{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-68.275","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 68.275","heading":"Payment of claims against the county -- Use of standing orders for payment","body":"of certain recurrent expenses -- Use of electronic funds transfers.\n(1) Claims against the county that are within the amount of line items of the county\nbudget and aris e pursuant to contracts duly authorized by the fiscal court shall be\npaid by the county judge/executive by a warrant drawn on the county and co -signed\nby the county treasurer.\n(2) The county judge/executive shall present all claims to the fiscal court for review\nprior to payment and the court, for good cause shown, may order that a claim not be\npaid.\n(3) The fiscal court may adopt an order, called a standing order, to preapprove the\npayment of recurrent monthly payroll and utility expenses and payments to v endors\nthat regularly provide services to the county. No other expenses shall be\npreapproved pursuant to this subsection without the written consent of the state\nlocal finance officer. Notwithstanding KRS 68.020(1), payment of preapproved\nexpenses may be m ade by means of electronic funds transfers from an authorized\naccount of the county without the cosignatures of the county judge/executive and\nthe county treasurer if approved by the fiscal court in a standing order, and if the\nfiscal court has received th e payee's prior written consent for the payment of funds\nby electronic funds transfer due the payee. All standing orders adopted by the fiscal\ncourt shall be renewed annually and submitted to the state local finance officer by\nJuly 1 of each fiscal year wi th the submission of the county budget if the fiscal\ncourt wishes to continue the standing order. Otherwise, after July 1, the standing\norder shall expire, and no more payments designated in the standing order shall be\npreapproved unless a new order is ado pted by the fiscal court according to the\nprovisions of this subsection.","path":["KRS Chapter 68"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56546","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:30Z","sha256":"603e2ff694d1db81c8e634d2513fb545123f3d741fa3d1fe0702c0a442e8b015","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-68.270","next":"us-ky/krs-68.280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}