64.640 Compensation of state officers and employees generally.
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(1)Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(2)of this section, and excepting
officers elected by popular vote, employees of the General Assembly, including
employees of the Legislative Research Commission, members of boards and
commissions, those officers and employees of Kentucky Educational Television
exempt from classified service as provided in KRS 18A.115, presidents and
employees of the state universities and the state colleges, officers employed by the
Department of Kentucky State Police under KRS Chapter 16, and persons
employed by the commissioner of parks on a temporary basis under KRS 148.026,
the Personnel Cabinet shall prepare schedules of compensation, payable out of the
State Treasury, with a minimum salary rate, and other salary rates as are deemed
necessary or advisable, for the office or position of employment of every state
officer and employee, including specifically the offices and positions of
employment in every constitutional administrative department, statutory
administrative department, independent agency, board, commission, or other unit of
state government. The language of any statute empowering a board, commission,
authority, or other administrative body for which the Personnel Cabinet provides
personnel and payroll services, except for any board governing any of the Kentucky
Retirement Systems, the County Employees Retirement System, the Kentucky
Public Pensions Authority, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority,
the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, or the Council on
Postsecondary Education, to establish, set, or approve the salaries of its
administrative head and other employees to the contrary notwithstanding, the
establishment or setting of salaries for administrative heads or other employees
shall be subject to the approval of the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet. The
schedules and rates shall be based upon studies of the duties and responsibilities of
the offices and positions and upon a comparison with rates being paid for similar or
comparable services elsewhere, and in the preparation of such schedules, the
Personnel Cabinet shall ascertain and record the duties, responsibilities, and
authority pertaining to the various offices and positions in the state service, and
classify such positions in the manner provided in KRS 18A.030, 18A.035, 18A.110,
18A.130, 18A.135, and 18A.150 to 18A.160. No such schedule shall become
effective until it has been approved by the Governor by executive order.
(2)The Governor shall set the compensation payable out of the State Treasury to each
officer or position in the state service, which officer or position heads a statutory
administrative department, independent agency, or other unit of state government,
except for those excluded under subsection
(1)of this section. Such compensation
shall be based upon studies of the duties and responsibilities and classification of
the positions by the Governor and upon a comparison with compensation being paid
for similar or comparable services elsewhere, provided, however, such
compensation shall not exceed the total taxable compensation of the Governor
derived from state sources, the provisions of KRS 64.660 to the contrary
notwithstanding. For the purposes of this section, the total taxable compensation of
the Governor from state sources shall include the amount provided for
compensation to the Governor under KRS 64.480 and any benefits or discretionary
spending accounts that are imputed as taxable income for federal tax purposes.
(3)The compensation payable out of the State Treasury to officers and employees
subordinate to any office or position covered by subsection
(2)of this section shall
not exceed the maximum rate established pursuant to subsection
(2)of this section
for such office or position, except with respect to physicians as provided in KRS
64.655 and employees of the Public Service Commission of Kentucky whose
compensation shall be fixed, within constitutional limits, by the Personnel Cabinet
with the approval of the Governor as provided in subsection
(1)of this section.
(4)Nothing in this section shall preclude the allowance of maintenance to officers and
employees of the state.