67C.131 Salaries for members of legislative council -- Authorization to hire
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staff persons.
(1)The salary of the members of the legislative council of a newly consolidated
local government created by the provisions of KRS 67C.101 to 67C.137 shall
be eighty percent (80%) of that amount that is permitted for county
commissioners on July 14, 2000, as provided by Section 246 of the Kentucky
Constitution. In order to equate the compensation of legislative council
members 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.
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.
(2)Each legislative council member may hire one
(1)full-time staff person. In
addition to that full-time staff person, the two
(2)largest political caucuses
within the legislative council may hire staff persons to meet the staffing needs
of those caucuses.