<br><br>64.017 County clerk's expense allowance. <br>(1) The county clerk of any county shall receive a maximum annual expense allowance <br>of $3,600 to be paid from the fees collected by the clerk. In counties of less than <br>75,000 population, the expense allowance shall be taken in monthly installments of <br>$300 from fees collected on a calendar year basis. In counties of 75,000 or more <br>population, the allowance shall be paid in semimonthly installments of $150 <br>according to the procedures found in KRS 64.345(4). The expense allowance <br>provided by this section shall be in addition to other lawful expense payments. <br>(2) If the amount of fees collected will not fund the full amount of the annual expense <br>allowance, then the county clerk shall receive the excess of such fees after all other <br>lawful expenses and salaries have been paid. The fiscal court of any county may <br>pay that portion of the maximum annual expense allowance for which no excess <br>fees are available. <br>Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 25, effective June 17, 1978. <br><br>