69.060 Pro tem Commonwealth's or county attorney -- Appointment -- Compensation. - Kentucky Statutes

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69.060 Pro tem Commonwealth's or county attorney -- Appointment -- Compensation. Whenever the Commonwealth's or county attorney is absent, the Chief Judge of the
appropriate court may appoint a suitable attorney to act as Commonwealth's or county
attorney during his absence to prosecute criminal cases in the respective court. Such pro
tem Commonwealth's or county attorney shall receive for his services the same
compensation which the regular Commonwealth's or county attorney would receive for
such criminal prosecutorial duties, on a proportional basis, to be paid out of the State
Treasury on certificate of the Circuit Court clerk. The judge shall not appoint an attorney
to act in the place of the Commonwealth's attorney unless he and the county attorney are
both absent, or are related to or counsel for the accused, except that in cases of felony the
judge may appoint a pro tem Commonwealth's attorney even though the county attorney
is present and not disqualified. Effective: January 1, 1978
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 53, effective January 2, 1978; and ch. 17, sec. 25, effective January 1, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 120, 352. Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended by two acts of the 1976 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly which do not appear to be in
conflict. Although the two amendments were worded differently, since the substance
is the same, they have been compiled together.