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62.170   Bonds  of  state  employees  --  Blanket  bonds  --  Amount  --  Insurance 
companies that may participate. 
(1)  The  secretary  of  the  Finance  and  Administration  Cabinet  shall  secure,  except  for 
state officers required by KRS 62.160 to file bond, blanket bonds, with or without 
cosureties, written on a blanket position form, to cover all other officers, employees, 
or  deputies  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky,  including  all  judges,  clerks,  and 
employees  of  the  Court  of  Justice,  including  all  other  members  of  boards  or 
commissions  or  employees  of  those  boards  or  commissions,  and  including  all 
superintendents,  receivers,  or  employees  of  penal  or  eleemosynary  institutions 
managed  or  directed  by  the  Justice  and  Public  Safety  Cabinet,  the  Cabinet  for 
Health  and  Family  Services,  or  any  other  department  or  agency  of  the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit 
the  securing  of  any  such  blanket  position  bond  on  a  departmental,  board, 
commission, agency, or institutional basis. 
(2)  The  secretary  of  the  Finance  and  Administration  Cabinet  may  secure  one  (1)  or 
more excess blanket bonds, with or without cosureties, to cover selected groups of 
persons  covered  by  the  bond  or  bonds  required  in  the  preceding  paragraph  to 
provide additional coverage which he or she may deem necessary by the exposures 
indicated  in  accordance  with  the  duties  and  responsibilities  indicated  by  the 
personnel classification schedules of the Personnel Cabinet and, for Court of Justice 
officers  and  personnel,  by  the  Administrative  Office  of  the  Courts  and  in 
accordance  with  the  amounts  of  money  and  property  handled  by  the  respective 
officers and employees. 
(3)  Such  bond  or  bonds  shall  be  written  by  and  participated  in  only  by  insurance 
companies licensed by the Department of Insurance to do business in this state and 
shall be countersigned by a duly authorized licensed resident agent of the company. 
The bonds may be written with or without cosureties. Further, the bonds are to be a 
percentage of the total risks, the Department of Insurance to approve the amount of 
the risk written by any one (1) company. 
(4)  The penal amount of the bond secured pursuant to this section shall be fixed by the 
secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet in accordance with the duties 
and  responsibilities  indicated  by  the  personnel  classification  schedules  of  the 
Personnel  Cabinet  and,  for  Court  of  Justice  officers  and  personnel,  by  the 
Administrative Office of the Courts, and in accordance with the amounts of money 
and property handled by the respective officers and employees. 
Effective:  July 15, 2010 
History:  Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 57, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 136, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts 
ch. 99, sec. 18, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 70, 
effective  July  15,  1998;  and  ch. 426,  sec. 89,  effective  July  15,  1998.  --  Amended 
1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 76. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, 
Art.  II,  sec. 9(2);  and  Art.  VI,  sec. 36.  --  Amended  1960  Ky.  Acts  ch. 101,  sec. 1, 
effective June 16, 1960. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 1. -- Created 1946 
Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 2.