Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95.495 (2026)

Hours of work and annual leave for members of police department in

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urban-county governments and cities on DLG's registry of cities that belonged to the second and third classes on August 1, 2014. (1) Except as provided in KRS 337.285, in cities listed on the registry pursuant to subsection (3) of this section or urban-county governments, except those in which, by ordinance, the patrolmen are employed or paid by the day, the members of the police department shall not be required to work more than eight (8) hours per day, for five (5) days each week or ten (10) hours per day, for four (4) days each week, except in the event of an emergency. Each member of the police department shall be permitted to accrue an annual leave of fifteen (15) working days with full pay each year, as specifically established in the personnel policy applicable to members of the department. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a member of the police department from voluntarily agreeing to work a different work schedule provided that the officer is paid overtime for any work performed in excess of forty (40) hours per week. (2) The salary of the members of the police department shall not be reduced by reason of the enactment of this section. (3) On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create a registry of cities that shall comply with the provisions of this section. The Department for Local Government shall include each of those cities on the registry that were classified as cities of the second or third class on August 1, 2014. The Department for Local Government shall make the information included on the registry available to the public by publishing it on its website. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 1, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2022. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 117, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 117, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2008.. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 12. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1-- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 1, secs. 1 and 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1968–2012 · leading case: Helbig v. City of Bowling Green, 371 S.W.3d 740 (Ky. Ct. App. 2011).

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Helbig v. City of Bowling Green, 371 S.W.3d 740 (Ky. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 5× “When his request for two hours of overtime was denied, Helbig filed a grievance with the Bowling Green Police Department stating his belief that Bowling Green’s new overtime policy violated KRS 95.495. 3 Five days later, on September 28, 2010, Helbig was called into a meeting…”

City of Bowling Green v. Helbig, 399 S.W.3d 445 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 9× “” The City argues that this particularized statute does not modify the generalized overtime requirements set forth at KRS Chapter 3B7, entitled “Wages and Hours.”

Hopwood v. City of Paducah, 424 S.W.2d 134 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “KRS 95.495 limits the hours of work for policemen to eight hours per day for five days each week except in the event of emergency.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95.495(1) — 1 case

City of Bowling Green v. Helbig, 399 S.W.3d 445 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012). “” The City argues that this particularized statute does not modify the generalized overtime requirements set forth at KRS Chapter 3B7, entitled “Wages and Hours.”

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