67.0831 Fiscal courts to provide facilities to hold children. - Kentucky Statutes

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67.0831 Fiscal courts to provide facilities to hold children. (1) The fiscal court of each county shall provide for a suitable facility or facilities for the custody and care of children held in custody pending disposition of their cases
by the district court, and may employ necessary personnel for the operation thereof. (2) The fiscal court or urban-county council shall maintain a secure juvenile detention facility or a juvenile holding facility, either through contract with another public
agency or with a private organization or agency, or by acquiring and operating the
secure juvenile detention facility or juvenile holding facility as a county institution. (3) Each child detained in a secure juvenile detention facility or a juvenile holding facility shall be deemed to be under the jurisdiction of the district court before
which his case is pending. Effective: April 10, 1988
History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 137, effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 181, effective July 1, 1987. Legislative Research Commission Note. Acts 1986, ch. 423,