KRS 83A.075: Equating of compensation rate of mayors and members of city legislative

bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation.

(1) In order to equate the compensation of mayors and members of city legislative

bodies with the purchasing power of the dol lar, the Department for Local

Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year the

annual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year by

using 1949 as the base year in accordance with Section 246 of the Con stitution of

Kentucky which provides that the mayor in cities of the first class shall be paid at a

rate no greater than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum and mayors in

cities other than the first class and legislative body members shall be paid at a rate

no greater than seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per annum.

(2) The legislative body of the city shall set the compensation of the officer in

accordance with KRS 83A.070 at a rate no greater than that stipulated by the

Department for Local Government.