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69.010 Duty of Commonwealth's attorney to attend to civil cases in Circuit Court -- Exceptions.

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69.010 Duty of Commonwealth's attorney to attend to civil cases in Circuit Court -- Exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Commonwealth's attorney shall, except in Franklin County, attend to all civil cases and proceedings in which <br>the Commonwealth is interested in the Circuit Courts of his judicial circuit. In civil <br>cases the Governor may employ counsel to assist the Commonwealth's attorney. <br>The fees of the counsel employed by the Governor shall be paid out of the State <br>Treasury upon a voucher signed by the Governor. (2) In each judicial circuit containing a city of the first or second class or an urban- county government, the Commonwealth's attorney shall not be required to represent <br>the Commonwealth in any civil proceedings. Effective: January 1, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 22, effective January 1, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 68. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 318, <br>sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from <br>Ky. Stat. sec. 118.