KRS § 441.245 Salary for jailer who operates full-service jail -- Fiscal court to annually detail the duties and compensation of jailer not subject to salary schedule -- Jailer's quarterly reports.
AI-assisted research summary: This section sets salary rules for jailers, requires the fiscal court to set out duties and compensation each year for certain jailers, and requires quarterly duty reports.
441.245 Salary for jailer who operates full-service jail -- Fiscal court to annually detail the duties and compensation of jailer not subject to salary schedule -- Jailer's quarterly reports. (1) The jailer who operates a full-service jail shall receive a monthly salary pursuant to any salary schedule in KRS Chapter 64 applicable to jailers operating a full-service jail from the county jail operating budget. (2) No jailer holding office in the Commonwealth on or after January 6, 1999, shall receive an annual salary of less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). (3) (a) The salaries of jailers who are not subject to any salary schedule in KRS Chapter 64 may be set at a higher level if the salary does not exceed the constitutional salary limit applicable to jailers. These jailers' salaries shall at least equal the prior year's level and may be adjusted by the fiscal court for the change in the prior year's consumer price index according to the provisions of KRS 64.527. (b) For jailers governed by this subsection: 1. By May 1 of each year, the fiscal court shall pass a resolution detailing: a. The duties to be performed by the jailer in the upcoming fiscal year; and b. The compensation for the jailer for the upcoming fiscal year, including any cost-of-living adjustments according to the provisions of KRS 64.527; and 2. On a quarterly basis, jailers shall submit to the fiscal court a summary of all official duties performed by the jailer and the jailer's deputies, to include information related to prisoner transport, including but not limited to: a. The prisoner's name; b. The location and time the prisoner was placed in the custody of the jailer or the jailer's deputies for transport; c. The location and time the jailer or the jailer's deputies relinquished custody of the prisoner after transport; and d. The mileage driven. Effective:March 21, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 1, effective March 21, 2017. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 595, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 610, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1982. Formerly codified as KRS 441.009. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by 1998 Ky. Acts chs. 595 and 610. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 595, which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.