Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 64.720 (2026)

When compensation of county officers and employees payable out of county

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treasury. Except where the law provides that the compensation shall be paid out of the fees of the office, the fiscal court may authorize payment of compensation out of the county treasury to any county officer or employee specifically provided for by law. History: Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 31.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1956–1978 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Hesch, 395 S.W.2d 362 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965).

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Commonwealth v. Hesch, 395 S.W.2d 362 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). · cites it 2× “" Though ineptly worded, it is reasonably clear that the Act intends that the maximum compensation of $9,600 shall be paid, if the fees of the office, together with such salary as the fiscal court may authorize to be paid (but is not required to) under authority of KRS 64.720,…”

Carey v. Washington Cnty. Fiscal Court ex rel. Logsdon, 575 S.W.2d 161 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “530 and KRS 64.720. Those cases, however, dealt with situations in which the legislative body which had the authority to fix salaries had in fact increased the salaries involved above the constitutional limit set forth in Section 246 of the Kentucky Constitution.”

Harlan v. Sawyers, 290 S.W.2d 488 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). · cites it 5× “However, we call attention to KRS 64.720 which reads: “Except where the law provides that the compensation shall be paid out of the fees of the office, the fiscal court may authorize payment of compensation out of the county treasury to any county officer or employe specifically…”

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