KRS 67C.121: Powers and duties of Sections 99 and 144 constitutional officers within

territory of consolidated local government -- Terms, elections, powers, duties,

and responsibilities of county clerk, county attorney, sheriff, jailer, coroner,

surveyor, and assessor.

(1) All offices provided for in Sections 99 and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky

shall remain in existence upon the consolidation of a city of the first class with its

county. However, all existing powers and duties of these offices shall be assigned to

the consolidated local government.

(2) Nothing in KRS 67C.101 to 67C.137 shall alter or affect the election or term of any

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

Nor shall any provision of KRS 67C.101 t o 67C.137 be construed 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 thei r employees

previously 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

consolidated local government.