(1) For the purpose of this section, “excess fees” means fees and commissions in an amount greater than the total salaries and expenses that are required by law to be paid by an office.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS § 64.530(3), a sheriff or county clerk whose office earns excess fees during any fiscal year, and whose employees are not being provided with health insurance or health maintenance organization coverage by county government or by an agency of county government on the day that fiscal year closes, may purchase health insurance or health maintenance organization coverage, effective within one (1) month after the close of the fiscal year, that will cover all employees of the office, including the sheriff or county clerk if he desires, for at least twelve (12) months.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 61.405

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) The type and extent of the health insurance or health maintenance organization coverage shall be determined by the sheriff or county clerk. The coverage shall be reasonable in relation to the amount of money available from the excess fees.
(4) If a sheriff’s or county clerk’s office earns excess fees during any fiscal year, but the excess fees are not sufficient, in the judgment of the sheriff or county clerk, to provide employees with a reasonable degree of health insurance or health maintenance organization coverage, the sheriff or county clerk may use a combination of employee contributions and excess fees to purchase the insurance or coverage.
(5) A sheriff or county clerk may purchase health insurance or health maintenance organization coverage under this section in cooperation with any governmental unit or combination of units allowed to cooperatively purchase coverage under KRS
79.080.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.