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62.160 Bonds of state officers -- Minimum sum -- Increase or renewal.

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62.160 Bonds of state officers -- Minimum sum -- Increase or renewal. (1) The state officers elected by the voters of the state at large, except the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, the heads of departments, offices, and cabinets of the state <br>government, the adjutant general, the members of the Public Service Commission, the <br>members of the State Fair Board and Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, and the <br>members of the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals and the Alcoholic Beverage Control <br>Board, shall each give bond. The amounts of the bonds shall be fixed by the Governor, <br>which amounts as to those offices set forth in subsection (2) of this section shall be not less <br>than the amounts set forth for the respective offices. At any time when it appears to be to <br>the interest of the Commonwealth, the Governor may increase the penal sum of any bond or <br>require a renewal of the bond with other or additional surety. (2) The minimum sum of the bond for the following offices shall be as follows: <br> Secretary of State .................................................................................. &#36;10,000 Attorney General ..................................................................................... 10,000 State Treasurer ...................................................................................... 300,000 Secretary for economic development ...................................................... 10,000 Commissioner of Agriculture ................................................................. 10,000 Secretary for education ........................................................................... 10,000 Auditor of Public Accounts .................................................................... 25,000 Adjutant general ...................................................................................... 10,000 Secretary of finance and administration ............................................... 100,000 Commissioner of revenue ....................................................................... 50,000 Secretary of transportation ...................................................................... 50,000 Commissioner of highways .................................................................... 50,000 Secretary of justice and public safety ..................................................... 50,000 Secretary of corrections .......................................................................... 25,000 Commissioner for public health services ................................................ 10,000 Secretary of labor ...................................................................................... 5,000 Commissioner for natural resources ....................................................... 50,000 State librarian ............................................................................................ 5,000 Commissioner of alcoholic beverage control ......................................... 10,000 Commissioner of financial institutions ................................................... 25,000 Secretary for energy and environment ......................................................50,000 Commissioner of insurance .................................................................... 50,000 Commissioner of vehicle regulation ....................................................... 10,000 Commissioner of fish and wildlife resources ........................................... 5,000 Secretary for health and family services ................................................. 20,000 Commissioner of environmental protection ........................................... 10,000 Secretary of public protection ................................................................. 10,000 Secretary of tourism, arts and heritage ................................................... 25,000 Commissioner for community based services ........................................ 20,000 Member of the Public Service Commission ........................................... 10,000 Member of State Fair Board ................................................................... 10,000 Member of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission ............................. 1,000 Member of Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals .......................................... 10,000 Associate member of Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ........................ 5,000 Commissioner of local government ...................................................... 100,000 Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 56, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 8, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 135, <br>effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, effective July 12, 2006. -<br>- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 17, effective June 20, 2005; and ch. 123, sec. 12. -- <br>Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 426, sec. 88, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 12, effective <br>July 14, 1992; and ch. 27, sec. 13, effective March 2, 1992. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 188, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 56, effective <br>June 17, 1978; and ch. 379, sec. 56, effective April 1, 1979. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 74, Art. VIII, A., sec. 1. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 65. -- Created 1946 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 27, sec. 1.