67.705 Qualifications -- Vacancy -- Salary -- Minimum annual compensation -- Exception -- Duties and salaries of judge/executive and magistrates or commissioners in county containing a consolidated lo - Kentucky Statutes

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67.705 Qualifications -- Vacancy -- Salary -- Minimum annual compensation -- Exception -- Duties and salaries of judge/executive and magistrates or
commissioners in county containing a consolidated local government. (1) Each county shall have a chief executive officer known as the county judge/executive. Only a resident of the county shall be eligible for election as
county judge/executive. He shall be nominated and elected by the qualified voters
of the county in the manner provided by law for the election of county officers. In
case the office of county judge/executive becomes vacant by reason of death,
resignation, or removal, it shall be filled with a person appointed by the Governor,
in accordance with Section 152 of the Constitution, for the unexpired term. The
Governor shall appoint a person to fill a vacancy in the office of county
judge/executive not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the vacancy
occurs. If a vacancy occurs in the office of county judge/executive, the remaining
members of fiscal court shall elect one (1) of their members to serve as temporary
county judge/executive until the Governor fills the vacancy in the office,
notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 61.080(2) to the contrary. (2) The county judge/executive shall receive an annual salary pursuant to the salary schedule in KRS 64.5275, except in counties that contain an urban-county form of
government or a consolidated local government, where the county judge/executive
shall receive the salary set by the legislative body. (3) Except in counties containing a consolidated local government, in no event shall the county judge/executive, justice of the peace, magistrate, or commissioners who
serve on the fiscal court holding office on January 2, 1978, receive less than the
total annual compensation received by that official during calendar year 1976. (4) In a county containing a consolidated local government, the county judge/executive and magistrates or commissioners may have those duties as determined by
ordinance of the consolidated local government and shall receive a salary as set by
the legislative council of the consolidated local government for those duties. Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 41, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 592, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 610, sec. 6, effective
July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. --
Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 2, effective January 2. 1978. Legislative Research Commission Note. Section 10 of Acts 1976 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, as amended by