{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-67c.131","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 67C.131","heading":"Salaries for members  of legislative council -- Authorization to hire","body":"staff persons.\n(1) The  salary of the members  of the legislative council of a newly consolidated\nlocal government created by the provisions of KRS  67C.101 to 67C.137 shall\nbe  eighty percent (80%)  of that amount  that is permitted for county\ncommissioners on July 14, 2000, as provided by Section 246 of the Kentucky\nConstitution. In order to equate the compensation of legislative council\nmembers  with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local\nGovernment  shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year the\nannual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year.\nThe  Department for Local Government shall notify the appropriate governing\nbodies charged by law to fix the compensation of the above elected officials of\nthe annual rate of compensation to which the elected officials are entitled in\naccordance with the increase or decrease in the consumer price index. Upon\nnotification from the Department for Local Government,  the appropriate\ngoverning body may set the annual compensation of the above elected officials\nat a rate no  greater than that stipulated by the Department for Local\nGovernment.\n(2) Each  legislative council member  may  hire one (1) full-time staff person. In\naddition to that full-time staff person, the two (2) largest political caucuses\nwithin the legislative council may hire staff persons to meet the staffing needs\nof those caucuses.","path":["KRS Chapter 67C"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46736","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:29Z","sha256":"39b734d42756da83f444fd055659163f031de9323840b8057cd66a4a483c72b8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-67c.129","next":"us-ky/krs-67c.133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}