KRS 68.275: Payment of claims against the county -- Use of standing orders for payment

of certain recurrent expenses -- Use of electronic funds transfers.

(1) Claims against the county that are within the amount of line items of the county

budget and aris e pursuant to contracts duly authorized by the fiscal court shall be

paid by the county judge/executive by a warrant drawn on the county and co -signed

by the county treasurer.

(2) The county judge/executive shall present all claims to the fiscal court for review

prior to payment and the court, for good cause shown, may order that a claim not be

paid.

(3) The fiscal court may adopt an order, called a standing order, to preapprove the

payment of recurrent monthly payroll and utility expenses and payments to v endors

that regularly provide services to the county. No other expenses shall be

preapproved pursuant to this subsection without the written consent of the state

local finance officer. Notwithstanding KRS 68.020(1), payment of preapproved

expenses may be m ade by means of electronic funds transfers from an authorized

account of the county without the cosignatures of the county judge/executive and

the county treasurer if approved by the fiscal court in a standing order, and if the

fiscal court has received th e payee's prior written consent for the payment of funds

by electronic funds transfer due the payee. All standing orders adopted by the fiscal

court shall be renewed annually and submitted to the state local finance officer by

July 1 of each fiscal year wi th the submission of the county budget if the fiscal

court wishes to continue the standing order. Otherwise, after July 1, the standing

order shall expire, and no more payments designated in the standing order shall be

preapproved unless a new order is ado pted by the fiscal court according to the

provisions of this subsection.