{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-15.760","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 15.760","heading":"Staff of Commonwealth's attorneys -- County's duty to provide grand jury","body":"and witness rooms -- Victim advocate.\n(1) Each Commonwealth's attorney shall, during the calendar year 1977 and through\nJune 30, 1978, be entitled to at least the number of assist ant Commonwealth's\nattorney positions, stenographic, secretarial, and clerical staff positions, and\ninvestigative and other personnel positions, which he had or was entitled to at the\nnumber and salary level in effect on December 1, 1976.\n(2) The number of  assistant Commonwealth's attorney positions, stenographic,\nsecretarial, and clerical staff positions, and investigative and other personnel\npositions, shall be based on real need to be determined with the advice and consent\nof the Prosecutors Advisory Council.\n(3) All assistant Commonwealth's attorneys shall be licensed practicing attorneys. The\nfull-time assistant Commonwealth's attorneys shall not be allowed to engage in the\nprivate practice of law.\n(4) All salaries paid to personnel appointed hereunder shall be paid from the State\nTreasury. The salaries shall be commensurate with the appointee's education,\nexperience, training, and responsibility, and be based upon the guidelines\nestablished by the Prosecutors Advisory Council, which guidelines shall be\ncomparable with the classification and compensation plan for comparable positions\nmaintained by the state Personnel Cabinet, pursuant to KRS 64.640.\n(5) The fiscal court, consolidated local government, or urban -county government in the\ncounty or counties t hat comprise the judicial circuit shall be responsible for\nproviding the office of the Commonwealth's attorney with an adequate grand jury\nroom and witness rooms.\n(6) (a) Each Commonwealth's attorney shall be authorized to employ individually or\njointly with one (1) or more other Commonwealth's attorneys at least one (1)\nvictim advocate to counsel and assist crime victims as defined in KRS\n421.500.\n(b) An individual employed as a victim advocate shall be a person who by a\ncombination of education, professio nal qualification, training, and experience\nis qualified to perform the duties of this position. The victim advocate shall be\nan individual at least eighteen (18) years of age, of good moral character, with\nat least two (2) years of experience working in t he human services field or\ncourt system in a position requiring professional contact with children or\nadults, who has:\n1. Received a baccalaureate degree in social work, sociology, psychology,\nguidance and counseling, education, religion, criminal justice,  or other\nhuman service field; or\n2. Received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, and, in\naddition to the experience required in this subsection, has at least four\n(4) years' experience working in the human services field or court\nsystem.\n(c) Each Commonwealth's attorney who employs an individual to serve as a\nvictim advocate shall develop a written job description which describes the\nduties of the position and shall ensure the victim advocate completes training\nrelating to the appropriate int ervention with crime victims, including victims\nof domestic violence and victims of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation or\nother crimes against the elderly. Each victim advocate shall perform those\nduties necessary to insure compliance with the crime vic tim's bill of rights\ncontained in KRS 421.500 to 421.530. No victim advocate shall engage in\npolitical activities while in the course of performing his duties as victim\nadvocate or the practice of law as defined in KRS 524.130. The creation and\nfunding of any new personnel position shall be reviewed and approved by the\nProsecutors Advisory Council.","path":["KRS Chapter 15"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1006","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:34Z","sha256":"b270e8ba2d81f49685f938b2a8fe2867d22091e284ae047b40b4923e5e3c5f23","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-15.757","next":"us-ky/krs-15.765"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}