31.060 Local office in county with ten or more Circuit Judges required -- Funding by governmental unit required in amount set by department. - Kentucky Statutes

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31.060 Local office in county with ten or more Circuit Judges required -- Funding by governmental unit required in amount set by department. (1) Each county, urban-county, charter county, and consolidated local government with a judicial district containing ten (10) or more Circuit Judges shall establish and
maintain an office of public advocacy and submit a plan for the operation thereof to
the Department of Public Advocacy. If the plan submitted is approved by the
Department of Public Advocacy, the public advocate shall grant to the county,
urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government the amount to
which it would be entitled under KRS 31.050(2) which shall be used as the
Commonwealth's share in defraying the expenses of the program in that county,
urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government. (2) A county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government identified in subsection (1) of this section shall contribute to the funding of the plan selected
and approved in such amounts as the Department of Public Advocacy shall deem
reasonable and necessary. Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 283, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 23, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts
ch. 358, sec. 3. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 6.