(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all offices provided for in Sections 99 and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky shall remain in existence upon the unification of a county and a participating city or cities pursuant to KRS § 67.900 to KRS § 67.940. However, all existing powers and duties of the offices shall be assigned to the unified local government.
(2) Nothing in KRS § 67.900 to KRS § 67.940 shall alter or affect the election or term of any county court clerk, county attorney, coroner, jailer, sheriff, surveyor, or assessor. Nor shall any provision of KRS § 67.900 to KRS § 67.940 be construed to alter or affect the powers, duties, or responsibilities of these officers as prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Any funding responsibilities or oversight of any constitutional officers or their employees previously exercised by the county, which shall include the approval of the annual budget of the sheriff’s and the county clerk’s offices, shall be transferred to the unified local government.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 15, effective July 12, 2006.