15.705 Prosecutors Advisory Council.
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(1)For the purpose of administration of the unified prosecutorial system, there is
hereby created the Prosecutors Advisory Council, hereafter referred to as the
council.
(2)The council shall consist of thirteen
(13)members who shall be residents of
Kentucky and shall include:
(a)The Attorney General or his or her designee;
(b)Five
(5)Commonwealth's attorneys:
1. One
(1)from the First Judicial Circuit to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit;
2. One
(1)from the Twentieth Judicial Circuit to the Thirty-eighth Judicial
Circuit;
3. One
(1)from the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit to the Fifty-seventh
Judicial Circuit; and
4. Two
(2)from any judicial circuit who shall serve at large;
each of whom shall be elected by the membership of the Commonwealth's
Attorneys Association;
(c)Five
(5)county attorneys:
1. One
(1)from a county with a population equal to or greater than
seventy-five thousand (75,000) based on the most recent federal
decennial census;
2. One
(1)from a county with a population equal to or greater than twenty-
five thousand (25,000) but less than seventy-five thousand (75,000)
based on the most recent federal decennial census;
3. One
(1)from a county with a population of less than twenty-five
thousand (25,000) based on the most recent federal decennial census;
and
4. Two
(2)from any other county who shall serve at large;
each of whom shall be elected by the membership of the County Attorneys
Association; and
(d)Two
(2)nonattorney citizen members:
1. One
(1)appointed by the Attorney General from a list of three
(3)names
submitted by the Commonwealth's Attorneys Association; and
2. One
(1)appointed by the Attorney General from a list of three
(3)names
submitted by the County Attorneys Association.
The Attorney General shall serve during his or her term of office and the other
members shall serve for a term of two
(2)years. A Commonwealth's attorney or a
county attorney shall not serve more than two
(2)consecutive terms.
(3)The Attorney General or his or her designee shall be the chair of the council. Seven
(7)members shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The council
shall promulgate annually a schedule of meetings. Special meetings may be called
by the chair or seven
(7)members of the council. A minimum of ten
(10)days'
notice must be given prior to the call of a special meeting. The notice may be
waived by a majority of the council.
(a)The council shall be responsible for, but not limited to:
1. The preparation of the budget of the unified prosecutorial system of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky;
2. The continuing legal education and program development of the unified
prosecutorial system of Kentucky; and
3. Proposing and adopting a code of ethics for prosecutors within the
unified prosecutorial system.
(b)The council shall provide the proposed budget of the unified prosecutorial
system of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Interim Joint Committee on
Appropriations and Revenue each biennium.
(5)Each nonattorney citizen member of the council shall receive twenty-five dollars
($25) per day for attending each meeting. All council members shall be reimbursed
for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.