Pursuant to KRS 64.092, the sheriff or other law enforcement officer providing security in a Circuit or District Court shall be compensated at the rate of $8 per hour of service.
Pursuant to KRS 133.240, county clerks are paid $0.30 per tax bill for preparing property tax bills and $1.00 for omitted assessments. The Finance and Administration Cabinet is responsible for remitting half of the allowed amount to the county clerk.
Pursuant to KRS 133.030, each member of a county board of assessment appeals is compensated $100 per day for their services in hearing tax appeals and reviewing tax assessments. The Finance and Administration Cabinet refunds county fiscal courts for half of the board members' compensation.
As authorized by the County Judge Executive or the Governor, and pursuant to KRS 440.090 and 440.380, duly appointed officers are reimbursed by the Finance and Administration Cabinet for mileage and expenses incurred while traveling out of state and returning a fugitive from justice to Kentucky.
KRS 29A.170 and KRS 30A.110 require that all jurors in circuit and district court be paid a daily compensation of $12.50 per day. The Finance and Administration Cabinet administers this compensation and reimbursement program in cooperation with each county circuit court clerk office. Under KRS 29A.180, sequestered jurors are provided meals, housing, transportation, and security which are funded by the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
Pursuant to KRS 70.170, the Finance and Administration Cabinet administers the sheriffs' expense allowance program by issuing monthly checks to each of the 120 county sheriffs. The payments of $300 per month are for expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties.
KRS 62.140 and KRS 62.155 requires the Commonwealth to reimburse each county sheriff for the cost of bond premiums required by law in the performance of his or her official duties.
Under KRS 27A.630, filing fees for civil actions include $20 in Circuit Court and $10 in District Court to support access to justice by indigent clients. The fees are paid to the General Fund, and the Finance and Administration Cabinet distributes them monthly to non-profit agencies designated by the Chief Justice in each judicial district to provide the legal services. In previous years these have been accounted for as expenditures requiring an appropriation. Upon recommendation of the Finance Cabinet, these will be considered as reductions to revenue and accounted for solely on the revenue side of the ledger.
Funds required to pay county costs are appropriated, and additional funds may be allotted from the General Fund Surplus Account (KRS 48.700) or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account (KRS 48.705) by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet as a necessary governmental expense, subject to the conditions and procedures provided in the appropriations act.
The budget sustains the $15 per hour wage rate for Court Security Officers budgeted in the Sheriffs' Fees program.
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