facilities shall immediately be vested in the department and thereupon

the sheriff and jailer shall have no further responsibility, duty, and liability for the

performance of said statutory d uties on a personal basis; provided, however, that

said sheriff shall be required to annually inspect all county correctional facilities and

render reports as hereinafter provided.