{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-67b.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 67B.040","heading":"Executive director -- Qualifications and appointment.","body":"The mayor of a consolidated local government or a fiscal court shall, at or subsequent to\nthe creation or maintenance of a metropolitan correctional services department, appoint\nand employ an executive director of the metropolitan correctional services dep artment\nwho shall be well-educated, trained, and experienced in the administration of correctional\nand rehabilitative public facilities, and who, together with assistant directors, to be\nappointed and employed by the mayor or fiscal court, shall have full and complete\nmanagement of the department and all of its operations. The executive director of the\ndepartment, together with all assistant directors, shall be directly appointed by, and shall\nserve at the pleasure of, the mayor or fiscal court, and may be removed and replaced upon\norder of the mayor or fiscal court.","path":["KRS Chapter 67B"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23992","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:29Z","sha256":"73044cceed197f9547207dba6df7a7f107ff34c53100c58db82491006d96e5d5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-67b.030","next":"us-ky/krs-67b.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}