67C.121 Powers and duties of Sections 99 and 144 constitutional officers within territory of consolidated local government -- Terms, elections, powers, duties, and responsibilities of county clerk, co
<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>67C.121 Powers and duties of Sections 99 and 144 constitutional officers within <br>territory of consolidated local government -- Terms, elections, powers, duties, <br>and responsibilities of county clerk, county attorney, sheriff, jailer, coroner, <br>surveyor, and assessor. <br>(1) All offices provided for in Sections 99 and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky <br>shall remain in existence upon the consolidation of a city of the first class with its <br>county. However, all existing powers and duties of these offices shall be assigned to <br>the consolidated local government. <br>(2) Nothing in KRS 67C.101 to 67C.137 shall alter or affect the election or term of any <br>county court clerk, county attorney, sheriff, jailer, coroner, surveyor, or assessor. <br>Nor shall any provision of KRS 67C.101 to 67C.137 be construed to alter or affect <br>the powers, duties, or responsibilities of these officers as prescribed by the <br>Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Any funding <br>responsibilities or oversight of any constitutional officers or their employees <br>previously exercised by the county, which shall include the approval of the annual <br>budget of the sheriff's and the county clerk's offices, shall be transferred to the <br>consolidated local government. <br>Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 59, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created <br>2000 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000. <br><br>