<br><br>31.060 Local office in county with ten or more Circuit Judges required -- Funding <br>by governmental unit required in amount set by department. <br>(1) Each county, urban-county, charter county, and consolidated local government with <br>a judicial district containing ten (10) or more Circuit Judges shall establish and <br>maintain an office of public advocacy and submit a plan for the operation thereof to <br>the Department of Public Advocacy. If the plan submitted is approved by the <br>Department of Public Advocacy, the public advocate shall grant to the county, <br>urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government the amount to <br>which it would be entitled under KRS 31.050(2) which shall be used as the <br>Commonwealth's share in defraying the expenses of the program in that county, <br>urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government. <br>(2) A county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government identified <br>in subsection (1) of this section shall contribute to the funding of the plan selected <br>and approved in such amounts as the Department of Public Advocacy shall deem <br>reasonable and necessary. <br>Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 283, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended <br>1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 23, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 358, sec. 3. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 6. <br><br>