Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 64.527 (2026)

Annual computation of consumer price index for determination of rate of

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adjustment of compensation of certain elected county officials. In order to equate the compensation of jailers who do not operate full service jails, constables in counties having an urban-county form of government, justices of the peace, county commissioners, and coroners with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year the annual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year by using 1949 as the base year in accordance with Section 246 of the Constitution of Kentucky which provides that the above elected officials shall be paid at a rate no greater than seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per annum. The Department for Local Government shall notify the appropriate governing bodies charged by law to fix the compensation of the above elected officials of the annual rate of compensation to which the elected officials are entitled in accordance with the increase or decrease in the consumer price index. Upon notification from the Department for Local Government, the appropriate governing body may set the annual compensation of the above elected officials at a rate no greater than that stipulated by the Department for Local Government. Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 43, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 37, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1998; ch. 441, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; ch. 595, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 610, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 374, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 20, effective July 1, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 582, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 38; ch. 17, sec. 19, effective January 1, 1978; and ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 283, sec. 1. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 254, sec. 1. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by 1998 Ky. Acts chs. 69, 441, 595, and 610. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been codified together. Where a conflict exists between Acts chs. 595 and 610, Acts ch. 595, which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1979–2017 · leading case: Allen v. McClendon, 967 S.W.2d 1 (Ky. 1998).

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Allen v. McClendon, 967 S.W.2d 1 (Ky. 1998). · cites it 15× “The cost of living adjustment or “rubber dollar” theory attributed to Matthews, supra, can be harmonized with a proper interpretation of KRS 64.527 and KRS 64.530. The cost of living index increase could be applied to the statutory maximum for salaries without violating the…”

Garrard Cnty., Kentucky v. Kevin Middleton, 520 S.W.3d 746 (Ky. 2017). · cites it 5× “While Middleton maintains that this provision speaks generally to the county’s overall ability to set jailer salaries, Garrard County points to the statute’s overt reference to KRS 64.527— Kentucky’s codification of the “rubber dollar” doctrine—in support of its point that this…”

Hasty v. Shepherd, 620 S.W.2d 325 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “Judge Sanders concluded that, pursuant to KRS 64.527, the fiscal court was allowed to adjust the salaries of county officials based on the consumer price index so long as the salaries did not exceed the statutory maximum and there was no showing of illegality.”

Polston v. King, 965 S.W.2d 143 (Ky. 1998). · cites it 11× “In disposing of this case, we need only consider this statute and KRS 64.527. KRS 64.530(4) provides as follows: In the case of county officers elected by popular vote .”

Buchignani v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't, 632 S.W.2d 465 (Ky. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “KRS 64.527. See also § 246 The Kentucky Constitution.”

Wood v. Shelby Cnty., 581 S.W.2d 31 (Ky. Ct. App. 1979). “(3) The minimum annual compensation paid to the county judge/executive shall be a sum not less than sixty percent (60%) of the maximum compensation certified under KRS 64.527, except that no fiscal court shall be required under provisions of this section to approve an amount for…”

Roland v. Jefferson Cnty. Fiscal Court, 599 S.W.2d 469 (Ky. Ct. App. 1980). “(6) Justices of the peace serving on a fiscal court in any county, and county commissioners serving on a fiscal court in any county other than one (1) containing a city of the first, second, third or fourth class, shall be paid for their services, out of the county treasury, not…”

Nickell v. Thomas, 665 S.W.2d 927 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). “The fiscal court may establish a higher level of compensation for the jailer, provided, however, that in no event shall the jailer’s compensation exceed the maximum compensation allowable for county officials under KRS 64.527. Appellants contend that the language of K.”

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