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83A.075 Equating of compensation rate of mayors and members of city legislative
bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation.
(1) In order to equate the compensation of mayors and members of city legislative
bodies with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local <br>Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year the <br>annual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year by <br>using 1949 as the base year in accordance with Section 246 of the Constitution of <br>Kentucky which provides that the mayor in cities of the first class shall be paid at a <br>rate no greater than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum and mayors in <br>cities other than the first class and legislative body members shall be paid at a rate <br>no greater than seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per annum.
(2) The legislative body of the city shall set the compensation of the officer in
accordance with KRS 83A.070 at a rate no greater than that stipulated by the <br>Department for Local Government.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 66, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 60, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 69, sec. 44, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 508, sec. 40, <br>effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 1, effective July 13, <br>1984.
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83A.075 Equating of compensation rate of mayors and members of city legislative
bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation.
(1) In order to equate the compensation of mayors and members of city legislative
bodies with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local <br>Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year the <br>annual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year by <br>using 1949 as the base year in accordance with Section 246 of the Constitution of <br>Kentucky which provides that the mayor in cities of the first class shall be paid at a <br>rate no greater than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum and mayors in <br>cities other than the first class and legislative body members shall be paid at a rate <br>no greater than seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per annum.
(2) The legislative body of the city shall set the compensation of the officer in
accordance with KRS 83A.070 at a rate no greater than that stipulated by the <br>Department for Local Government.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 66, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 60, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 69, sec. 44, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 508, sec. 40, <br>effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 1, effective July 13, <br>1984.
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83A.075 Equating of compensation rate of mayors and members of city legislative
bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation.
(1) In order to equate the compensation of mayors and members of city legislative
bodies with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local <br>Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year the <br>annual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year by <br>using 1949 as the base year in accordance with Section 246 of the Constitution of <br>Kentucky which provides that the mayor in cities of the first class shall be paid at a <br>rate no greater than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum and mayors in <br>cities other than the first class and legislative body members shall be paid at a rate <br>no greater than seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per annum.
(2) The legislative body of the city shall set the compensation of the officer in
accordance with KRS 83A.070 at a rate no greater than that stipulated by the <br>Department for Local Government.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 66, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 60, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 69, sec. 44, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 508, sec. 40, <br>effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 1, effective July 13, <br>1984.
