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67.120 Clerk, deputy clerk, and stenographer of fiscal court and of the legislative council of a consolidated local government.

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67.120 Clerk, deputy clerk, and stenographer of fiscal court and of the legislative council of a consolidated local government. (1) Except in counties containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local government, the county clerk, at his option, shall be clerk of the fiscal court. He <br>shall attend its sessions and keep a full and complete record of all its proceedings, <br>with a proper index. For his services as clerk of the fiscal court, he shall receive an <br>annual salary fixed at a reasonable amount by the fiscal court and paid in monthly <br>installments out of the county treasury. The salary must be fixed not later than the <br>first Monday in May in the year in which county clerks are elected. If the county <br>clerk chooses not to be the clerk of the fiscal court, the fiscal court may select a <br>clerk according to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section. (2) Except in a consolidated local government, the fiscal court of each county in this Commonwealth in which there is located a city of the first class shall have a clerk, <br>and may have a deputy clerk and may employ a stenographer, all of whom shall <br>attend its sessions and keep a full and correct record of all the proceedings of the <br>court, together with a complete index, and who in addition shall perform such duties <br>as may be required of them by the court. The fiscal court shall appoint a clerk who <br>shall serve at the pleasure of the fiscal court. The clerk shall execute bond to be <br>approved by the fiscal court. He shall receive an annual salary which shall be fixed <br>by the court and paid in monthly installments out of the county levy. The court may <br>appoint a deputy clerk and a stenographer who shall qualify by taking the <br>constitutional oath and who shall serve at the will of the court. The salary of the <br>deputy clerk and the stenographer shall be fixed by the court and paid in monthly <br>installments out of the county levy. (3) The legislative council of a consolidated local government shall have a clerk, and may have a deputy clerk and may employ a stenographer, all of whom shall attend <br>its sessions and keep a full and correct record of all the proceedings of the council, <br>together with a complete index, and who in addition shall perform such duties as <br>may be required of them by the council. The legislative council shall appoint a clerk <br>who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The clerk shall execute bond to be <br>approved by the council. He or she shall receive an annual salary which shall be <br>fixed by the council. The council may appoint a deputy clerk and a stenographer, to <br>assist in the official duties of the clerk, who shall qualify by taking the <br>constitutional oath and who shall serve at the will of the council. The salaries of the <br>deputy clerk and the stenographer shall be fixed by the council. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 40, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 9, effective January 1, 1979; and ch. 384, sec. 144, <br>effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 180, secs. 4 and 7. -- <br>Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. <br>secs. 1072, 1835, 1851b-3.