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62.160 Bonds of state officers -- Minimum sum -- Increase or renewal.
(1) The state officers elected by the voters of the state at large, except the Governor and the
Lieutenant Governor, the heads of departments, offices, and cabinets of the state
government, the adjutant general, the members of the Public Service Commission, the
members of the State Fair Board and Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, and the
members of the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals and the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board, shall each give bond. The amounts of the bonds shall be fixed by the Governor,
which amounts as to those offices set forth in subsection (2) of this section shall be not less
than the amounts set forth for the respective offices. At any time when it appears to be to
the interest of the Commonwealth, the Governor may increase the penal sum of any bond or
require a renewal of the bond with other or additional surety.
(2) The minimum sum of the bond for the following offices shall be as follows:
Secretary of State .................................................................................. $10,000
Attorney General ..................................................................................... 10,000
State Treasurer ...................................................................................... 300,000
Secretary for economic development ...................................................... 10,000
Commissioner of Agriculture ................................................................. 10,000
Secretary for education ........................................................................... 10,000
Auditor of Public Accounts .................................................................... 25,000
Adjutant general ...................................................................................... 10,000
Secretary of finance and administration ............................................... 100,000
Commissioner of revenue ....................................................................... 50,000
Secretary of transportation ...................................................................... 50,000
Commissioner of highways .................................................................... 50,000
Secretary of justice and public safety ..................................................... 50,000
Secretary of corrections .......................................................................... 25,000
Commissioner for public health services ................................................ 10,000
Secretary of labor ...................................................................................... 5,000
Commissioner for natural resources ....................................................... 50,000
State librarian ............................................................................................ 5,000
Commissioner of alcoholic beverage control ......................................... 10,000
Commissioner of financial institutions ................................................... 25,000
Secretary for energy and environment ......................................................50,000
Commissioner of insurance .................................................................... 50,000
Commissioner of vehicle regulation ....................................................... 10,000
Commissioner of fish and wildlife resources ........................................... 5,000
Secretary for health and family services ................................................. 20,000
Commissioner of environmental protection ........................................... 10,000
Secretary of public protection ................................................................. 10,000
Secretary of tourism, arts and heritage ................................................... 25,000
Commissioner for community based services ........................................ 20,000
Member of the Public Service Commission ........................................... 10,000
Member of State Fair Board ................................................................... 10,000
Member of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission ............................. 1,000
Member of Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals .......................................... 10,000
Associate member of Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ........................ 5,000
Commissioner of local government ...................................................... 100,000
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 56, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2009 Ky.
Acts ch. 16, sec. 8, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 135,
effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, effective July 12, 2006. -
- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 17, effective June 20, 2005; and ch. 123, sec. 12. --
Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 426, sec. 88, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 12, effective
July 14, 1992; and ch. 27, sec. 13, effective March 2, 1992. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 188, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 56, effective
June 17, 1978; and ch. 379, sec. 56, effective April 1, 1979. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts
ch. 74, Art. VIII, A., sec. 1. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 65. -- Created 1946 Ky.
Acts ch. 27, sec. 1.