64.640 Compensation of state officers and employees generally. - Kentucky Statutes

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64.640 Compensation of state officers and employees generally. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, and excepting officers elected by popular vote, employees of the General Assembly, including
employees of the Legislative Research Commission, members of boards and
commissions, those officers and employees of Kentucky Educational Television
exempt from classified service as provided in KRS 18A.115, presidents and
employees of the state universities and the state colleges, and persons employed by
the commissioner of parks on a temporary basis under KRS 148.026, the Personnel
Cabinet shall prepare schedules of compensation, payable out of the State Treasury,
with a minimum salary rate, and other salary rates as are deemed necessary or
advisable, for the office or position of employment of every state officer and
employee, including specifically the offices and positions of employment in every
constitutional administrative department, statutory administrative department,
independent agency, board, commission, or other unit of state government. The
language of any statute empowering a board, commission, authority, or other
administrative body for which the Personnel Cabinet provides personnel and payroll
services, except for any board governing any of the Kentucky Retirement Systems,
the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, the Kentucky Authority for
Educational Television, or the Council on Postsecondary Education, to establish,
set, or approve the salaries of its administrative head and other employees to the
contrary notwithstanding, the establishment or setting of salaries for administrative
heads or other employees shall be subject to the approval of the secretary of the
Personnel Cabinet. The schedules and rates shall be based upon studies of the duties
and responsibilities of the offices and positions and upon a comparison with rates
being paid for similar or comparable services elsewhere, and in the preparation of
such schedules, the Personnel Cabinet shall ascertain and record the duties,
responsibilities, and authority pertaining to the various offices and positions in the
state service, and classify such positions in the manner provided in KRS 18A.030,
18A.035, 18A.110, 18A.130, 18A.135, and 18A.150 to 18A.160. No such schedule
shall become effective until it has been approved by the Governor by executive
order. (2) The Governor shall set the compensation payable out of the State Treasury to each officer or position in the state service, which officer or position heads a statutory
administrative department, independent agency, or other unit of state government,
except for those excluded under subsection (1) of this section. Such compensation
shall be based upon studies of the duties and responsibilities and classification of
the positions by the Governor and upon a comparison with compensation being paid
for similar or comparable services elsewhere, provided, however, such
compensation shall not exceed the total taxable compensation of the Governor
derived from state sources, the provisions of KRS 64.660 to the contrary
notwithstanding. For the purposes of this section, the total taxable compensation of
the Governor from state sources shall include the amount provided for
compensation to the Governor under KRS 64.480 and any benefits or discretionary
spending accounts that are imputed as taxable income for federal tax purposes. (3) The compensation payable out of the State Treasury to officers and employees subordinate to any office or position covered by subsection (2) of this section shall
not exceed the maximum rate established pursuant to subsection (2) of this section
for such office or position, except with respect to physicians as provided in KRS
64.655 and employees of the Public Service Commission of Kentucky whose
compensation shall be fixed, within constitutional limits, by the Personnel Cabinet
with the approval of the Governor as provided in subsection (1) of this section. (4) Nothing in this section shall preclude the allowance of maintenance to officers and employees of the state. Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 495, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 501, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 71, effective
July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 63, effective July 15, 1982. --
Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 331, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 56, effective April
1, 1979. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 13, effective March 29, 1976. --
Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 1. --
Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 2; and ch. 255, sec. 76. -- Amended 1962 Ky.
Acts ch. 106, Art. I, sec. 11; ch. 184, sec. 1; and ch. 210, sec. 13. -- Amended 1960
Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 1. -- Amended 1956 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, Art. III,
sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 174, sec. 1. --Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 98,
sec. 1. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 22. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2000). This section was amended by 2000 Ky. Acts chs. 495 and 501, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been
codified together.