<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>64.092 Compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers or agencies for <br>attending court and providing security services -- Rates. <br>Compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers or agencies for attending <br>court shall be as follows: <br>(1) Compensation shall be provided only for the actual time for which the sheriff or <br>other officer is ordered to be physically present in the courtroom or is ordered to be <br>physically present to discharge a duty ordered by the Chief Circuit Judge, Chief <br>District Judge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals, as appropriate. <br>(2) Compensation shall not be provided for more than one (1) sheriff or other officer <br>per courtroom unless the need for additional personnel is certified in writing by the <br>Chief Circuit Judge, Chief District Judge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals, as <br>appropriate, and the utilization of additional personnel is approved by the Chief <br>Justice, or his designee. In the event of an emergency of such nature precluding <br>contacting the Chief Justice or his designee, the Chief Circuit Judge, Chief District <br>Judge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals may authorize such assignment of <br>additional personnel for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours. <br>(3) Where a single sheriff or other law enforcement officer serves more than one (1) <br>court or courtroom during a single day, he shall be paid as if he had served only one <br>(1) courtroom during that day. Dual compensation for service during a single day <br>shall not be permitted. <br>(4) Time, for compensation purposes, shall be computed as the actual time spent in the <br>courtroom pursuant to court direction or order and the actual time spent in other <br>service to the court as directed or ordered by the appropriate judge. <br>(5) Time spent in court service by a sheriff or other law enforcement officer shall be <br>certified by the judge of the court which the officer attended and by the Chief Judge <br>of the Circuit Court, if the service was to the Circuit Court, or by the Chief Judge of <br>the District Court, if the service was to the District Court. <br>(6) The sheriff or other law enforcement officer serving a Circuit or District Court shall <br>be compensated at the rate of eight dollars ($8) per hour of service. If service is for <br>a part of an hour, then compensation for such service shall be prorated for the actual <br>number of minutes' service within a given hour. <br>(7) The sheriff shall receive the disbursements provided for in KRS 42.320(2)(i) to help <br>defray the cost of providing security services and related activities to the court. The <br>moneys received by the sheriff under this subsection are authorized official <br>expenses to be considered operating expenses of the sheriff's office and shall not be <br>considered as part of his compensation. <br>Effective: August 1, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 10, effective August 1, 2002. -- <br>Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 328, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 188, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 248, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 321, sec. 1, <br>effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 63, <br>effective January 2, 1978. <br>Formerly codified as KRS 64.348. <br><br>