Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB137 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

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AN ACT relating to assistant county attorneys. 1 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 
Section 1.   KRS 69.300 is amended to read as follows: 3 
The assistant county attorneys shall[ reside in the county in which the county attorney is 4 
elected, or within thirty (30) miles of the county line, or in a contiguous county and shall] 5 
be attorneys licensed to practice in the Commonwealth[,] and shall have the same powers 6 
and perform the same duties that county attorneys have and perform, except that they 7 
shall be under the direction and control of the county attorney. 8